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AES Restaurants•Clayton, GA

About The Position

AES Restaurant Group, LLC, a franchisee of Arby’s, is seeking a Restaurant General Manager to lead a restaurant team and create a positive work environment and dining experience. The manager coaches, mentors, and supports team members, with responsibility for their development, safety, and well-being. The role focuses on delivering outstanding guest service and achieving restaurant goals across operations, profit and loss, guest satisfaction, speed of service, quality control, workplace safety, and food and labor performance. The manager uses AES systems to make accurate projections and schedules, maintains restaurant controls—including cash and inventory—and follows applicable government regulations, employment law, food safety requirements, operational policies, and cash policies. AES describes itself as a goal-oriented company offering competitive compensation and a bonus plan, with opportunities to develop skills and gain job satisfaction through performance results. The position requires a reliable vehicle and valid driver’s license, as well as ServSafe certification or the ability to obtain it. Work involves variable warm and cold temperatures and physical tasks such as standing for extended periods, lifting, climbing ladders, and bending, squatting, twisting, pulling, and reaching.

Requirements

Must have a reliable vehicle and valid driver’s license.
Must be ServSafe certified or capable of obtaining certification.
Ability to work in warm and cold temperatures.
Ability to stand for 8–10 hours.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
Ability to climb ladders for general maintenance.
Ability to bend, squat, twist, pull, and reach.
Skills in respectful communication, coaching and developing, hiring and staffing, leadership, listening, delegating responsibility, and emotional resilience and patience.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and think on your feet.
High standards of integrity and customer satisfaction.
Knowledge or skills in P&L management, operations management, restaurant management, and managing food and labor costs.

Responsibilities

Ensure the team provides outstanding service and satisfies guests.
Hire, train, coach, and develop team members.
Use AES systems to run the restaurant, including preparing accurate projections and schedules.
Implement restaurant controls, especially cash and inventory controls.
Set and meet restaurant goals for service, operations, and financial results.
Monitor operations, profit and loss, guest satisfaction, customer service, speed of service, quality control, and workplace safety.
Monitor food and labor variance and take appropriate action to improve results.
Follow government regulations, employment law, food safety requirements, operations policies, and cash policies, and implement accounting controls.
Support the development, safety, and well-being of the team.