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Restaurant Manager resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what restaurant managers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most restaurant managers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Restaurant Manager with hands-on experience running daily floor and kitchen operations, controlling labour and food costs, and building teams that deliver consistent service. Comfortable balancing P&L targets with the guest experience that keeps tables full and reviews strong.
Key skills
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Operations management
- Financial analysis and modelling
- People leadership
- Customer service
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Point of Sale (POS) systems
- Restaurant management software (Toast, Square, TouchBistro)
- Microsoft Excel
- Scheduling software (Deputy, Toast)
- Inventory management systems
Experience: example bullet points
- Built weekly staff rosters against trading patterns and sales forecasts, cutting labour cost as a percentage of revenue while maintaining service coverage during peak periods
- Tracked food costs and menu pricing against supplier invoices, identifying margin leakage and adjusting portioning to protect profit targets
- Trained and supervised front-of-house and kitchen staff on service standards, onboarding new starters and running refresher sessions on menu knowledge and upselling
- Handled customer complaints at the table and via online review platforms, resolving issues on the spot and maintaining repeat custom
- Coordinated with suppliers on ordering and delivery schedules, managed stock counts through inventory software, and kept food safety records audit-ready for council inspections
Education
No single mandatory qualification: most enter through hospitality experience and internal promotion, often supported by a Certificate III or IV in Hospitality or a Diploma of Hospitality Management, plus a Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) certificate and food safety supervisor certification.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA)
- Food Safety Supervisor certificate
- HACCP
- Liquor licensing
- Fair Work Act rostering
- Cost of goods sold (COGS)
- Labour cost percentage
- Front of house (FOH)
- Back of house (BOH)
- POS reconciliation
- Stocktake
- Supplier ordering
- Toast POS
- Square POS
- TouchBistro
- Deputy scheduling
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.