Restaurant General Manager

California Pizza Kitchen

$82K — $88K *
Hospitality & Recreation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of front-of-house management in fast-paced restaurants
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Exceptional leadership and team-building abilities
  • Passionate about hospitality and service execution

Responsibilities

  • Deliver outstanding guest experiences
  • Inspire and lead the team with a focus on people-first culture
  • Develop talent and encourage cross-training among employees
  • Enhance sales, profitability, and guest traffic
  • Manage restaurant P&L effectively
  • Forecast budgets, adjust labor costs, and analyze financial variances
  • Ensure compliance with sanitation and safety standards

Benefits

  • Comprehensive eight-week training program with varied learning methods
  • Strong emphasis on internal growth and promotion
  • Unique electronic learning platform for continuous development
  • Employee-driven assistance program for life challenges
  • Unlimited pizza during shifts and dining experiences for staff, family, and friends
  • Inclusive company culture that values unique talents
  • Competitive compensation package including bonus potential
  • Full benefits package including medical, dental, and vision plans
Full Job Description
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


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.

The current salary range for this position is USD $82,000 - $88,000.

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.

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