Luz Quarter, a pool, bar and kitchen in Praia da Luz, Lagos, is looking for a full-time Bar Manager to lead our bar. It's a year-round role in a great location on the Algarve coast.
What you'll do:
- Own the bar's stock in our tablet-based system, STIR: weekly counts on schedule, every product set up so sales take stock off, nothing running out, and any difference between expected and counted stock explained
- Place orders with suppliers and book their invoices the same week
- Run the bar staff on shift with briefings, training to our standards and photo checks of the bar set-up
- Lead one team across the site from the bar: drinks service and, from January, padel check-ins and enquiries, with the bar and padel open 8am to 10pm
- Lead our busiest nights, including Fridays, live sport and events at the pool club and garden, from set-up through service to close
- Handle cash-up and closing procedures
- Report weekly to the owner on the bar's stock, team and numbers
What we're looking for:
- At least 2 years running a bar, or as head bartender with real stock responsibility (counts, ordering, supplier invoices)
- Comfortable working with a tablet-based stock and ordering system
- Strong behind a busy bar; cocktail skills a plus
- Fluent English; Portuguese a strong plus, as suppliers and invoices are in Portuguese
- Available evenings, weekends and event days, and looking for a long-term, year-round role
What we offer:
- Excellent pay based on experience and performance
- Year-round permanent contract (not seasonal), 40 hours per week
- The chance to lead a growing business in a great location
- Languages
- Fluent English; Portuguese a strong plus (suppliers and invoices are in Portuguese)