Career Opportunities at Spur Corporation

Job Advert Summary    
Spur Corporation is a growing multi-brand restaurant franchisor, headquartered in Cape Town. The group currently has Ten brands, namely, Spur Steak Ranches, Panarottis Pizza Pasta, John Dory’s Fish Grill Sushi, RocoMamas, The Hussar Grill, Casa Bella, Nikos Coalgrill Greek, Doppio Zero, Modern Tailors and Piza e Vino. In order to retain an exceptional talent pool, the group endeavours to create a great place to work, building a collaborative and innovative performance-based culture which enables each employee to thrive on his or her unique Spur Corporation journey. Spur Corporation’s employees are passionate and purpose-driven people growing great brands. Through their dedicated service and talent, they offer support to the group’s endeavours and operational activities, offering an exceptional return on investment to all its shareholders. A career at Spur Corporation is an opportunity for an employee to nurture, learn, grow, and realise their full potential.

A position has become available in the Marketing Department at the Century City Office, Cape Town for a Brand Manager. Your role will be to champion the brand, supporting franchisees and growing sales using your breakthrough marketing ideas; driving the most relevant channels to reach and engage customers authentically. You will drive menu designs, oversee digital marketing platforms incl. loyalty apps, and social media, drive impactful community involvement while managing the marketing budget seamlessly.

Minimum Requirements    
Qualification and Experience Requirements:

• A degree in Marketing or an equivalent qualification.
• Minimum 5 years on the job experience.
• Prior experience within a similar role ( Advantegeous)
• You have excellent communication skills (written, verbal) and are strong in presenting
• You possess strong influencing skills and are good at negotiation
• You work well with diverse people and associated teams
• Goal-orientation, follow-through and the ability to collaborate effectively with others in person and remotely
• You display evidence-based decision making and analytical problem solving
• You have attention to detail with strong project management ability, able to run multiple projects simultaneously.

Duties &  Responsibilities:

• Develop Brand, PR management strategies to build brand power and support brand financial targets
• Drive compelling creative development of communication assets and best practices. 
• Manage social media ecosystem for consistency, cut-through.
• Drive market automation – personalised data communication
• Market data and trend analysis including consumer insights to influence strategy
• Understanding the Restaurant/Franchisor environment
• Leveraging the right communication channels in terms of traditional and digital marketing
• Project management
• Agency and Service provider management (Day to day running and legal agreements)
• Budgeting and forecasting – fiscal discipline

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Job Advert Summary    
Spur Corporation is a growing multi-brand restaurant franchisor, headquartered in Cape Town. The group currently has Ten brands, namely, Spur Steak Ranches, Panarottis Pizza Pasta, John Dory’s Fish Grill Sushi, RocoMamas, The Hussar Grill, Casa Bella, Nikos Coalgrill Greek, Doppio Zero, Modern Tailors and Piza e Vino. In order to retain an exceptional talent pool, the group endeavours to create a great place to work, building a collaborative and innovative performance-based culture which enables each employee to thrive on his or her unique Spur Corporation journey. Spur Corporation’s employees are passionate and purpose-driven people growing great brands. Through their dedicated service and talent, they offer support to the group’s endeavours and operational activities, offering an exceptional return on investment to all its shareholders. A career at Spur Corporation is an opportunity for an employee to nurture, learn, grow, and realise their full potential.

A position has become available at the Hussar Grill , Cape Town for a Restauarant Manager.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12
• Tertiary Qualification ( Studies in Hospitality – advantageous)
• 5 Years of experience in the restaurant industry

Duties and Responsibilities    
Knowledge & Experience

• This experience should include managing a busy restaurant, handling food cost, and managing staff.
• Knowledge of food cost and Back of House Procedures/controls.
• Strong administrative qualities: The manager should have strong administrative qualities, including the ability to manage schedules, handle payroll, and maintain accurate records.
• Labour control: The manager should have experience managing labour costs, including scheduling, hiring, and training staff.
• Team builder: The manager should be a team builder, with the ability to motivate and inspire staff to work together towards common goals.
• High standards: The manager should be hard on standards and should have a keen eye for detail. They should be committed to maintaining high levels of cleanliness, hygiene, and food quality.
• Guest-oriented: The manager should have a strong focus on the guest experience, with the ability to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere in the restaurant.
• Knowledge of meat and wine: The manager should have knowledge of meat, particularly beef, and should be familiar with basic wine fundamentals. This will allow them to make informed decisions when it comes to menu planning and wine pairing.

