Café Supervisor

**Cafe Supervisor Role**:
As a Cafe Supervisor, your primary responsibility is to ensure the smooth daily operation of the cafe, while supporting staff and achieving the cafe's goals.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Supervision and Support**: As a supervisor, you’ll oversee both front-of-house and back-of-house staff, ensuring they perform their roles effectively. At times, you may need to step into various workstations to provide relief during peak hours or cover staff breaks, so you must be knowledgeable about all cafe roles. In addition to this, you’ll provide guidance and support to team members, identifying areas where staff may need help and using this insight to give feedback and contribute to performance reviews.

**Menu Planning and Pricing**: Assist in the development and pricing of food and beverage menus. These may change seasonally to align with in-season ingredients or adjustments in pricing strategy. You will collaborate with vendors to maintain cost-effective operations while ensuring menu items meet customer expectations and contribute to profitability.

**Monetary Duties**: You’ll handle approval of timesheets and oversee payroll, ensuring accurate hours and overtime approval. A key part of this role is to ensure that employee work hours are used efficiently.

**Staff Scheduling**: As a cafe supervisor, you will be responsible for scheduling staff to ensure proper coverage, maintaining a balance between customer demand and managing labor costs. You’ll need to be adaptable and may be required to step into different roles when there are staffing shortages or during busy periods.

**Meeting Cafe Targets**: You will work closely with your team to meet tangible cafe targets, aligned with the overall goals of the business.

**Conflict Resolution**: As a supervisor, you’ll act as a mediator when conflicts arise, whether between team members or when handling difficult customers. The ability to stay impartial and resolve issues calmly is essential to maintaining a positive and professional environment.

**Inventory Management**: You’ll oversee stock levels, making sure there’s enough inventory to meet customer demand without leading to waste. Maintaining proper storage for health and safety reasons and reducing wastage will be key focuses.

**Onboarding and Training**: The supervisor will assist in hiring new employees, conducting interviews, and providing training to ensure they are prepared to meet cafe standards. You’ll ensure compliance with company policies and brand regulations.

**General Responsibilities**:

- Coordinate daily cafe operations
- Ensure high-quality service and customer satisfaction
- Efficiently address customer complaints and feedback
- Supervise shifts and staff, organizing workflow
- Maintain cleanliness and sanitation standards
- Monitor inventory and make necessary orders for supplies
- Control operational costs and minimize waste
- Train new and existing staff on service standards and company policies
- Support the cafe’s image and suggest ways to improve it
- Promote the brand within the community

**Job Requirements**:

- Proven experience in a supervisory or cafe management role
- Strong customer service skills
- Familiarity with food and beverage operations
- Ability to handle financial tasks like payroll and scheduling
- Excellent leadership and communication skills
- Experience in inventory and cost management
- Familiarity with point-of-sale systems
- Food safety certification is a plus

Pay: $42,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

- Bonus pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed

**Experience**:

- Cafe/Store management: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2022-03-07