General Manager - Arbys

Goose Creek Distribution Inc; Salisbury (MD); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Goose Creek Distribution Inc is seeking a General Manager to lead restaurant operations, focus on customer satisfaction, and drive profitability. You will recruit, train, and manage a high-performing team while ensuring adherence to safety, quality, and regulatory standards.

The role requires strong leadership, scheduling, and financial oversight to meet organizational objectives and deliver exceptional guest experiences. Weekend and holiday shifts may be required.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and team development skills.
• Strong customer service focus and problem solving.
• Experience in restaurant operations and scheduling.
• Ability to train and coach staff effectively.
• Attention to payroll, timekeeping and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a pleasant experience for all customers and respond to inquiries.
• Drive customer satisfaction and ensure orders meet expectations.
• Supervise day-to-day task assignments and performance of team members.
• Oversee recruiting, hiring, training, coaching and performance management.
• Ensure accurate timekeeping and payroll reporting.
• Plan schedules and coordinate daily activities of team members.
• Adhere to city, county and state regulations.
• Maintain standards for food preparation and handling.
• Enforce safety, security, quality, and store policies.
• Prepare daily deposits and reports.
• Conduct regular inventories and maintain cleanliness.
• Strive for profitability and efficient store operations.
• Avoid conflicts of interest and ensure no unlawful harassment.
• Perform all duties of a typical restaurant team member as needed.

Job description

EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Description

Position Summary

The General Manager is responsible for customer and team member satisfaction, brand standards, and profitability. He or she will lead the team to ensure execution of organizational objectives and initiatives and achievement of restaurant goals. The General Manager will select, develop, and effectively lead a high performing team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures a pleasant experience for all customers, responds to customer complaints or inquiries.
• Ensures orders meet and exceed customers' satisfaction.
• Supervises the day-to-day task assignment and performance of team members.
• Manages all matters relating to team members - recruiting, hiring, training, coaching and performance management.
• Ensures accuracy of employee time keeping and payroll reporting.
• Plans and prepares work schedules and coordinates daily assignments and activities of team members.
• Adheres to all city, county, and state regulations.
• Ensures standards on food preparation and handling.
• Ensures execution of established safety, security, quality, and store operations policies, procedures and practices.
• Prepares daily deposit.
• Completes daily paperwork and other reports.
• Conducts periodic inventories.
• Maintains a clean restaurant at all times.
• Ensures profitability.
• All situations must be avoided that may create a conflict of interest including outside employment.
• All duties must be performed in a manner that is free from unlawful harassment.
• The General Manager will be able and willing to perform all duties of a typical restaurant team member.

Requirements

• Possess a positive commitment to customer service.
• Be a leader in following all Company policies and procedures.
• Provides motivation and learning opportunities for fellow team members.
• Effectively implements solutions to restaurant challenges.
• Displays outstanding work ethics at all times in the areas of honesty, efficiency, professionalism and dependability.
• Displays punctuality and a neat appearance.
• Displays initiative in improving restaurant and personal performance.
• Be knowledgeable of products, pricing and promotions.
• Always demonstrates leadership qualities.
• Must be able to work all shifts including weekends and holidays.
• Must pass online training and receive Serve Safe Certification.
• Must pass the background check and drug free workplace requirements.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
• This position requires constant standing, bending, and reaching.
• Ability to perform tasks in all areas of the restaurant which may include exposure to the cold while working in the cooler/freezer and while maintaining the parking lot and exterior of the restaurant's perimeter.

This position is currently accepting applications.