General Manager

Bob Evans Restaurants • Wooster, OH

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About The Position

The General Manager oversees the restaurant’s daily operations and staff, implementing Company policies, procedures, programs, and systems. The role provides leadership, direction, training, and development to direct reports and contributes to sales, goal achievement, and restaurant profitability. Decisions are guided by established policies and procedures and the Director of Operations. The General Manager is responsible for employee management, restaurant culture and engagement, guest service, operational efficiency, cost controls, safety, food quality, cleanliness, financial performance, and company assets. The position may occasionally assist team members with their job duties and perform other duties as assigned.

Bob Evans describes its purpose as serving high-quality, farm-fresh food and providing guests with an all-around family dining experience. The company emphasizes taking care of employees and guests, community roots, and a culture where good grows. It also states that it updates safety and sanitation procedures in accordance with current CDC, local, and state guidelines to support a safe environment for employees and guests.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior experience in a leadership role.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and conflict-resolution abilities.
• Strong planning and organization skills.
• Dedication to exceptional guest service.
• Excellent computer skills and basic personal-computer literacy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional team-building capability.
• Basic business math and accounting skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Ability to serve as a role model for employee appearance and presentation.
• Availability to work a variety of shifts and weekends.
• Ability to regularly stand for an entire shift and walk for long periods without rest or sitting.
• Ability to push, lift, carry, and transfer up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to reach; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and bend and stoop.
• Ability to taste and smell and to communicate verbally.
• Close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to freely access all areas of the restaurant, including selling floors, stock areas, and register areas.

Nice To Haves

• Four to six years of experience in a family, fast-food, or casual dining restaurant is strongly preferred.
• College and/or culinary schooling is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, interview, hire, train, assign, and direct employees; appraise performance and reward, discipline, or terminate employees in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
• Shape the restaurant’s culture and foster high employee engagement.
• Coach and mentor team members to support job success and guest satisfaction.
• Model professional behavior and create a warm, friendly, hospitable atmosphere.
• Communicate sales performance and anticipated variances to the restaurant management team, and relay corporate programs and initiatives to the management team and staff.
• Occasionally assist team members with their job duties as needed.
• Lead sales-building activities and suggestive selling; maximize table turnover, sales per guest, and sales per hour.
• Meet and greet guests, investigate and resolve food-quality or service issues, and work to satisfy guests.
• Maintain efficient operations, cost controls, and profit management.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements, local health and safety codes, and company safety and security policies; enforce safe work behaviors.
• Monitor daily activities to maintain food-quality and cleanliness standards.
• Manage daily operations, including cash control and security procedures, inventory, food and labor management, financial reports, schedules, and appropriate follow-up actions.
• Manage profit and loss, including food, labor, carryout, and other controllable costs.
• Control food costs by following recipes and portion-control practices and managing the weekly inventory process.
• Manage labor costs by optimizing weekly employee, manager, and supervisor schedules and monitoring daily schedules and sales performance using the company labor-scheduling tool.
• Ensure proper use of restaurant equipment and maintain the facility and company assets.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation; pay up to $70,000 per year depending on experience and geographic location/local market demand.
• Health and welfare benefits.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Flexible scheduling.
• Opportunity for development and career growth.
• Early close and no late nights.
• Work/life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED