Restaurant Supervisor / Shift Lead (m/f/d)

About the role

Küstenperle Strandhotel & Spa is looking for a Restaurant Supervisor / Shift Lead to strengthen its food and beverage team in Büsum. The hotel opened in June 2017 and is a 4-star property with 93 rooms and suites, 7 holiday apartments in the adjacent apartment building, four event rooms for up to 250 guests, the Deichperle restaurant, Schneiders bar, and a spa and wellness area with four treatment rooms, a swimming pool, three saunas, and a fitness and gymnastics room. The property is located directly at the family lagoon in Perlebucht and offers a distinctive working environment with many guest-facing responsibilities.

This position combines hands-on service work with deputy leadership tasks in the restaurant when the restaurant manager is unavailable. The role is suited to someone who enjoys warm hospitality, structured teamwork, and responsible coordination in a lively hotel operation.

What the job involves

• Deliver attentive, personalised service in the Deichperle restaurant, Schneiders bar, and the associated terraces.
• Welcome guests in a friendly and professional way and look after them during their stay.
• Maintain strong knowledge of the food and beverage selection.
• Handle reservations and carry them through from booking to seating.
• Take orders, recommend dishes and drinks, serve food and beverages, and clear tables.
• Support events, conferences, and celebrations.
• Prepare and reset the mise en place before and after service.
• Accurately post food and beverage items in the cash register system.
• Follow internal service guidelines as well as general hospitality standards.
• Ensure cleanliness and hygiene in line with HACCP rules, including the back-office area.
• In the absence of the restaurant manager, take on supervisory duties such as guest seating, station allocation, task distribution, stock checks and purchasing, inventory counts, onboarding and training new team members, publishing the daily menu online, liaising with the kitchen management, and adjusting rota plans in case of absences, sick leave, or changes in occupancy.

What you should bring

• A completed vocational qualification in hotel management or restaurant service.
• Several years of professional experience in hospitality.
• The ability to organise your own area of responsibility independently.
• A service-minded attitude and a strong interest in collaborative teamwork.
• Enthusiasm for structured, guest-oriented work and attention to detail.
• A communicative, motivated, and committed personality.

Why join us

• A respectful workplace where every employee is valued and supported.
• A modern and pleasant working atmosphere.
• Varied responsibilities with real influence on guest satisfaction.
• Attractive views over the Büsum Wadden Sea and good development prospects.
• Partly provided work clothing that is laundered and ironed by the company.
• Employee discounts within the hotel and in Büsum.
• Planned holidays are generally possible at any time, with only special periods such as Christmas and New Year requiring a short break so that everyone can take preferred time off.
• Transparent, minute-by-minute time tracking so no working minute is lost.
• A year-round, crisis-resistant position in an innovative and sustainably minded company.
• Annual employee development discussions to support personal growth and shared progress.

Application information

Please send your application by email or post to the HR department, including your earliest possible start date and salary expectation. Contact details provided in the source: Dithmarscher Straße 39, 25761 Nordseebad-Büsum, Germany, email [email protected], website www.hotel-kuestenperle.de.

Additional notes

The source describes the employer as Küstenperle Strandhotel & Spa and highlights its location, hotel facilities, restaurant, bar, wellness area, and event spaces. No vacancy count, salary amount, or specific start date was stated.