Melbourne Venue Operations Manager

18 hours ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Australian Distilling Co. Full time
Key Responsibilities

As a Venue Manager at Australian Distilling Company, you will be responsible for driving the daily operations of our soon-to-open venue in the Melbourne CBD. Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Working closely with the General Manager to establish best practice systems and processes for our venue
  • Managing and completing operational duties, including rostering, forecasting, inventory management, and reporting
  • Ensuring the venue operates seamlessly, providing guests with an exceptional experience
  • Building and maintaining strong working relationships with vendors, suppliers, and other key stakeholders
  • Ensuring the venue meets all relevant compliance and legislative requirements
  • Driving sales to meet set targets and budgets while closely managing operational costs
  • Onboarding, developing, and managing the team with hands-on leadership
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate the following attributes:

  • 5+ years of Venue Management experience
  • Focused, driven, and motivated
  • A desire to learn and embrace the 'lean' culture of the organisation
  • A proven ability to achieve objectives and demonstrate actual results
  • Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
  • A positive, 'can-do' attitude
  • Problem-solving and negotiation skills
  • Strong values, ensuring integrity in every decision and action
  • Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively as part of a team
  • Understanding of numbers
  • Critical thinking skills and a focus on solutions
  • Time management and prioritisation skills
  • Professional presentation
About Us

Australian Distilling Company is part of Hickinbotham, a dynamic and diversified private group based in Adelaide. With 70 years of family ownership and a reputation for excellence and innovation, the Group's interests include SA's largest residential building and development business, mortgage broking, spirit production and sales, and life sciences. We are committed to delivering value across the Group's business units through our commitment to 'lean' and continuous improvement.

Our Group Mission and Values are:

  • We improve lives
  • Our North Star is value. We create it, we give it and we demand it
  • We will do our best
  • We will keep our promise
  • We improve every day
  • No defects

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