Assistant General Manager

COMPASS GROUP CANADA; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

COMPASS GROUP CANADA is seeking an Assistant General Manager in Mississauga to lead all aspects of a retail café, branded concepts, catering and events. You will manage client relationships, drive guest experiences, and coordinate food and beverage services to meet client expectations and standards.

With post-secondary education and 5+ years in foodservice management, you will oversee staff development, budgeting, and annual promotions while ensuring compliance with health, safety and

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education with at least 5 years of foodservice or related management experience.
• Strong experience dealing with labour relations issues.
• Proven financial management skills, including ability to control product and labour costs weekly.
• Strong catering experience hosting large events.
• Experience with branded concepts or the hospitality industry.
• Strong management and organizational skills, capable of motivating, leading and developing associates.
• Flexibility in schedule to meet changing business and client service needs.
• Highly detail-oriented, with strong collaboration and teamwork abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional client relations and guest service skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage client relationships and oversee overall operation.
• Demonstrate excellence in front-of-house service culture and guest experience design.
• Lead, train and develop staff for peak service periods.
• Develop customized event plans and coordinate food and beverage to meet client expectations.
• Involve in menu planning and merchandising decisions.
• Plan and implement promotional activities and campaigns to drive guest engagement.
• Present to clients and manage catering departments during peak service.
• Ensure compliance with quality assurance, health and safety and sustainability programs.
• Ensure site operations comply with audit requirements, policies and standards.
• Comply with branded partner and franchise standards and operational requirements.

Skills

Front-of-house service

Guest experience design

Hospitality standards

Staff training

Event planning

Menu planning

Promotional campaigns

Client relations

Operational compliance

Microsoft 365

Education

Post-secondary education

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

The salary range for this position is $75,000 to $85,000. Final compensation will be determined based on relevant skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may be entitled to other elements of total compensation, which may include group benefits, and/or employee incentive programs, where applicable to the role. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and comply with all applicable pay transparency legislation. Further details regarding our total rewards program will be shared by the Talent Acquisition team during the hiring process. Canadian work experience is not a requirement for this role. Please note that artificial intelligence–based tools may be used at certain stages of the recruitment and applicant screening process. This is a posting for an existing job vacancy.

The Assistant General Manager is responsible for all aspects of the operation including: budgeting, financial management and weekly analysis, implementation and ongoing success of the retail café, branded concepts, catering and event services.

If you were to come on board as one of our Assistant General Managers, we’d ask you to do the following for us:

• Manage client relationships.
• Demonstrate expertise in front-of-house service culture, guest experience design, and hospitality standards
• Manage, train and develop staff.
• Develop customized event plans and coordinate food and beverage services to meet client expectations and organizational standards.
• Menu planning and merchandising involvement.
• Plan and implement promotional activities, seasonal campaigns, and unit marketing initiatives to drive guest engagement and experience.
• Executive presence combined with genuine frontline credibility — equally comfortable presenting to a client and running a catering department during peak service
• Ensure compliance with strict quality assurance, health, safety and sustainability programs.
• Ensure site operations remain fully compliant with company audit requirements, policies, procedures, and regulatory standards.
• Ensure full compliance with branded partner and franchise standards, policies, and operational requirements.

Think you have what it takes to be one of our Assistant General Managers? We’re committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here’s how we’ll know you’ll be successful in the role

• Post-secondary education with at least 5 years of foodservice or related management experience in an equivalent, banquet, hotel, conferencing, or branded retail food service environment.
• Strong experience dealing with labour relations issues.
• Proven financial management skills, including ability to control product and labour costs on a weekly basis.
• Strong catering experience, including demonstrated experience hosting large events.
• Experience working with branded concepts or the hospitality industry
• Strong management and organizational skills, capable of motivating, leading and developing associates.
• Flexibility in schedule to meet changing business and client service needs.
• Highly detail-oriented, with strong collaboration and teamwork abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional client relations and guest service skills.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• AFST (Advanced Food Safety Training)