Co-Manager

Little Caesars•Chickasha, OK

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Co-Manager oversees restaurant operations during assigned shifts, including supervising team members and staffing levels, ensuring food quality, safety, sanitation, and housekeeping, and maintaining standards for cleanliness, organization, productivity, speed, and accuracy. The Co-Manager ensures team members fulfill their responsibilities and meet job expectations. This is a working manager role that includes opening and closing the restaurant, executing shift operations and goals, communicating with the team, managing cash, handling guest interactions, and maintaining shift safety and security. The Co-Manager also supports employee development, training, accountability, feedback, and recruiting, and helps manage service times, labor, food costs, waste, inventory, ordering, and equipment. The role reports to the General Manager and is managerially responsible for team members. It requires effective leadership, organization, communication, teamwork, financial management, and the ability to work in a fast-paced restaurant environment. Work is mostly indoors and may include outdoor events. Evening, weekend, and holiday work may be required.

Requirements

Must be 18 years old or older.
High school diploma or equivalent recommended.
One to two years of supervisory experience in food service recommended.
Experience supervising and training staff, including safety training.
Skills to manage and control food costs, labor costs, and expenses to meet financial goals.
Strong organizational skills.
Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with employees and encourage teamwork.
Strong leadership skills and ability to serve as a role model through teamwork, attention to detail, quality control, and interactions with members, guests, and team members.
Ability to prioritize and organize assignments and delegate work.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Ability to identify and solve problems.
Ability to work effectively with limited supervision.
Knowledge of Word and Excel and general computer functions.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including frequently lifting or moving up to 50 pounds, and to withstand temperature changes, steam, heat, and confined work areas.
Hearing, visual, and sensory abilities to observe and detect emergencies and distinguish product quality, taste, texture, temperature, presentation, and preparation.

Nice To Haves

College degree preferable.

Responsibilities

Oversee restaurant operations during assigned shifts, including team-member supervision, staffing, food preparation quality, safety, sanitation, and housekeeping.
Open and close the restaurant and work alongside the team as a working manager.
Complete daily checklists, use tools to support high-performing shifts, and ensure standard operating procedures are followed.
Set daily and shift goals, conduct shift huddles, and communicate with team members.
Monitor daily cash management and handle guest interactions.
Lead the restaurant’s culture, service model, and core values during each shift.
Maintain safety and security during the shift.
Support team-member and manager training, accountability documentation, development, and shift coaching.
Assess performance and provide feedback to team members and the General Manager.
Support recruiting through applicant screening and initial interviews.
Use deployment charts each shift.
Manage speed of service and quote times, labor, food cost, waste, and inventory during assigned shifts.
Support ordering and inventory management and maintain equipment.
Keep the General Manager informed about significant issues and events, take corrective action when needed, or suggest alternatives.
Create a positive working environment and maintain cooperative working relationships that support morale, productivity, and efficiency.
Carry out responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws, with input, support, and approval from the General Manager or upper management.
With management input and approval, screen applicants, train employees, plan and direct work, appraise performance, reward and discipline employees, and address complaints and problems.