General Manager
- 85,000 Per Year
- New York
- Hospitality & Tourism
Woods & Co Recruitment is excited to be recruiting for an experienced General Manager with an established Mexican restaurant in Midtown Manhattan.
This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on hospitality professional with strong knowledge of Mexican cuisine, restaurant operations and team leadership. We’re looking to speak with a commercially minded leader who can deliver exceptional guest experiences, manage financial performance and build a high-performing team in a busy service environment.
What’s in it for you?
- Salary of $85,000 per year
- Join an established Mexican restaurant serving approximately 300 covers
- Lead a team of approximately 19 kitchen and front-of-house employees
- Immediate start for the right candidate
- Opportunity to drive restaurant performance and build a positive, accountable team culture
What you’ll do:
- Oversee daily restaurant operations across front and back of house
- Lead, develop and manage a team of approximately 19 employees
- Maintain high standards of service, food quality, presentation and guest satisfaction
- Manage budgets, labour costs, expenses and financial reporting
- Oversee accounting processes and use QuickBooks to support accurate financial management
- Manage reservations and guest flow through OpenTable, alongside point-of-sale operations using Toast
- Monitor sales, control costs and identify opportunities to improve profitability
- Manage staffing, scheduling, inventory and supplier relationships
- Ensure compliance with food safety, workplace regulations and operational standards
- Work closely with ownership to drive performance and maintain a positive, accountable team culture
What we’re looking for:
- Proven experience as a General Manager or senior manager within a restaurant environment
- Experience in Mexican cuisine, Mexican restaurants or Latino hospitality environments is highly desirable
- Spanish-English bilingual communication skills are strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience managing both front-of-house and back-of-house operations
- Working knowledge of QuickBooks, Toast and OpenTable
- Strong financial and administrative skills, including accounting processes and cost control
- Experience leading teams in a high-volume restaurant environment
- A hands-on leadership style, strong organisational skills and a genuine passion for hospitality
- Availability to start as soon as possible
If you're as passionate about this position as we are, then please don't delay and APPLY NOW! We are interviewing immediately. For a confidential discussion please call INSERT RECRUITER FULL NAME on INSERT RECRUITER PHONE NUMBER or email [INSERT RECRUITER EMAIL](mailto:INSERT RECRUITER EMAIL).
Woods & Co recruits across a wide range of roles and industries. If this opportunity isn’t quite right for you, but you’re open to new opportunities, we’d still love to hear from you. Know someone who may be a good fit? Refer them to us and, if we successfully place them in a permanent position, we’ll send you a $250* gift voucher.
Woods & Co Recruitment is committed to creating a positively diverse and inclusive workforce that values all backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate and encourage applications, no matter age or status, from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, all members and genders of the LGBTQI community, and people with disability.
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
