Beer, wine, spirits and a room full of regulars. Come and take the reins of the bar at a proper Fitzroy North pub. $75-85k + super

The Pinnacle is a proper Melbourne pub — seven days, big Sundays, a public bar that fills on trivia nights and a dining room that doesn't let the standard slip. Taps, parmas, regulars who've been coming for years, and a team that takes it seriously without taking itself seriously.
We're looking for a Bar Manager to take full ownership of the bar and the beverage program.
The bar is yours end to end — the list, the cellar, the stock, the margin, and the standards behind the taps. But this isn't a role that lives behind the bar. You'll be on the floor through service leading the wider FOH team alongside our GM, and you'll have a hand in how the whole room runs.

What You'll Be Responsible For

The beverage program: tap rotation and keg management, wine and spirits ordering to par, supplier relationships, cellar organisation and line cleaning schedules, stocktake cycles and variance

The numbers: holding beverage GP to target, managing wastage, keeping POS product and pricing data accurate, flagging margin movement early with a fix attached

Bar standards: speed and consistency through peak trade, setup and close, specs and pour standards, glassware and equipment, the bar looking and running the way it should at 9pm on a Saturday

Floor leadership: running service alongside the GM, holding the room on busy nights, allocating the floor, and sorting problems before guests notice them

Training and development: building product knowledge across the whole FOH team, guiding trial shifts and new starters through their first weeks, and developing the supervisors coming up behind you

Close and cash-up: running end-of-night procedures, cash handling and reconciliation,



and end-of-day reporting

What We're Looking For
You know a pub is a business, not just a service point. You can order, count, cost and pour, and you know which of those actually moves the number. You're calm at peak, you set a standard and hold it, and you're as comfortable reading the room as you are reading a stocktake.
Specifically, we're looking for:

Two or more years running a bar, or in a senior FOH leadership role in a busy venue

Genuine beverage depth — beer, wine and spirits, with real confidence on stock, margin and product

Experience owning ordering and stocktake, not just executing someone else's system

Comfortable leading a full service period without a manager standing behind you

Someone who trains and develops rather than just supervises

Current Victorian RSA

Rostering and wage cost exposure well regarded

What Success Looks Like

Beverage GP hits target consistently — every month, not one positive one

The bar runs the same way whether you're on or not, because the standard is trained in rather than supervised in

Stock is accurate, variances are explained, and nothing runs out on a Saturday

The floor team knows the product and can sell it — the whole room, not just the bar

The people coming up behind you are getting better, and one of them is ready to step up

Why This Role
The bar is genuinely yours to run, in a pub that backs its leaders and is growing. You'll have real autonomy over the beverage program, ongoing development through PAX Hospitality, and a clear path forward for the right person.

To Apply
Send your CV and a short cover note to [email protected]. Tell us who you are, what you've built behind a bar, and why The Pinnacle. We're not looking for a cover letter that mirrors this ad back at us — we want to hear your voice.

📌 Bar Manager (Fitzroy North)
🏢 The Pinnacle
📍 Fitzroy North