General Manager

Bob Evans Restaurants•Prince Frederick, MD

8d•$70,000•Onsite

About The Position

The General Manager oversees the restaurant’s daily operations and staff, ensuring the execution of company policies, procedures, programs, and systems. The role provides leadership, direction, training, and development to direct reports and contributes to restaurant success by building sales, meeting goals, and driving profitability. Decisions are guided by established policies and procedures and the Director of Operations. The General Manager shapes the restaurant’s culture, fosters employee engagement, and supports a welcoming, hospitable environment for employees and guests. The role manages staffing, operations, guest satisfaction, food quality, cleanliness, safety, costs, inventory, schedules, financial performance, and company assets. The position may occasionally assist team members with their job duties.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Prior experience in a leadership role is required.
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 resting or sitting.
Ability to push, lift, carry, and transfer up to 50 pounds.
Ability to reach and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
Ability to 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 freely access all areas of the restaurant, including selling floors, stock areas, and register areas.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Manage the restaurant’s daily operations and staff, implementing company policies, procedures, programs, and systems.
Recruit, interview, hire, train, direct, evaluate, reward, and discipline employees, including termination; address complaints and resolve problems.
Provide leadership, direction, training, development, coaching, and mentoring to direct reports and team members.
Shape the restaurant’s culture and promote a high level of employee engagement.
Model professional behavior and create a warm, friendly, hospitable atmosphere.
Communicate sales performance and anticipated variances to the restaurant management team, and cascade corporate programs and initiatives to managers 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, appropriate 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, financial reports, schedules, and appropriate corrective actions.
Manage the restaurant’s P&L, including food, labor, carryout, and other controllable costs.
Control food costs by following recipes and portion controls and managing the weekly inventory process.
Manage labor costs by optimizing weekly schedules and monitoring daily 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.