Assistant Manager - Restaurant

Love's Travel Stops; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Flexible Scheduling

401(k) Matching

Health Insurance

Competitive Pay

Career Development

Bonus Program

Profit Sharing

Job summary

Love's Travel Stops is hiring a Restaurant Assistant Manager to lead daily restaurant operations, supervise staff, and drive strategies that boost sales and guest satisfaction in a fast-paced travel-stop environment.

You will work with the Restaurant Manager to schedule, manage inventory, ensure food safety, and analyze performance while supporting a dynamic team. This role offers growth opportunities, competitive benefits, and hands-on leadership experience.

Qualifications

• 1+ years restaurant management experience.
• 1+ years managing operations with an annual sales volume of $1+ million.
• 1+ years supervising and training 5-10+ employees.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Responsibilities

• Lead staff and ensure a safe, clean facility and food safety compliance.
• Drive sales through effective ordering, stocking, inventory, and food prep.
• Assist Restaurant Manager with task execution, scheduling, cash integrity, and reporting.

Skills

Customer Service

Sales Leadership

Communication

Team Leadership

Budget & P&L

Staff Training

Inventory Management

Scheduling

Job description

Benefits

* Fuel Your Growth with Love's - company funded tuition assistance * Paid Time Off * Flexible Scheduling * 401(k) – 100% match up to 5% * Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance after 30-days * Competitive Pay * Career Development * Quarterly Bonus Program * Profit-Sharing Opportunity *

Hiring Immediately

Welcome to Love’s!

At Love’s, Restaurant Assistant Managers play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our restaurant. You will assist in leading staff, managing processes, and executing strategies to enhance sales and customer satisfaction. With opportunity as our greatest benefit and a dynamic team environment, this role is ideal for individuals passionate about the restaurant industry and ready to make a difference.

Job Functions

• Ensure a safe, clean, and well‑maintained facility through facilities and equipment maintenance along with adherence to proper food safety procedures.
• Drive sales of products and services through efficient ordering, stocking, inventory management, and food preparation.
• Assist the Restaurant Manager with proper task execution and completion, schedule and cash integrity, and complete daily, weekly, and monthly reporting.
• Work with the team to prepare and package customer orders in a timely manner to maximize customer service expectations and results.
• Understand financial reporting to include analyzing profit and loss statements and affecting changes to capture and capitalize on opportunities.
• Collaborate with Restaurant Manager in the efforts of talent acquisition.

Requirements

• Ability to work various shift times to include days, afternoons, evenings, nights, occasional overnights, weekends, and holidays.
• 1+ years restaurant management experience.
• 1+ years managing operations with an annual sales volume of $1+million.
• 1+ years affecting and deciphering budgets and P&L statements.
• 1+ years supervising and training 5-10+ employees.
• Ability to successfully complete a pre‑employment drug screen and background check. Additional screening may include a motor vehicle check and/or DOT Physical.

Skills and Demands

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer satisfaction focus.
• Exceptional customer service, positive rapport building, expert salesmanship, and ensuring satisfaction by managing operations and employee‑vehicle deployment.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities with attention to detail.
• Effective teamwork skills.
• Ability to navigate various computer programs, systems, and technology tools as part of daily operations.
• Must be able to talk, hear, move around, lift up to 50 pounds, and see clearly to perform job duties.

Our Culture

Fueling customers' journeys since 1964, innovation leads the way for this family‑owned and operated business headquartered in Oklahoma City. With nearly 40,000 team members, travel stops are the core business along with products and services that provide value for professional drivers, fleets, traveling public, RVers, alternative energy and wholesale fuel customers. Giving back to communities and an inclusive workplace are hallmarks of the award‑winning culture.

Love's is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans encouraged to apply.