Restaurant Operations Manager

Main-Event-219ffeae; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 49,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Quarterly bonus program

Health, Dental, Vision

Long & Short-term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

401K matching plan

FREE food

FREE gameplay

Large leadership team

FUN work environment

Grow your career

Job summary

Dave & Buster’s / Main Event Entertainment in Little Rock is seeking an Operations Manager responsible for overall leadership, guest experience, and strategic initiatives in a fast-paced restaurant/entertainment setting.

The role requires managing staff, scheduling, and delivering high‑quality service while driving business results. Join a large leadership team and innovate across two brands under one roof.

Qualifications

• 21+ years of age.
• 2+ years of Restaurant/Hospitality Experience.
• Proficient in managing cost of goods sold and labor.
• Ability to lead a team to create a memorable guest experience.
• Ability to work weekends, nights, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Developing and leading hourly team members to exceed guests’ expectations.
• Demonstrating proactive leadership by ensuring positive staff and guest experiences through personal interactions.
• Interacting with guest service‑focused team members in recruiting, hiring, coaching, training, and professional development.
• Living our core values and leading others to do so while collaborating with the management team to achieve high‑quality and timely results.

Skills

Leadership

Labor cost control

Team supervision

Communication

Hiring & coaching

Job description

Job Description:THE RESTAURANT & OPERATIONS MANAGER : provides overall leadership, supervision, and direction on strategic initiatives and operating standards to positively impact business results and exceed the guest experience.What we are looking for!You love working in a fast-paced, multi-faceted Restaurant/Entertainment sceneYou can communicate with the Team Members and Guests in a way that inspires FUN!You like immediate gratification! Nothing better than making someone's experience better or inspiring your team to play at a higher levelYou have never met a goal you can't beatYou can handle 100K days while walking five miles a shift & working an average of 50-hour work weeksThe ability to oversee all aspects of the business - from the most minor details to the big pictureRequirements:21+ years of age2+ years of Restaurant/Hospitality ExperienceProficient in managing the cost of goods sold and laborAbility to lead a team to create a memorable guest experienceTrue leadership capabilitiesThe ability to work weekends, nights, and holidaysNot afraid to work in a fast-paced, noisy environment with distracting conditionsWhat will you be doing daily?Developing and leading hourly team members to exceed guest’s expectationsDemonstrating proactive leadership by ensuring positive staff and guest experiences through personal interactionsInteracting with guest service-focused team members in areas of recruiting, hiring, coaching, training, and contentious professional developmentLiving our core values along with leading others to do so while collaborating with the management team to achieve high-quality and timely resultsPERKS!Competitive salaryQuarterly bonus programHealth, Dental, Vision, Long & Short-term DisabilityEmployee Assistance ProgramBuster’s Legacy Fund (Supports team members during difficult times)401K matching planFREE foodFREE gameplayLarge leadership team = multiple managers per shiftFUN work environmentGrow your career! Two FUN brands (Dave & Buster’s and Main Event Entertainment) under one roof = Double the growth opportunitiesDave & Buster’s Inc./Main Event Entertainment is an Equal Opportunity EmployerSalary Range:49226-57914We are an equal opportunity employer and participate in E-Verify in states where required.