Restaurant Manager at Popeyes Reading, PA

Popeyes; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Popeyes Reading, PA is seeking a Restaurant General Manager to lead daily operations, drive profitability, guest experience, and people development. The RGM oversees P&L, staffing, training, and ensuring brand standards in a fast-paced quick-service environment.

This role emphasizes leadership, strong communication, and hands-on supervision of shifts to deliver memorable guest experiences while managing costs and operations.

Qualifications

• 18+ years of age requirement.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 1–2 years of quick service restaurant experience, preferably in POPEYES management.
• Some understanding of P&L interpretation and its impact on profitability.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and objectives.
• Demonstrated leadership and guest service knowledge.
• Availability to work evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to work long or irregular shifts as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead restaurant P&L and manage labor to meet profitability goals.
• Drive sales through proactive guest service, people development and operations management.
• Recruit, select, coach, and retain restaurant staff to build an effective team.
• Ensure health, safety, cleanliness, security and fire standard compliance.
• Uphold Popeyes brand programs, LTOs and core products with operational excellence.
• Engage with community to support local marketing initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Guest service

P&L understanding

Time management

Communication

Recruitment

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Restaurant Manager job at Popeyes. Reading, PA.

The Restaurant General Manager is the executive leader of the restaurant focused on profitability, guests, people, and operations. The RGM has overall responsibility for managing the daily operations of a single restaurant. The RGM invests their time in developing leaders, creating memorable experiences, managing administration, maintaining the facility, and being a brand champion. The RGM consistently keeps our brand promises, inspires their teams, and delivers results.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Leading the Business

• Has primary accountability for the restaurant P&L and actively manages towards desired financial outcomes
• Reviews key P&L lines to increase profitability for the restaurant
• Drives sales through proactive Guest service, people development & operations management
• Analyzes sales and labor during and after each shift; makes adjustments to labor as needed

Create Memorable Experiences

• Motivates and directs team members to exceed Guest expectations with accurate, friendly, and fast service in a clean facility
• Manages the Guest experience through operations and timely response to Guest issues
• Problem solves Guest feedback systems to determine root causes and develops action plans to address issues
• Identifies and interacts with the community to engage prospective Guest and execute local marketing initiatives

Creating Leaders

• Leads the restaurant’s recruitment and selection process to build and retain an effective restaurant team
• Inspires the restaurant team by effectively managing individual and team recognition programs
• Provides coaching and feedback to Assistant Managers and team to increase the restaurant team’s capabilities and raise restaurant performance
• Demonstrates commitment to goals and inspires others to deliver superior performance

Leading Store Operations

• Enforces compliance with health, safety, cleanliness, security, and fire standard and regulations
• Ensures that the restaurant upholds operational and brand standards
• Ensures the team deliver Popeyes brand programs, Limited time offers, and core product with operational excellence
• Identifies problems, conducts high-level troubleshooting, and seeks maintenance support for restaurant equipment

Qualification and Skills

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• High School Diploma or GED required
• 1-2 years of previous quick service restaurant experience, experience in POPEYES management preferred
• Some understanding of P&L interpretation and management influence profitability
• Ability to prioritize own and others’ work and time to meet deadlines and objectives
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Demonstrated understanding of Guest service principles
• Available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Ability to work long and/or irregular shifts as needed, for the proper functioning of the restaurant

Physical Demands

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds of force frequently to move objects
• Ability to carry products/boxes and miscellaneous weighing no more than 50 pounds
• Consistently handles product preparation
• Ability to kneel to utilize proper lifting procedures
• Consistently lifts for product preparation, stocking, and inventory

Popeyes is an equal opportunity employer that makes employment decisions based on skills and experience and we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.