Company description

The Cleaver Co., named 2015 Green Business of the Year, is a full service event planning and catering company, committed to supporting a regional farm and food economy that fosters a pure food supply. We operate The Green Table, a full service farm to table restaurant, in Chelsea Market. We also operate two outdoor food and beverage kiosks at The Battery, which we operate in partnership with The Battery Conservancy.

Job description

We are looking for a general manager for our two outdoor food and beverage kiosks located at The Battery. This is a seasonal business we operate from April to October - your job is to lead the team and run our downtown business! It is a busy, fast-paced environment, set on the waterfront in the beautiful Bosque Gardens at The Battery. With the recent opening of the SeaGlass carousel in the park, we think this is going to be our best season ever!

The manager will lead a dozen staff in providing thoughtfully-sourced food and drink and warm customer service.

Responsibilities include:
- oversee equipment load-in/set up
- hire/manage/schedule staff
- maintain overall operations, including daily inventory, coordination of food and beverage delivery and service, POS system management, and maintaining DOH standards.

The job has physical requirements - you must be able to lift up to 40 lbs. as you will need to move tables, chairs and kegs, and be able to be on your feet for most of the day.

Required:
- food service and staff management experience
- ability to serve as a leader and to multitask
- NYC food handler’s certificate
- excellent communications and organizational skills
- weekend and evening work hours

Desired:
- Quick service restaurant and marketing experience a plus.
- Knowledge of tools and ability to do minor repair work on kitchen equipment/infrastructure a plus.
- Knowledge of and support for local food/farming system a plus.
- Multilingual a plus (the majority of guests are tourists from around the world enjoying NYC sight seeing).

This is a salaried position, with the possibility of incentive bonus based on seasonal sales.

You will be supported in this role by the team at The Cleaver Co., which is headquartered in Chelsea Market.

Compensation

this position is: salaried

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline