Assistant Restaurant Manager

Baskin-Robbins; Tannersville (Monroe County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunkin' Donuts is seeking an Assistant Restaurant Manager to support the Restaurant Manager, Shift Leaders and Team. You will cover duties in their absence, lead floor operations, and help deliver great guest experiences while upholding brand standards.

This role emphasizes team leadership, training, scheduling, and ensuring safety, food safety, and costs are controlled to maximize profitability in a single-restaurant setting.

Qualifications

• Basic computer skills
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Basic math and financial management
• Previous leadership experience in retail, restaurant or hospitality

Responsibilities

• Lead team meetings, along with Restaurant Manager
• Oversee Brand Training Programs, schedule, train, validate, certify team and shift lead staff
• Execute brand standards, recipes and systems across operations
• Create and maintain a guest-focused culture and review guest feedback to drive improvement
• Support in weekly labor scheduling and staffing to meet guest demand and service standards
• Assist in supplier and other vendor orders and inventory management
• Ensure budget adherence and cash handling procedures in line with franchisee policies
• Collaborate with RM on new product rollouts and in-store marketing execution

Skills

Leadership

English proficiency

Analytical skills

Time management

Problem solving

Team motivation

Guest focus

Job description

You are applying for work with a franchisee of Dunkin' Donuts, not Dunkin' Brands, Inc., Dunkin' Donuts or any of their affiliates. Any information you submit will be provided solely to the franchisee. If hired, the franchisee will be your only employer. Franchisees are independent business owners who are solely responsible for their own employees and set their own wage and benefit programs that can vary among franchisees.

Overview

An Assistant Restaurant Manager is generally responsible for supporting the Restaurant Manager, Shift leaders and Team. They perform all duties of the Restaurant Manager in their absence. Primary duties generally include floor operations, and Brand Training programs. Generally responsible for providing strong, positive leadership to his/ her team to deliver great friendly guest experiences, operational excellence and for helping to build profitable top line sales of a single restaurant. They support the Restaurant Manager in the overall operation of the restaurant according to Dunkin’ standards, franchisee policies and procedures and in compliance with all applicable laws.

Responsibilities Include

• Able to perform all responsibilities of restaurant team members
• Lead team meetings, along with Restaurant Manager
• Oversee Brand Training Programs, schedule, train, validate, certify team and shift lead staff
• Ensure Brand standards, recipes and systems are executed
• Create and maintain a guest focused culture in the restaurant
• Review guest feedback results and implement action plans to drive improvement
• Communicates restaurant priorities, goals and results to restaurant team members
• Execute along with RM, new product rollouts including training, marketing and sampling where applicable
• Execution of Point of Purchase instore set up per Brand standards
• Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy environment by following and enforcing safety, food safety, and sanitation requirements and complying with all applicable laws
• Control costs to help maximize profitability
• Completion of inventory on a periodic basis as determined by Franchisee
• Support RM in completion of weekly labor schedule ensuring all shifts are staffed to meet guest demand and service standards
• Support RM in assigning staff and deployment
• Support to RM in completion of supplier and other vendor orders
• Conduct self-assessments and corresponding action plans
• Ensure restaurant budget is met as determined by Franchisee
• Manages cash over/short in restaurant and ensures team members are following franchisee’s cash management policies
• Engages with Dunkin’ Brands Field Operations team as appropriate

Management Responsibilities Include

• Recruit, hire, onboard and develop restaurant team members
• Assist team and shift lead performance appraisal process
• Coach restaurant team members to drive sales, improve profitability and guest satisfaction

Education/Experience

• Basic computer skills
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Basic math and financial management
• Previous leadership experience in retail, restaurant or hospitality

Key Competencies

• Good analytical skills and business acumen
• Works well with other in a fun fast paced team environment
• Ontime, demonstrates honesty and positive attitude
• Willingness to learn and embrace change
• Ability to train and develop a team
• Guest focused
• Time Management
• Problem solving
• Motivating others

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

• Standing on feet
• Repetitive motion including bending, stooping and reaching
• Lifting packages (if applicable)
• Wearing a headset (if applicable)
• Working in a small space

Many Dunkin' restaurants are owned and operated by an independent franchisee. Each Dunkin' franchisee is an independent employer and thus solely responsible for hiring decisions and all other employment-related matters for the franchisee’s restaurant(s). The terms “Company,” “Dunkin',” “we,” “our,” or “us” refer to the specific entity (corporate or franchise) that owns and operates the Dunkin' restaurant to which you are applying. Nothing on this site should be construed as Dunkin' being involved in or having control over a franchise employee’s terms and conditions of employment. Any employment-related questions regarding a franchise restaurant should be directed to the franchisee.