Restaurant Assistant Manager - Huxtaburger

Concept Eight Pty Ltd; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance incentives

Positive team environment

Ongoing training

Career development

Salary reviews

Growth to manager role

Job summary

Huxtaburger Hawthorn is seeking a passionate hospitality leader to oversee shifts, manage wages and stock, and coach a team to deliver exceptional service and food experiences.

The role emphasizes driving costs, pre-shift planning, and rolling out national marketing campaigns, with a clear path to restaurant manager through ongoing training and development.

Qualifications

• Experience in floor/kitchen management, leading a service and maintaining 100% standards.
• Understand pre-shifts, peak hours and pre-close procedures.
• Ability to control costs including labour and cost of goods.
• Strong coaching and feedback skills.
• Experience rolling out marketing campaigns.
• Customer service focus with team development.
• Can-do attitude and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Run shifts day-to-day and manage wages and inventory.
• Coach and develop the team to deliver exceptional service.
• Implement cost-control measures.
• Support roll-out of national marketing campaigns.

Job description

About us
We own taste and exist to inspire people through our passion for flavour.

Born out of the Melbourne restaurant scene, Huxtaburger sparked the city’s burger craze back in 2011 — and we’re not slowing down. We keep pushing boundaries by serving food that’s tasty, top-quality, and honest. Food that excites. Food that never disappoints.

What we are looking for

We are looking for a customer-centric hospitality legend to help lead our team at Huxtaburger Hawthorn. You'll be highly motivated to make an impact, not afraid to bring great ideas to the table and a true people person whose priority is to ensure every customer is getting the great service and food experience we're known for. This position will see you running shifts day-to-day, whilst managing wages and inventory whilst on shift.

Some of the things which would make you a standout candidate:

Experience in floor/kitchen management, leading a service; executing 100% standards around quality, service and cleanliness.

Understand the importance of pre-shifts, peak hours, non-peak hours, and pre-close procedures.

Understand how to control costs including labour and cost of goods

Confidence in giving team feedback and consistent coaching.

Ability to roll out national marketing campaigns.

Have a flair for customer service and engagement, more importantly though, being able to coach your team the same high standards.

Ability to roll with the punches and apply a can-do approach when faced with problems.

Have confidence, character, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Commitment to growing the restaurant with us.

What We Offer:

Competitive salary with performance-based incentives

A supportive, positive team environment

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Annual salary reviews and performance bonuses

Genuine opportunity to Grow into the restaurant manager role

If you’re a passionate leader with a commitment to great food and exceptional service, we’d love to hear from you!