Daytime Manager at Edera Italian Eatery in St. Louis, MO

Daytime Manager — Edera & Edera Italian Market

About the Role

Edera, an Italian restaurant in St. Louis’s Central West End, is hiring a Daytime Manager to own two things: lunch service at the restaurant, and the launch of the all-new Edera Italian Market next door.

The market is a small, upscale Italian specialty shop. You’ll open it from the ground up, deciding what we sell, how it’s displayed, and how it runs day to day. In the restaurant, you’ll lead the lunch team and grow the daypart into a destination for the neighborhood.

This role suits a hands-on hospitality leader who also has a merchant’s eye and wants to build something new.

Responsibilities: Lunch at Edera

• Run lunch service end to end: floor, bar, and kitchen coordination, from open through the afternoon handoff to the evening manager.
• Grow lunch covers and sales with new ideas for menu, pricing, speed of service, local business outreach, and promotions, working with ownership and the chef.
• Schedule, hire, train, and lead the daytime team; keep labor in line with sales.
• Manage daytime ordering, inventory, cash handling, and end-of-shift reporting in the POS.
• Uphold food safety, sanitation, and responsible alcohol service standards.
• Be the face of Edera at lunch: greet regulars, handle guest feedback, and resolve issues on the spot.

Responsibilities: Opening and Running the Edera Italian Market

• Lead the market launch: help set the product mix, layout, fixtures, pricing, and opening timeline with ownership.
• Source and select products such as imported Italian groceries, cheeses, cured meats, wine, and prepared foods from Edera’s kitchen; build and manage vendor relationships.
• Own merchandising and visual presentation: displays, signage, seasonal resets, gift and holiday offerings.
• Set up and run retail operations: receiving, inventory counts, shrink control, reordering, and retail POS.
• Track sales by category and adjust the assortment and pricing based on what sells.
• Hire, train, and schedule market staff; keep service knowledgeable and personal.
• Connect the market and the restaurant through cross-promotion, tastings, events, and catering or take-home offerings.

Qualifications

• Management experience in a full-service restaurant, specialty food shop, gourmet market, or similar hospitality setting.
• Retail merchandising experience is strongly preferred, ideally including product selection, displays, and inventory in a specialty food or wine environment.
• Knowledge of and enthusiasm for Italian food and wine.
• Experience opening a new restaurant, shop, or concept is a plus.
• Comfortable with budgets, cost control, scheduling, and sales reporting.
• Experience with restaurant and retail POS systems.
• ServSafe Manager certification, or the ability to obtain it.
• Organized, self-directed, and a clear communicator who leads from the floor.

Schedule, Compensation & Benefits

• Full-time, primarily daytime hours, including some weekends and holidays.
• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Ground-floor opportunity to build and shape a new market concept.

Pay: $50,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Restaurant management: 3 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• St. Louis, MO 63108 (Required)

Work Location: In person