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Job Advert Summary    
Spur Corporation is a growing multi-brand restaurant franchisor, headquartered in Cape Town. The group currently has Ten brands, namely, Spur Steak Ranches, Panarottis Pizza Pasta, John Dory’s Fish Grill Sushi, RocoMamas, The Hussar Grill, Casa Bella, Nikos Coalgrill Greek, Doppio Zero, Modern Tailors and Piza e Vino. In order to retain an exceptional talent pool, the group endeavours to create a great place to work, building a collaborative and innovative performance-based culture which enables each employee to thrive on his or her unique Spur Corporation journey. Spur Corporation’s employees are passionate and purpose-driven people growing great brands. Through their dedicated service and talent, they offer support to the group’s endeavours and operational activities, offering an exceptional return on investment to all its shareholders. A career at Spur Corporation is an opportunity for an employee to nurture, learn, grow, and realise their full potential.

A position has become available in the Operations Department at the Century City Office, Cape Town for an Operations Manager for Panarottis. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring franchisor and franchisee profitability. To protect the investment of franchisees through proactive activity, ensure maintenance of high standards in the Western Cape region.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12/ Matric.
• A qualification in Operations Management would be an advantageous.
• In store operator and or existing area management experience.
• 3 years’ experience in restaurant senior management or elsewhere in restaurant industry preferable.
• Computer - MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Be in a possession of a Code 8 driver’s licence.

Skills and Competencies:

• Have a strong sense of self-discipline and time management.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively.
• Excellent work ethic.
• Coordinate and multitude of stakeholders.
• Interact interpersonal for the full duration of each day with multiple clients as well as adapt easily to different cultures.
• Good communication skills, both verbally and written.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Franchisor Profitability

• Attend Operations meetings to discuss status reports and action plans to improve stores turnover and standards.
• Attend follow up meetings as per the minutes.
• Monitoring branded product off takes and Central Kitchens off takes.
• Ensure timeous collection of debtors.
• Ensure timeous collection of declarations and turnover listings to facilitate checking of correct turnovers declared.
• Ensure that all relevant in-store strategic intent is in place and conduct follow ups in order to ensure maximum turnover is derived.
• Ensure all franchisee fees and advertising levies are collected / paid by the 15th day of each month.

 Franchisee Profitability

• Ensure that monthly financial analyses (income statements) are conducted and provide written guidance on improving net profit.
• Assist stores/area managers with the compilation of budgets and cash flows (daily / weekly / monthly).
• Ensure that all relevant in-store strategies are in place, i.e. marketing plans, monthly & weekly overhead budgets, incentives for management, ASPH strategies, staff and casuals and stock turn ratios etc.
• Spend quality time with area managers and spend time in stores to ascertain poor food cost/overhead practices and rectification thereof.

 Protect the investment of the franchisees through proactive activity and maintenance of high standards

• Implement on-going follow ups on strategic intent.
• Ensure that monthly quality and hygiene report and 'C' follow ups are done within 10 days.
• Ensure that monthly service assessments and 'C' follow ups are done within 10 days.
• Training of management, casuals and staff, utilising material at the Operations manager’s disposal, e.g. videos.
• Attend Bi-monthly management meetings with owners and management, developing action plans for improvement.
• Utilise tools such as casual and management tests to determine root problems in stores.
• Arrange mystery shopper reports when necessary.
• Assist stores in post-training evaluation.
• Visiting stores to review quality of product, service and hygiene and assist when necessary.
• Demonstrating and following up of opening, 11h00 am, 17h00 pm and closing procedures.
• Organise Q-pro Audits for problematic stores.
• Implementing three (3) / six (6) month marketing plans.
• Ensure that R&M standards are acceptable.
• Initiating revamps and ensuring competitive advantage in the marketplace, i.e. modular PlayStations, Sony PlayStations, trains etc.

