Restaurant Store Manager

AppleOne Employment Services; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services, Woodland Hills, CA, seeks an experienced Restaurant Store Manager to lead a high-volume quick service operation. You will oversee daily restaurant activities, coach the team, manage labor and inventory, ensure food safety, and maintain exceptional guest service on the floor.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, accountability, and a track record of driving profitability through efficient operations.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of restaurant management experience in fast food or quick service operations.
• Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop crew and assistant managers.
• Strong focus on food safety, sanitation, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day restaurant operations, including staffing, scheduling, training, labor control, inventory, ordering, cash handling, and daily reporting.
• Recruit, interview, hire, coach, and develop crew members and leaders while addressing performance issues.
• Ensure food safety, sanitation, security, labor law compliance, and company policy adherence.
• Monitor guest experience, resolve concerns, support service speed, and maintain a clean, welcoming environment.
• Control costs and drive profitability through efficient operations and inventory management.
• Oversee equipment upkeep, records, and required restaurant audits.

Skills

Restaurant management

Staff coaching

Inventory control

Food safety

Scheduling

Customer service

POS systems

Tools

POS systems

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Restaurant Store Manager for a direct hire opportunity in Woodland Hills, CA. This role is ideal for a hands-on restaurant leader with fast food or quick service restaurant management experience, strong team-building skills, and the ability to run a high-volume operation with consistency and professionalism.

The Restaurant Store Manager will oversee daily restaurant operations, lead and develop team members, manage labor and inventory, maintain food safety and compliance standards, and ensure guests receive fast, friendly, high-quality service. This is a strong opportunity for a motivated restaurant management professional who enjoys leading from the floor, coaching employees, and creating a positive, accountable team environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day restaurant operations, including staffing, scheduling, training, labor control, inventory, ordering, cash handling, and daily reporting.
• Recruit, interview, hire, coach, and develop crew members, leads, and assistant managers while addressing performance issues professionally.
• Ensure food safety, sanitation, security, labor law, OSHA, and company policy compliance across all areas of the restaurant.
• Monitor guest experience standards, resolve customer concerns, support service speed, and maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming restaurant environment.
• Control food, beverage, supply, and labor costs while supporting sales growth, operational efficiency, and profitability.
• Oversee equipment upkeep, safety documentation, training records, personnel files, and required restaurant audits.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary range: $55,000 to $60,000 per year.
• Job type: Direct hire.
• Schedule requirement: Must be willing to work weekends.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Manage daily restaurant operations, including labor, inventory, cash handling, reporting, and guest service execution.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, training, coaching, performance management, and staff development.
• Maintain compliance with food safety, workplace safety, labor regulations, and company operating standards.
• Drive profitability by controlling costs, improving service quality, and resolving operational issues quickly.
• 3 to 5 years of restaurant management experience, preferably in fast food or quick service restaurant operations.
• Ability to supervise and direct the work of two or more employees on a regular basis.
• Strong communication, leadership, coaching, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong negotiating skills and the ability to manage employee and customer situations professionally.
• Experience with scheduling, labor management, inventory, ordering, cash reconciliation, register audits, and point-of-sale systems.
• Ability to communicate in English through speaking, reading, and writing.
• Ability to complete required management training and restaurant operations testing.
• Professional attitude with a high standard for quality, attendance, appearance, teamwork, and guest service.
• Ability to reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push, and pull items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Must adhere to all company policies, procedures, safety regulations, and applicable local, state, and federal laws.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual Spanish skills are a plus.
• Experience with an established fast food chain is preferred.
• Drive-thru restaurant experience is a plus.

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.