Restaurant Manager

Good food, served with care, brings out the best in people. This bakery-café depends on a manager who makes every guest feel welcomed, every shift feel ready, and every team member feel they can grow. You will set the pace for warm service, safe food, and a café that earns repeat visits and community trust.

Performance Objectives

• Lead the café so guests are greeted, served correctly, and leave feeling cared for, measured by guest feedback, speed, and order accuracy.
• Run daily shifts that hit labor, food cost, and sales targets without sacrificing quality or cleanliness.
• Coach associates across cashier, bakery, sandwiches, salads, barista, and dining so the team can cover peak volume with consistency.
• Protect health and food safety on every shift and close gaps found in audits before they become guest issues.
• Build a bench of shift leaders by training, scheduling fairly, and promoting from within.
• Keep the café stocked, donated unsold product routed to local partners, and the floor warm, clean, and ready to open.
• Resolve guest and team issues in the moment so problems become loyalty, not lost visits.

Environment & Resources

You lead hourly associates and shift leaders in a fast-paced bakery-café, reporting to a multi-unit or district leader. You will use scheduling, inventory, and point-of-sale tools, a defined labor and food budget, and brand training so the team can learn every station. Support includes field leadership, food-safety standards, and a clear path from hourly roles into management.

Essential Qualifications

• Proven success running a high-volume restaurant or café shift, including labor, food cost, and guest recovery.
• Hands-on coaching of hourly teams in a fast pace, with fair schedules and clear expectations.
• Working knowledge of food safety and the discipline to hold every station to it.
• Comfort leading service, production, and closing standards across multiple stations.
• Availability for early, late, weekend, and holiday coverage when the café needs you.
• Ability to hire, train, and retain people who deliver warmth under pressure.

Role Selling Points

• A culture built on warmth, belonging, growth, and trust—not scripts and slogans.
• Real advancement: most café leaders started as hourly associates.
• Daily skill-building that prepares you for a longer restaurant career.
• Competitive pay, team tipping, meal discounts, and bi-weekly pay.
• Work that serves guests and the neighborhood, including donating unsold food.

Call to Action

If you can run a busy café, grow people, and make guests feel they belong, apply now. Bring the shifts you have led and the results you can stand behind. We are an equal opportunity employer.