Assistant Restaurant Manager: Lead Team & Guest Experience

Dunkin' Donuts; Fort Knox (KY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunkin' Donuts is seeking an Assistant Restaurant Manager to support the Restaurant Manager and lead shifts at a Dunkin' location in Kentucky. You will train staff, uphold brand standards, manage guest experiences, and help drive profitability while ensuring safety and compliance.

The role requires leadership experience in retail or hospitality, strong English communication, and ability to train and develop a team in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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

Skills

Leadership

Guest service

Communication

Team development

Training

Problem solving

Time management

Education

Leadership experience in retail/restaurant/hospitality

Basic computer skills

Fluent English

Basic math and financial management

Job description

Dunkin' Donuts is seeking an Assistant Restaurant Manager to support the Restaurant Manager and lead shifts at a Dunkin' location in Kentucky. You will train staff, uphold brand standards, manage guest experiences, and help drive profitability while ensuring safety and compliance.

The role requires leadership experience in retail or hospitality, strong English communication, and ability to train and develop a team in a fast-paced environment.