Venue Manager | Establishment

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Merivale seeks an experienced Venue Manager for the Iconic Establishment Bar in Sydney's CBD to lead a high-end, VIP-focused venue with strong corporate clientele. Reporting to the General Manager, you will oversee end-to-end operations, drive performance and financials (COGS, budgets, profits), and up-skill teams in premium product knowledge and service standards. The role prizes excellence, offers development opportunities, flexible parental leave, and generous venue discounts. To apply, tailor your CV to show success in managing luxury venues, with measurable wins in guest experience, revenue, staff engagement, and recruitment. Demonstrate leadership, problem solving and a polished execution in fast-paced environments.

The Venue

Classic elegance meets a pitch-perfect party atmosphere at the ground floor Iconic Establishment Bar. Flanked by lines of magnificent iron columns and a 42-metre-long marble bar centrepiece, the former George Patterson House retains much of its formal glory.

With a strong corporate clientele both during and after office hours, this well-known bar is a mecca for repeat clients.  Building relationships and offering service that goes above and beyond is key to the success of this bar.

The Role

We are looking for an incredibly talented and experienced Venue Manager who will drive performance and continue to strive for excellence. This position will suit an established hospitality professional, experienced in managing high-end venues with an emphasis on VIP, luxury offerings.

Reporting directly to the General Manager of the Establishment precinct, you will be leading from the front and setting standards high, managing each space from end to end, and ensuring a smooth operation of all moving parts across the venue.

As the Venue Manager you are the backbone of our business and It's your job to ensure that you maintain the highest level or service, most importantly every one of our customers receives an experience that'll leave them yearning for more.

Your focus will be on the following:

• Leading from the front, ensuring your team understand what exceptional looks like every day.
• Accountability for day-to-day operations and business performance.
• Up-skilling and developing each team member specifically around premium product knowledge and service standards.
• People practices such as recruitment, employee engagement, training, and development.
• Finding growth opportunities, activation, and delivery.
• Effective financial management around COGS, sales budgets and profits.

Our venue is all about the execution of excellence and creating an unforgettable guest experience.

The Reward

You will be joining a company that wants you to succeed, we offer: 

• Competitive salary.
• Paid parental leave and flexible return to work support for new parents.
• Amazing discounts at 90+ venues.
• Career and development opportunities, learning from the best.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee Referral Program.