Restaurant Assistant Manager

Lifetime; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a LifeCafe Assistant Manager, where you will play a crucial role in overseeing café operations. This position involves managing costs, training staff, and ensuring adherence to safety and cleanliness standards. You'll have the opportunity to lead a passionate team, drive performance excellence, and contribute to a vibrant workplace culture that values diversity and inclusivity. If you're looking to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment while developing your leadership skills, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of supervisory experience in fast casual restaurants.
• ServeSafe and CPR/AED certifications required within first 60 and 30 days.

Responsibilities

• Manage Profit and Loss statements and budgets.
• Train and develop team members for performance excellence.
• Ensure safety, cleanliness, and security standards are met.

Skills

Team Leadership

Cost Management

Customer Service

Staff Training and Development

Education

High School Diploma or GED

College degree in culinary, business, or related field

Job description

Position Summary

The LifeCafe Assistant Manager assists in managing and overseeing the café with the Café Manager. They also manage keeping costs at a minimum, training and developing staff, maintaining cleanliness, and executing recipes to Life Time standards

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains Profit and Loss statements, budgets, and cost controls in regards to food, beverage and labor goals
• Helps drive leadership and performance excellence of the team by training, modeling, developing, motivating and assessing all team members to ensure continuous growth
• Responds to all questions, comments, and concerns in a professional and efficient manner
• Ensures safety, cleanliness, and security awareness standards are emphasized, practiced, and inspected

Position Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1 to 2 years of supervisor or management experience in fast casual restaurants
• ServeSafe certification with the first 60 days of hire
• CPR/AED certification required within the first 30 days of hire
• Ability to routinely and repetitively bend to lift more than 20 pounds

Preferred Requirements

• College degree in culinary, business, or related field

Life Time is a place for everyone. As an organization, we are committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of each individual while ensuring we remain an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains and promotes based on merit and qualifications.