Restaurant GM: Lead Guests, Growth & Operations

Fulenwider Group; Dayton (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fulenwider Enterprises (KFC/Taco Bell) Dayton, TN, is seeking a Restaurant General Manager to direct daily operations, manage staff, and ensure quality, service, and safety standards are upheld. You will oversee inventory, scheduling, training, and financial accountability while delivering a positive guest experience.

The role requires leadership, strong communication, and hands-on supervision, with responsibility for profitability and guest satisfaction in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Dedication to providing exceptional guest service.
• Good communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and conflict resolution skills
• Exceptional team building capability.
• Basic business math and accounting skills, and strong analytical/decision-making skills
• Basic personal computer literacy
• 1-4 years supervisory experience in either a food or retail environment, including Profit & Loss responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Creates value for shareholders through efficient operations, appropriate cost controls, and profit management.
• Maintains highest level of Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Hospitality by personally spending time interacting with guests during peak hours and ensuring all menu items are always available.
• Takes an active role in guest service and guest relations, monitors, and corrects employee appearance, courtesy and suggestive selling techniques and takes part in company marketing efforts.
• Controls day-to-day operations by tracking restaurant labor and product costs to meet targets; orders food, paper and supplies, maintains proper inventory levels and controls waste, plans weekly schedule for restaurant employees; follows published procedures for receiving, preparing, holding, packing and serving products.
• Maintains high level of productivity through effective recruiting, training, and motivation of hourly employees.
• Has routine preventative maintenance program in operation; checks, adjusts and makes minor repairs of restaurant equipment, building and grounds?
• Prepares and submits required reports, uses approved projection techniques, cash control techniques and security measures.
• Recruits, interviews, recommend hiring, disciplinary action, and termination of hourly restaurant employees and keeps required personnel and performance information; develops, motivates, and effectively trains; maintains a safe work environment; champions recognition and motivation efforts.
• Ensures OSHA, local health and safety codes, and company safety and security policy are met.

Skills

Guest service

Communication

Team building

Math & accounting

PC literacy

Supervisory experience

Education

High School Diploma or GED

College or University Degree

Job description

Fulenwider Enterprises (KFC/Taco Bell) Dayton, TN, is seeking a Restaurant General Manager to direct daily operations, manage staff, and ensure quality, service, and safety standards are upheld. You will oversee inventory, scheduling, training, and financial accountability while delivering a positive guest experience.

The role requires leadership, strong communication, and hands-on supervision, with responsibility for profitability and guest satisfaction in a fast-paced environment.