General Manager

Bob Evans Restaurants • New Stanton, PA

7d

About The Position

The General Manager oversees the restaurant’s daily operations and staff, ensuring execution of company policies, procedures, programs, and systems. The role provides leadership, direction, training, and development to direct reports and contributes to sales growth, goal achievement, and restaurant profitability. Decisions are guided by established policies and procedures and the Director of Operations. The General Manager is responsible for restaurant culture and employee engagement, guest satisfaction, operational efficiency, cost control, and profit management. The position requires working a variety of shifts and weekends.

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 providing 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 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; reach; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and bend and stoop.
• Ability to taste and smell, communicate verbally, and use close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment.
• Ability to access all areas of the restaurant, including selling floors, stock areas, and register areas.

Nice To Haves

• A minimum of 4–6 years of experience in a family, fast-food, or casual-dining restaurant is strongly preferred.
• College and/or culinary schooling preferred.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, interview, hire, train, assign, direct, and evaluate employees; reward and discipline employees, including termination, in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
• Shape the restaurant’s culture and promote employee engagement; coach and mentor team members to support their success and guest satisfaction.
• Model professional behavior and create a warm, friendly, and hospitable atmosphere.
• Communicate sales performance and anticipated variances to the restaurant management team and communicate corporate programs and initiatives to managers and staff.
• Assist team members with category 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 and 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 ensure food quality and cleanliness standards.
• Manage day-to-day operations, including cash control and security, inventory, food and labor management, financial reports and schedules, and appropriate follow-up actions.
• Manage the restaurant’s profit and loss, including food, labor, carryout, and other controllable costs.
• Control food costs by following recipes and portion-control standards and overseeing the weekly inventory process.
• Manage labor costs by optimizing employee and management schedules and monitoring schedules and sales performance using the company’s labor scheduling tool.
• Ensure proper use of restaurant equipment and maintain the facility and company assets.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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