Assistant Manager - Restaurant

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores•Quartzsite, AZ

24d

About The Position

The Restaurant Assistant Manager helps ensure smooth and efficient restaurant operations. The role assists in leading staff, managing processes, and executing strategies to improve sales and customer satisfaction. Responsibilities include maintaining a safe, clean, and well-maintained facility; supporting food safety; managing ordering, stocking, inventory, and food preparation; helping oversee schedules, cash integrity, and reporting; and working with the Restaurant Manager on task execution and talent acquisition. The Assistant Manager also supports the team in preparing and packaging customer orders promptly and uses financial reports, including profit-and-loss statements, to identify opportunities for improvement. The position requires flexibility to work days, afternoons, evenings, nights, occasional overnights, weekends, and holidays. It involves regular interaction with customers and team members, active work while standing and moving, and frequent handling of items weighing over 75 pounds.

Requirements

At least 1 year of restaurant management experience.
At least 1 year managing operations with annual sales volume of $1 million or more.
At least 1 year of experience affecting and deciphering budgets and profit-and-loss statements.
At least 1 year supervising and training 5–10 or more employees.
Intermediate computer skills, including Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Valid driver’s license.
Ability to successfully complete a pre-employment background check and drug screening.
Ability to work days, afternoons, evenings, nights, occasional overnights, weekends, and holidays.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer-satisfaction focus.
Strong customer service, rapport-building, and salesmanship skills.
Strong organizational and multitasking abilities with attention to detail.
Effective teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

Maintain a safe, clean, and well-maintained facility through facilities and equipment maintenance and adherence to food safety procedures.
Drive sales through efficient ordering, stocking, inventory management, and food preparation.
Assist the Restaurant Manager with task execution and completion, scheduling, cash integrity, and daily, weekly, and monthly reporting.
Work with the team to prepare and package customer orders in a timely manner to meet customer service expectations.
Understand financial reporting, including analyzing profit-and-loss statements, and act on opportunities to improve results.
Collaborate with the Restaurant Manager on talent acquisition.
Help lead staff and manage processes to support restaurant operations, sales, and customer satisfaction.