Restaurant Manager

Bob Evans Restaurants • Van Wert, OH

22d • $56,000

About The Position

Bob Evans is seeking a restaurant manager to support daily restaurant operations and staff while implementing company policies, procedures, programs, and systems. The role helps build sales, achieve goals, and improve restaurant profitability. It involves supervising and developing employees, ensuring a welcoming guest experience, maintaining food quality and cleanliness, and managing operational, financial, labor, and food-cost controls. The posting also describes early closing, no late nights, flexible schedules, work-life balance, and career growth.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior experience in a leadership role is required.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, conflict-resolution, planning, and organizational skills.
• Dedication to 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 sitting or resting.
• Ability to push, lift, carry, and transfer up to 50 pounds; reach; handle objects, tools, or controls; bend and stoop; taste and smell; communicate verbally; and use visual abilities including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception and focus adjustment.
• Ability to access all restaurant areas, including selling floors, stock areas, and register areas.

Nice To Haves

• At least 2 years of experience in a family, fast-food, or casual-dining restaurant is strongly preferred.
• College and/or culinary schooling is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, interview, train, assign, and direct employees; appraise performance, reward and discipline employees, and resolve complaints and problems in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
• Coach and mentor team members to support their success and guest satisfaction.
• Model professional behavior and foster a warm, friendly, hospitable atmosphere.
• Assist team members with category job duties as needed.
• Support store sales by executing corporate and local marketing programs on time and in full.
• Champion sales-building activities and suggestive selling; maximize table turnover, sales per guest, and sales per hour.
• Meet and greet guests and investigate and resolve food-quality or service issues.
• Help maintain efficient operations, cost controls, and profitability.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements, local health and safety codes, and company safety and security policies; enforce safe work behaviors.
• Monitor daily activities to maintain food quality and cleanliness standards.
• Manage daily operations by following cash-control and security procedures, reviewing financial reports and schedules, and taking appropriate action.
• Control food costs through recipe compliance, portion control, and inventory management.
• Control labor costs by monitoring schedules and sales performance using the company labor-scheduling tool.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, with pay up to $56,000 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 close and no late nights.
• Work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

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