Restaurant Manager
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Title Restaurant Manager / Supervisor
Reports To: General Manager
Department: Food & Beverage
Title Restaurant Manager / Supervisor
Reports To: General Manager
Department: Food & Beverage
Summary of Position
The Restaurant Manager is responsible for supporting daily restaurant operations while ensuring exceptional guest service, efficient operations, and a positive, professional work environment. This position provides leadership, coaching, and support to restaurant employees while ensuring company service, sanitation, safety, and operational standards are consistently followed.
The Restaurant Manager will also assist with staffing, training, labor management, beverage operations, and other assigned areas of management responsibility.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide leadership, coaching, mentoring, and support to restaurant service employees, including Leads, bartenders, servers, food runners, and bussers.
- Ensure guest service expectations and company standards are consistently met or exceeded.
- Support daily restaurant operations and help ensure the service team works together effectively.
- Assist with recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and training restaurant employees.
- Work with Leads to ensure new-hire, ongoing, and cross-training programs are completed.
- Ensure employees are properly trained on POS systems, menus, sanitation guidelines, and service standards.
- Manage labor according to established schedules and business needs.
- Assist with alcohol ordering and receiving.
- Maintain professional standards for cleanliness, sanitation, uniforms, and appearance.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, operational standards, and applicable laws and regulations.
- Support company health and safety standards.
- Promote a positive, respectful, and team-oriented work environment.
- Perform additional operational and management responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications & Experience
- Strong leadership, coaching, and communication skills.
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced restaurant environment.
- Previous food and beverage management or restaurant leadership experience.
- POS system experience preferred.
- ServSafe certification required.
- Experience creating, developing, and curating beverage programs.
- Catering and special events experience preferred.
- Kitchen or back-of-house experience is a plus.
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to stand and move for the majority of the workday.
- Ability to frequently bend, twist, and squat.
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds frequently and up to 50 pounds occasionally.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in hospitality, culinary arts, or a related field preferred, or equivalent relevant restaurant management experience.
Schedule
Must be able to work a flexible schedule based on business needs, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Dental Insurance
- Paid Sick Time
- Flexible Scheduling
- Opportunities for Advancement
- Complimentary Employee Meals
- Family Meal Discounts
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status and all other status protected by law.