Bar Manager Job Description Template

Bar Manager

[Intro Paragraph] Begin your bar manager job description with a concise paragraph or list of bulleted items designed to sell your workplace to applicants. Your description should describe why your bar or restaurant is special, its ambiance, cuisine, and clientele. The bar manager who wants to provide polished service to the patrons of an upscale hotel restaurant may not want to work at a cozy pub that serves microbrew beer and hearty comfort foods to a casual crowd, and vice versa. There’s a right fit for every good bar manager out there, so be clear about what makes your bar or restaurant unique.

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.

[Work Hours & Benefits] In this section, you’ll want to sell the position to potential applicants just as you sold candidates on the workplace in your first paragraph. Include the size of the staff the bar manager will oversee. Mention benefits, including opportunities for overtime or paid time off, as well as a salary range. Use a salary tool that allows you to input job title and location to determine what level of compensation bar managers are likely to expect from an offer in your city or region.

Bar Manager Qualifications/Skills:

• Accomplished mixologist.
• 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.
• Facility with math.
• Comfortable with hospitality and sales technology platforms.
• Enthusiasm and lots of energy.

Education, Experience, & Licensing Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Associate’s degree or higher in hotel and restaurant management a plus.
• Bartender’s license.
• Prior experience working in a bar or restaurant.
• Supervisory experience.
• Familiarity with point-of-sale tracking technology and bar and restaurant management platforms.

[Call to Action] Your bar manager job description should finish strong with a call to action that urges applicants to send a resume or fill out an application.