Restaurant Manager

California Pizza Kitchen • Pleasanton, CA

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About The Position

The Restaurant Manager at California Pizza Kitchen leads restaurant operations while delivering a phenomenal guest experience and building on CPK’s people-first culture. The role involves developing a hospitality- and culinary-focused team, fostering career growth and cross-training, and driving sales, profitability, and guest counts. The manager oversees the restaurant’s profit and loss, including financial planning and performance, and maintains a safe, healthy environment by following sanitation standards and procedures.

The position includes an eight-week training program using online, book-based, and hands-on learning, as well as opportunities for ongoing development through CPK’s electronic learning platform. The role requires frequent exposure to computer terminals and the ability to sit, stand, and/or walk for up to 10 hours a day. Occasional physical tasks include stooping, bending, kneeling, and lifting up to 40 pounds.

Requirements

• At least two years of front-of-house management experience in a high-volume, fast-paced restaurant.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional leadership skills, including the ability to motivate, inspire, and develop a team.
• Passion for execution, hospitality, and service.
• Ability to sit, stand, and/or walk for up to 10 hours a day; occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, lift up to 40 pounds, and perform other physical tasks as needed.
• Vision requirements include close and distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a phenomenal guest experience.
• Lead and inspire the team with a people-first mentality, building on CPK’s culture.
• Build a team focused on hospitality and culinary execution; develop talent, foster career growth, and support cross-training.
• Build sales, profitability, and guest counts.
• Manage the restaurant’s profit and loss.
• Meet financial objectives by forecasting, adjusting labor expenditures, practicing portion control, preparing budgets, and analyzing variances.
• Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with employees, guests, suppliers, and senior management.
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment by establishing, following, and complying with sanitation standards and procedures.

Benefits

• Comprehensive eight-week training program.
• Opportunities for growth and development, including an electronic learning platform.
• Manager meals while working and a Management Dine-Out card.
• Kindness Fund employee assistance program.
• Competitive compensation package with bonus potential.
• Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
• 401(k).
• All the pizza you can eat.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed