Restaurant Manager

California Pizza Kitchen; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 43,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

California Pizza Kitchen seeks a Restaurant Manager who will lead a high-performing team, ensure exceptional guest experiences, and manage restaurant operations effectively. This role requires strong leadership, communication skills, and a passion for service. Join a company that values community and creativity.

Benefits

Comprehensive training program

Opportunities for growth and development

Employee assistance program (Kindness Fund)

All the pizza you can eat

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years FOH management experience in a high volume, fast paced restaurant.
• Strong communication skills – verbal and written.
• Exceptional leadership skills – ability to motivate, inspire and develop a team.

Responsibilities

• Delivering a phenomenal guest experience.
• Leading and inspiring the team with a people-first mentality.
• Managing the P&L for the restaurant and meeting financial objectives.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Hospitality

Job description

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At California Pizza Kitchen, we bring the biggest and best parts of ourselves to work and to our communities, and are guided by our ROCKS philosophy (Respect, Opportunity, Communication, Kindness and Service). We are committed to moving people forward and encourage everyone to apply their passion at CPK. So go ahead…be bold, be epic, be YOU!

THE PERKS

Comprehensive eight-week training program utilizing several methods of learning including online, book and shoulder-to-shoulder teaching.

Tremendously passionate, one-of-a-kind company culture.

Opportunities for growth and development. We love promoting from within!

Unique electronic learning platform appropriately titled “The Proof” to engage continuous development.

All the pizza you can eat! Manager meals while working and a Management Dine-Out card to enjoy with your family and friends.

An environment where you can express your unique talents and skills.

Employee driven assistance program called the Kindness Fund which lends a helping hand to our team members encountering life challenges.

Industry competitive compensation package including bonus potential.

Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision and more.

OUR EXPECTATIONS

Delivering a phenomenal guest experience.

Leading and inspiring the team with a people-first mentality to build on CPK's best in class culture.

Building a team around hospitality and culinary execution and developing top talent to drive the business forward - fostering career growth and cross training for the team.

Building sales, profitability, and guest counts.

Managing the P&L for the restaurant.

Meeting financial objectives by forecasting, adjusting labor expenditures, practicing portion controls, preparing budgets, and analyzing variances.

Utilizing excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively interact with employees, guests, suppliers and senior management.

Maintaining a safe and healthy environment by establishing, following, and complying with sanitation standards and procedures

Who Is California Pizza Kitchen

We are passionate individuals committed to inspiring others by bringing California creativity to every meal! Founded in 1985, former federal prosecutors Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax combined their fervor for food and fresh ingredients to create innovative, hearth-baked pizzas such as The Original BBQ Chicken, California Club and Thai Chicken that are created in a lively open kitchen. The concept gave California a place in the pizza revolution alongside Chicago and New York. CPK has since become the place for taste makers, rule breakers and earth shakers who conquer challenges by daring to work on the edge and thinking outside the box.

Requirements

Minimum of two years FOH management experience in a high volume, faced paced restaurant.

Strong communication skills – verbal and written.

Exceptional leadership skills – ability to motivate, inspire and develop a team.

Passionate about execution, hospitality and service.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently exposed to computer terminals. The noise level and temperature is moderate. The employee has the ability to sit, stand and/or walk for up to 10 hours a day. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, bend or kneel, lift up to 40 lbs. and perform other diverse physical tasks as needed. The vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

NOTE: CPK reserves the right to revise or change the position plan as the need arises. This position plan is not all inclusive of total job responsibilities nor does it constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

A full job description, including physical demands of the job is available upon request.

Various benefits are available for this position, including 401K, health, dental, vision, and disability insurance through CPK’s designated providers. CPK regularly reviews its benefits offerings and may change benefits and providers from time to time.

California Pizza Kitchen is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, or any other legally protected classification. Everyone has a seat at our table.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services and Hospitality

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