The Assistant Manager is responsible for everything that happens during their shift and works toward company goals, including controlling inventory, labor, and cash costs while providing excellent customer service. The role sets an example by following company policies and procedures and holding team members accountable for doing the same. The position requires working in a fast-paced environment while maintaining quality, integrity, store organization, and cleanliness. The role may include learning to contribute to store profitability, staff and train a team, apply hiring and marketing practices, track and report food cost variance, meet labor requirements, schedule staff, lead team meetings, and manage different temperaments. Paid training includes videos, coaching guides, quizzes, and on-the-job training. The job description describes opportunities for advancement from Assistant Manager to General Manager, District Manager, franchisee, or Manager of Corporate Operations. Work may involve operating store equipment, stocking and preparing products, processing telephone and in-person orders, cleaning, and handling deliveries of store supplies. Working conditions can include adverse weather, temperatures from 33 degrees in coolers to 90 degrees or higher in some areas, odors, cornmeal dust, confined spaces, hot surfaces and products, sharp edges, and moving mechanical parts. The position involves frequent standing, walking, reaching, and hand use, as well as occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, bending, crouching, and squatting. Some paperwork is completed while sitting.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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