Role Overview – Alpha Mind is hiring a Restaurant Manager for a Japanese cuisine restaurant located in Dubai, UAE. This position is ideal for experienced restaurant management professionals with a passion for Japanese dining culture, strong leadership capabilities, and a commitment to delivering authentic, exceptional guest experiences within a specialized and high-quality culinary environment.

Restaurant Operations Management – You will oversee all aspects of restaurant operations by managing daily service execution, coordinating front-of-house and back-of-house activities, ensuring operational efficiency, maintaining service standards, and delivering consistently excellent Japanese dining experiences that reflect authenticity, quality, and hospitality.

Team Leadership and Staff Management – You will lead, motivate, and develop the restaurant team by recruiting and training staff, setting performance expectations, conducting evaluations, fostering a positive and professional work culture, and ensuring all team members understand and embody Japanese hospitality principles and service excellence.

Guest Experience and Service Quality – You will champion guest satisfaction by monitoring service delivery, engaging with guests, handling feedback and complaints professionally, implementing service improvements, and ensuring every guest interaction reflects the restaurant's commitment to authentic Japanese cuisine and world-class hospitality.

Financial Performance and Budget Management – You will manage the restaurant's financial performance by overseeing budgets, monitoring costs, analyzing sales and revenue, controlling food and beverage expenses, managing waste, and implementing strategies to maximize profitability while maintaining quality and authenticity.

Menu Collaboration and Quality Control – You will collaborate with the culinary team on menu execution and quality control by providing input on menu design, ensuring dish consistency and presentation, monitoring food quality and authenticity, and maintaining adherence to Japanese culinary standards and recipes.

Inventory and Supply Chain Management – You will manage inventory and supply chain operations by overseeing stock levels, coordinating with suppliers (including specialized Japanese ingredient suppliers), ensuring timely procurement, minimizing waste, and maintaining optimal inventory turnover to support smooth operations.

Health, Safety, and Compliance – You will ensure compliance with health, safety, and food hygiene regulations by implementing HACCP standards, conducting regular inspections, training staff on safety protocols, and maintaining adherence to Dubai Municipality requirements and restaurant policies.

How to Apply:

Send your updated CV to recruitment@alpha-mind.com. Please highlight your restaurant management experience, any Japanese cuisine or specialty dining experience, your leadership capabilities, examples of operational improvements or revenue growth initiatives you have led, and any Dubai or UAE restaurant experience. Forward to anyone in your network who may be a strong fit.

About the Company:

Alpha Mind is recruiting on behalf of a premium Japanese cuisine restaurant in Dubai committed to delivering authentic, high-quality Japanese dining experiences. The restaurant is seeking an experienced Restaurant Manager who brings operational excellence, leadership strength, cultural appreciation for Japanese hospitality, and a passion for creating unforgettable guest experiences within a specialized and sophisticated culinary environment.