Assistant Manager - Restaurant

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores • Upper Sandusky, OH

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About The Position

The Assistant Manager supports the Restaurant Manager in ensuring smooth and efficient restaurant operations. The role includes assisting with staff leadership, managing processes, and executing strategies to improve sales and customer satisfaction. Responsibilities span facility and food safety, inventory and food preparation, reporting, customer order fulfillment, financial performance, and talent acquisition.

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 working with budgets and profit and loss statements, including affecting and interpreting them.
• At least 1 year supervising and training 5–10 or more employees.
• Ability to work days, afternoons, evenings, nights, occasional overnights, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen and background check; additional screening may include a motor vehicle check and/or DOT physical.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a focus on customer satisfaction.
• Strong customer service, rapport-building, salesmanship, and operational management skills.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities with attention to detail.
• Effective teamwork skills.
• Ability to use computer programs, systems, and technology tools in daily operations.
• Ability to talk, hear, move around, lift up to 50 pounds, and see clearly to perform job duties.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the facility is safe, clean, and well maintained, including maintaining facilities and equipment and following 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 promptly and meet customer service expectations.
• Understand financial reporting, analyze profit and loss statements, and make changes to capture business opportunities.
• Collaborate with the Restaurant Manager on talent acquisition.

Benefits

• Company-funded tuition assistance
• Paid time off
• Flexible scheduling
• 401(k) with 100% match up to 5%
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance after 30 days
• Competitive pay
• Career development
• Quarterly bonus program
• Profit-sharing opportunity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed