Restaurant Manager Trainee

Milagrita Global Food Corporation; Manila; On-site; PHP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based incentives

Strong growth potential

Direct interaction with leadership

Job summary

A leading restaurant brand in Metro Manila is seeking a Restaurant Systems Manager to oversee systems implementation and optimization across multiple branches. The ideal candidate has 5-10 years of experience in restaurant systems and a proven track record in managing multi-store operations. This role is pivotal in ensuring speed and accuracy in operations while providing significant growth opportunities within the company.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience in restaurant systems or POS management.
• Experience managing multi-store rollouts ideally with 10+ branches.
• Strong understanding of restaurant workflows and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end rollout of POS and restaurant systems.
• Design system controls to minimize food cost leakage.
• Maintain centralized control over menu pricing and user permissions.
• Manage relationships with POS providers and oversee SLAs.
• Develop training materials for store teams and area managers.

Skills

Restaurant systems experience

POS management

Multi-branch operations technology

Stakeholder communication

Analytical mindset

Education

Industrial Engineering

IT

Business or related degree

Job description

WE’RE HIRING: RESTAURANT SYSTEMS MANAGER

Metro Manila | Full-Time | Multi-Store Operations

(Nationwide Korean BBQ Chain)

it is one of the Philippines’ leading Korean BBQ restaurant brands with multiple company-owned and franchise stores nationwide. As we continue to scale, we are looking for a Restaurant Systems Manager who will lead the backbone of our operational technology and system standardization across all branches.

This is a high-impact role for someone who understands both restaurant operations and business systems — and wants to build scalable infrastructure for a fast-growing brand.

ROLE SUMMARY

The Restaurant Systems Manager is responsible for the implementation, optimization, and governance of all restaurant systems across our stores, including POS, reporting tools, integrations, and operational workflows.

You will act as the bridge between Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, and IT, ensuring systems support speed, accuracy, cost control, and scalability.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Systems Implementation & Rollout
• Lead end-to-end rollout of POS and restaurant systems across new and existing stores, manage pilot testing, deployment, training, and stabilization, standardize system configurations across branches, ensure seamless integration between POS, inventory, accounting and reporting systems
• Operational Controls & Optimization
• Design system controls to minimize food cost leakage, inventory variance, void/discount abuse, align POS configuration with menu engineering and recipe costing, improve reporting visibility for sales mix, store performance and operational KPIs, optimize workflows (dine-in, kitchen dispatch, inventory receiving, etc.)
• Multi-Store Governance
• Maintain centralized control over menu pricing, modifiers, promos, and user permissions, ensure consistent data integrity across branches, create exception reports and compliance dashboards, conduct system audits in coordination with Operations and Finance
• Vendor & Stakeholder Management
• Manage relationships with POS providers and system vendors, oversee SLAs and escalation processes, collaborate with Operations, Finance and Supply Chain teams for process alignment
• Training & Change Management
• Develop training materials for store teams and area managers, lead system onboarding for new stores, conduct regular refreshers and updates on system enhancements

QUALIFICATIONS

Must-Have:

• 5–10+ years experience in restaurant systems, POS management or multi-branch operations technology
• Experience handling multi-store rollouts (10+ branches preferred)
• Strong understanding of restaurant workflows and cost control
• Analytical mindset with ability to translate operations into system rules and reports
• Experience working with POS ecosystems and system integrations
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills

Strong Advantage:

• Industrial Engineering, IT, Business or related degree
• Lean Six Sigma or process improvement background
• Experience with ERP/accounting systems integration
• Experience in F&B chains or high-volume restaurant brands

WHO YOU ARE

You think in systems, not shortcuts. You understand that speed in stores must be balanced with control. You are data-driven but practical. You can influence operations teams without authority. You care about scalability and long-term structure.

COMPENSATION

Performance-based incentives available.

WHY JOIN US

Be part of a growing nationwide brand. Build systems that scale across dozens of stores. Work directly with leadership. High-impact role with strong growth potential.