Bar Manager Job Responsibilities:
- Maintains inventory.
- Creates drink and food menus.
- Determines employees’ schedules.
- Ensures bar is well-stocked and clean.
- Tracks customer behavior and sales.
- Maintains budget and monitors costs.
- Maintains drink recipe documentation.
- Oversees planning for special events.
- Appropriately delegates tasks to staff.
- Selects and purchases liquor and other supplies.
- Oversees staff, including bartenders and barbacks, and, in some cases, bouncers, wait staff, and/or kitchen staff as well.
- Hires, trains, promotes, and, when necessary, disciplines or fires staff.
- Selects music, books bands, and provides input on décor and marketing, including social media and other forms of publicity.
- Initiates and maintains vendor relationships.
- Uses point-of-sale tracking technology and bar and restaurant management platforms.
- Excellent multitasking ability.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Interpersonal relationship skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Strong leadership ability.
- Organizational skills.
- Customer service skills.
- Knowledge of food, beverage, and hospitality industries.
- Calm under pressure
- Able to maintain restraint in stressful situations.
- Ability to deescalate tense interactions.
- Judgment and creativity.
- Comfortable with hospitality and sales technology platforms.
- Enthusiasm and lots of energy.
- Prior experience working in a bar or restaurant.
- Supervisory experience.
- Familiarity with point-of-sale tracking technology and bar and restaurant management platforms.
