General Manager
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Cedar Grillz & Lounge, a contemporary food and lifestyle destination in Abuja, is hiring a General Manager to lead all venue operations including restaurant, grill, bar, games lounge, and entertainment spaces. The role carries full P&L accountability, team leadership, and a mandate to build scalable systems for future expansion. This is a full-time, shift-based position reporting to the Owner or Board of Directors.
- Full P&L ownership across a multi-concept venue
- Lead and develop a team of 20+ across all departments
- Build scalable systems for national and international expansion
- Full-time, shift-based role covering evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Reports directly to the Owner or Board of Directors
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General Manager at Cedar Grillz & Lounge
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Sep 25, 2026, 8:06 AM
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Cedar Grillz & Lounge is a contemporary food and lifestyle destination offering delicious meals, premium grills, refreshing drinks, and a relaxed lounge experience. The brand is designed to combine great food, stylish ambience, and quality hospitality, creating a memorable experience for individuals, families, friends, and special occasions.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: General Manager
Location: Gwarinpa, AbujaEmployment Type: Full-time, shift-based (evenings, weekends, public holidays and special events)
Reports to the: Owner / Board of Directors.
Directly manages all department heads.
Core Purpose
Serve as the chief operating leader and custodian of the brand, culture and results. Hold full accountability for guest experience, financial performance, team excellence and operational discipline across the entire venue (restaurant, grill, wine bar, games lounge, entertainment, conference room and open-air space). Build Cedar Grillz into Abuja’s benchmark venue and create the systems that enable national and international scaling.
Key Responsibilities
- Build scalable systems, documentation and training for future locations
- Oversee all daily operations across kitchen, floor, bar, games and entertainment
- Own guest satisfaction, brand consistency and reputation management
- Lead, recruit, coach and develop the entire team; build a high-performance culture
- Own the full P&L: revenue, margins, food/beverage/labour costs, budgeting and forecasting
- Implement and enforce SOPs, service standards, cash controls and inventory discipline
- Ensure full compliance with health, safety, licensing, tax and labour regulations
- Drive growth initiatives (events, conferences, corporate bookings, new revenue streams)
Requirements
- Preferred: MBA or postgraduate qualification; international hospitality school training is an advantage
- Minimum: Bachelor’s degree or HND in Hospitality Management, Business Administration or related field
- Proven track record managing P&L, teams of 20+, and high-volume operations
- 6–8 years in hospitality, with at least 3 years as General Manager, Operations Manager or Assistant GM
- Strong commercial acumen, leadership presence and systems orientation
- Experience launching or scaling a venue is a strong advantage
- Other Notes:
- Long, unpredictable hours with on-call availability
- Smart, polished professional image required as the public face of the brand
- How to apply
- Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and portfolio to:
- cedargrillzlounge@gmail.com
- using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
- Note
- You can also WhatsApp 07089732080
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Cedar Grillz & Lounge is an equal opportunity employer.
- Application Deadline:
- 9th October, 2026.
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