Deputy Operations Manager Riffraff/Houdini, 80-100%
- Employment type
- Part-time
- Location
- Zürich
- First posted
Deputy Operations Manager Riffraff/Houdini, 80-100%
Neugass Kino AG stands for sophisticated film culture and vibrant gastronomy. With our operations, including the Bourbaki in Luzern as well as Riffraff and Houdini in Zürich, we create places of encounter, exchange, and inspiration. The Riffraff Kino/Bar in the vibrant Kreis 5 combines four cinema halls with a traditional bar and has been one of the defining cultural sites of the neighborhood for decades. The Houdini Kino/Bar in the Kalkbreite offers a unique cinema experience in the middle of Zürich with five modern cinema halls and a stylish bar. Both locations are popular meeting points for a diverse audience of film, culture, and urban people.
To support the Operations Manager of the Riffraff Kino/Bar and Houdini Kino/Bar, we are looking for an engaged, strong leadership personality with high social competence as:
Deputy Operations Manager Riffraff/Houdini, 80-100%
Your Role
You are a host by conviction and feel at home both in operational business and in organization. As the "right hand of the Operations Manager," you take on responsibility, actively participate in shaping things, and ensure that gastronomy and cultural operations interlock seamlessly.
Your Main Tasks
You support the Operations Manager and share responsibility for the operational management of two versatile gastronomy and cinema businesses.
Active collaboration in daily business in service, at the bar, and the cinema ticket office (approx. 2-3 shifts per week, especially in the evenings)
Food & Beverage Management (assortment design, purchasing, calculation, inventory, and supplier management)
Planning, organization, and implementation of events (pre-premieres, special occasions, rentals, apéros, and festivals (e.g., Porny Days, Human Rights Film Festival, Ginmaku Japanese Film Festival, Yesh!)) incl. administrative follow-up
Recruitment, induction, training, and further development of employees in the cinema and bar areas to ensure our quality standards (service, hygiene, safety, youth protection)
Collaboration in controlling (inventories, margin monitoring, settlements, and among others, key figure analysis)
Your Profile
You are a motivated hosting personality with a passion for gastronomy and culture and are ready for the next step. You are looking for an environment in which you can prove yourself, take on responsibility, and actively contribute your ideas. With us, you get the chance to develop personally and professionally – in a versatile operation that goes far beyond classic gastronomy. If you bring the following points, we would like to get to know you:
Several years of experience in gastronomy and preferably the cultural sector, ideally with initial leadership experience
From "quiet bar/cinema evenings" to large cultural events: You keep the threads together. Readiness to be present when life is happening in the operation - also on weekends and public holidays (we are there for our guests 365 days a year), especially during evening shifts
Passion for service quality, products, and guest relations. Interest in culture, film, and urban life – you understand what makes this operation special
Entrepreneurial thinking, initiative, and a good sense for efficient processes
Organizational strength and enjoyment of administrative tasks
Good MS-Office skills
Very good German and Swiss German skills, good English skills are an advantage
Due to the working hours and possible short-term assignments, we require a residence in the city of Zürich as well as very good accessibility to the workplace
What awaits you
Unique working environment at the intersection of gastronomy and cultural operations
Plenty of creative freedom and real co-responsibility
Open, collegial corporate culture with short decision-making paths
Careful induction and support in everyday professional life
Fair employment conditions and remuneration oriented towards the industry
Free cinema admission for you and your companion in all operations of Neugass Kino AG and other attractive staff discounts in the area of cinema and gastronomy
Do you want to shape, co-decide, be a host – and at the same time be part of a cultural hotspot? Then we look forward to receiving your complete application documents (motivation letter with salary expectations, current CV, all available work references as well as diplomas), preferably summarized in one PDF file. jpide964ee6jm jit0626jm jiy26jm
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Posted 8 weeks ago