Restaurant Manager

We are looking for a strong, business-minded General Manager to lead one of our higher-volume QSR restaurant

locations in Southern California. This role is designed for a leader who understands that great restaurant operations must

translate into stronger sales, better profitability, improved guest experience, and consistent daily execution.

The General Manager is responsible for the overall business performance of the restaurant. This includes driving sales

growth, managing labor, controlling food cost, improving profitability, building and retaining a strong team, maintaining

brand standards, and ensuring every guest receives a fast, accurate, and positive experience. This position reports

directly to the District Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the daily business performance of the restaurant, including sales, labor, food cost, controllable expenses, guest

experience, and profitability.

• Actively drive sales through strong shift execution, local store marketing, catering, suggestive selling, speed of service,

hospitality, and community engagement.

• Review sales trends, daypart performance, labor results, inventory usage, waste, guest feedback, and operating reports to

identify opportunities and take action.

• Build weekly schedules that support sales growth, peak-hour execution, labor discipline, and proper manager coverage.
• Manage labor targets, food cost, inventory, waste, cash controls, deposits, and other financial routines with accuracy and

accountability.

• Lead daily restaurant operations with urgency, ownership, and a focus on results.
• Hire, train, coach, and develop team members, shift leaders, and assistant managers.
• Build a strong leadership bench and ensure managers understand the business side of running the restaurant.
• Maintain brand standards for speed of service, product quality, cleanliness, hospitality, food safety, and overall guest

readiness.

• Hold the team accountable to sales goals, service standards, productivity, and restaurant-level execution.
• Partner with the District Manager on action plans, staffing needs, sales-building opportunities, performance issues, and

financial goals.

Required Business Skills

• Ability to read and understand sales reports, labor reports, food cost results, inventory reports, guest feedback, and basic

P&L; information.

• Strong understanding of how labor, scheduling, deployment, food cost, waste, speed of service, and guest experience

impact profitability.

• Ability to identify sales opportunities by daypart, product category, catering, local store marketing, and guest traffic patterns.

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• Comfortable setting goals, following up on results, and holding managers and team members accountable to performance

expectations.

• Ability to connect daily restaurant execution to broader business outcomes, including sales growth, margin improvement, and

guest retention.

• Strong communication, planning, organization, and follow-up skills.

What We Are Looking For

• Prior restaurant management experience required.
• QSR, fast-casual, coffee, sandwich, drive-thru, or high-volume food service experience preferred.
• Proven ability to lead a team, improve results, and manage restaurant-level financial performance.
• Strong guest service skills and ability to resolve issues professionally.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-volume restaurant environment.
• Reliable, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Willingness to work weekends, holidays, early mornings, evenings, and occasional nights as needed.
• Must be able to work in person and support the restaurant based on business demands.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Career growth opportunities

Schedule Requirements

• Minimum 55 hours per week.
• Weekend and holiday availability required.
• Day shift and evening shift availability required.
• Schedule may vary based on store volume, staffing, sales opportunities, and operational needs.

Pay: $83,500.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person