Restaurant Manager

California Pizza Kitchen•Palm Desert, CA

23d

About The Position

The Restaurant Manager leads restaurant operations at California Pizza Kitchen, delivering an excellent guest experience while building a strong, hospitality-focused team. The role includes developing employees and future talent, supporting career growth and cross-training, and driving sales, profitability, and guest counts. The manager oversees the restaurant’s profit and loss, forecasts and adjusts labor, practices portion controls, prepares budgets, and analyzes financial variances. The position also requires maintaining sanitation standards and procedures to provide a safe and healthy environment, and communicating effectively with employees, guests, suppliers, and senior management. CPK provides an eight-week training program using online, book-based, and shoulder-to-shoulder learning, as well as an electronic learning platform for ongoing development. The company describes a people-first culture, opportunities for growth and promotion, meals while working, and an industry-competitive compensation package with bonus potential. The current salary range is USD $70,500 to $75,000.

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.

Responsibilities

Deliver a phenomenal guest experience.
Lead and inspire the team with a people-first mentality, contributing to CPK’s culture.
Build a team focused on hospitality and culinary execution.
Develop talent, foster career growth, and support team 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 controls, preparing budgets, and analyzing variances.
Communicate effectively 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 using online, book-based, and shoulder-to-shoulder teaching.
Opportunities for growth and development, with promotion from within.
Electronic learning platform for continuous development.
Manager meals while working.
Management Dine-Out card for use with family and friends.
Kindness Fund employee-driven assistance program.
Industry-competitive compensation package with bonus potential.
Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
401(k).
All the pizza you can eat.