Restaurant General Manager
Le Méridien Houston Downtown
1121 Walker Street
Houston,
TX
77002
Opportunity: Restaurant General Manager
Oversee management and direction of restaurant operations in accordance with established guest service and sustainability standards.
Potential Career Path
Food and Beverage Director
Essential Job Functions
- Interview, select, train, schedule, coach and support associates, ensuring they perform in accordance with established brand or hotel standards and consistent with HHM core values.
- Ensure that food quality is consistent, appealing, and prepared to guest specifications.
- Interact with guests to obtain feedback on quality of service and food in outlet.
- Ensure that the restaurant complies with sanitation and safety standards for guests and associates.
- Resolve guest complaints and coordinate with other department leaders to resolve service delivery or quality breakdowns.
- Check that all equipment is in working order.
- Follow up on work orders so repairs and maintenance of facility are completed on a timely basis.
- Ensure that food quality is consistent, appealing, and prepared to guest specifications.
- Interact with guests to obtain feedback on quality of service and food in outlet.
- Document inventory forecast usage and monitor supply.
- Abide by all state, federal and corporate requirements pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages.
- Oversee serving staff to ensure proper liquor controls are in place and all cash handling policies and procedures are followed. Comply with all accounting policies in order to ensure SOX compliance.
- Participate in restaurant marketing efforts , create menu ideas, survey competition report food trends, and assist in preparation of specials.
- Practice safe work habits, wear protective safety equipment and follow MSDS and OSHA standards.
- Perform other duties as requested by management.
Position Requirements
- Associates degree preferred.
- 3-6 years restaurant experience required.
Work Environment and Context
- Work schedule varies and will include working on holidays, weekends and alternate shifts.
- Requires standing for extended periods, walking, pushing, lifting up to 50 pounds, bending and reaching, stooping, kneeling, or crouching.
What We Believe
People Are Our Capability – Hearts That Serve – Only Excellence – Stay Nimble - Own It
About Le Méridien Houston Downtown
Downtown Houston hotel-pet friendly and Bonvoy perks
Discover the perfect blend of Mid-Century Modern style and Southern hospitality at Le Méridien Houston Downtown. Steps from Toyota Center, Daikin Park, and Discovery Green, our pet-friendly hotel places you near Houston’s top attractions, dining, and entertainment.Unwind in sleek, comfortable guest rooms and suites featuring plush bedding, smart amenities, and striking downtown views. Whether traveling for business, leisure, or a concert weekend, our prime downtown Houston location makes exploring easy.As a Marriott Bonvoy hotel, members enjoy exclusive perks and earn points with every stay. Bringing your furry companion? We’re proud to be pet-friendly.Planning an event? Choose from rooftop or indoor event venues perfect for weddings, meetings, and private gatherings.Book your stay at Le Méridien Houston Downtown—where elevated style meets heartfelt service.
About HHM Hotels
An Industry Leader in Hospitality
HHM Hotels is the preferred operator to many sophisticated and institutional owners of hotel real estate, including public and private owners, across the United States and Canada. We are known for consistent outperformance in operating results, the stability of our managed portfolio and operating teams, and our unrelenting focus on people, processes, and technology. HHM Hotels is tireless in delivering results and working closely with our owners across a portfolio of 240 hotels and over $2BN in managed revenues in the United States and Canada.
MANAGEMENT
For the past 30 years, HHM Hotels has focused on building out specific and differentiated capabilities and technology to serve our owners and drive industry-leading results in the areas of revenue generation, cost management, service delivery, and associate development and retention. In particular, we have focused on developing proprietary data, processes, and business systems to drive advantage and maintain our unwavering focus on results across every aspect of our managed hotels.
INVESTMENT
HHM Hotels has a highly active and productive investment team that seeks to leverage our operating capabilities and market knowledge to source, underwrite, and introduce deals to our stable of industry-leading investment partners. We have helped put together dozens of related deals and focus carefully on potential operational efficiencies, brand or market repositioning opportunities, and other ways that we can find value through our extensive market knowledge, operating capabilities, and in-house legal, asset management, and risk management teams.
BRAND POSITIONING
Our experience with branded and independent hotels allows us to quickly determine the brand positioning within a local market to ensure the highest operational profitability. We understand the demands of hotel openings and rebranding because we’ve been on the ground to lead them, from Forbes Five-Star property openings and global product launches to corporate rebranding projects around the world.