 Area Management

• Schedule training for new franchisees, staff and management.
• Assist with opening of new stores.
• Assist with upgrades, revamps & technical standards in the region.
• Ensure that the Training Centre has sufficient delegates.

 Secondary Functions

• Handle customer complaints immediately.
• Ensure that all promotions and relevant promotional material are available in store.
• Collect lease agreements.
• Collect franchise agreements.
• Collect customer care cards.
• Update Extranet/ Intranet information.
• Ensure all Head Office files and administration is kept up to date and organised.

 Discretionary Authority

• Provide an operations assessment grading.
• Provide a service assessment grading.
• Call a meeting between the Regional Heads and Directors/ COO in order to resolve operational problems in the store.
• Enforce buyers and suppliers nominated by our company.
• Request profit and loss statements from franchisees.
• Negotiate revamps.
• Implement strategies to improve the Brand and the franchisees position.
• Convert stores from 30 days to a COD account at Vector.
• Request Q-pro audit for the following;
• Failed hygiene audits
• Poor operational standards
• Enforce the retraining of management/casuals/staff at store level.
• Arrange mystery shopper reports.
• Draw up repairs and maintenance snag lists and ensure that they are completed by the set date.
• Implement marketing strategies in conjunction with the Spur Brand image.
• Debate Branded products viability.
• Organise Franchise Agreements to be signed.

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Job Advert Summary    

• Spur Corporation is a growing multi-brand restaurant franchisor, headquartered in Cape Town. The group currently has Ten brands, namely, Spur Steak Ranches, Panarottis Pizza Pasta, John Dory’s Fish Grill Sushi, RocoMamas,
• The Hussar Grill, Casa Bella, Nikos Coalgrill Greek, Doppio Zero, Modern Tailors and Piza e Vino.
• In order to retain an exceptional talent pool, the group endeavours to create a great place to work, building a collaborative and innovative performance-based culture which enables each employee to thrive on his or her unique Spur Corporation journey. Spur Corporation’s employees are passionate and purpose-driven people growing great brands.
• Through their dedicated service and talent, they offer support to the group’s endeavours and operational activities, offering an exceptional return on investment to all its shareholders.
• A career at Spur Corporation is an opportunity for an employee to nurture, learn, grow, and realise their full potential. We have a great Workplace Integrated Learning (WIL) - Finance opportunity for a passionate individual.
• The successful candidate will be placed in the Finance department within Spur Corporation at Century City, Cape Town office and will have an opportunity to acquire all round work experience by fulfilling various duties and responsibilities relevant to the department.

Minimum Requirements    

• Grade 12/ Matric
• National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or similar
• Must be a South African Citizen
• Must be between the ages 18 and 35
• Must reside in the Western Cape, Cape Town
• Currently unemployed
• Signed letter from the institution confirming workplace experience is required to complete qualification
• Commit to the programme for the full 6 months
• Have not been previously enrolled in a Workplace Integrated Learning (WIL) Internship Programme

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Generate Operational expense transactions for review on a monthly basis
• Receiving and validating documentary proof of expenses (cash and credit card claims)
• Assist with capturing of local and International operational expenses
• Assist with processing of all journal entries and requests - travel, credit cards and mobile phones and cash
• Assist with the preparation of the franchise fee declarations
• Carry out all work-related duties and responsibilities assigned and ad hoc requests.
• Perform all assigned work tasks promptly and efficiently.
• Support team members to achieve your learning objectives.

Skills:

• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel)
• Proactive in the role with a keen attention to detail

Competencies:

• Excellent skills in written and verbal communication
• Open minded and eager to learn
• Excellent organisational skills with attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple elements in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Team player with energy, passion, and integrity