Restaurant General Manager - Rewarding Career

Job Description

Postion: Restaurant General Manager

Location: Columbus, OH

Concept: Quick Service

Leadership Opportunity with a Growing Quick-Service Brand

Are you an experienced Restaurant General Manager looking to join a company that values its people, rewards performance, and offers long-term career growth? We are seeking a dynamic leader to oversee daily restaurant operations and inspire a high-performing team in Columbus, OH.

Our organization is committed to delivering an outstanding guest experience through operational excellence, quality food, and exceptional service. We believe our people are the foundation of our success and provide the training, support, and advancement opportunities needed to build rewarding careers. If you're ready to lead a fast-paced operation where your contributions make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Position: Restaurant General Manager

The Restaurant General Manager is responsible for the overall success of the restaurant by providing leadership, coaching, and direction to the management team and hourly staff. This role oversees all aspects of daily operations, including guest satisfaction, food quality, financial performance, staffing, and compliance with company standards.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading day-to-day restaurant operations while maintaining high standards of quality, cleanliness, and service.

Driving sales growth and profitability by managing labor, food costs, and operational expenses.

Recruiting, hiring, training, coaching, and developing team members to build a strong and engaged workforce.

Creating a positive, accountable, and performance-driven work environment.

Ensuring compliance with all food safety, sanitation, and company operating procedures.

Monitoring financial performance and implementing action plans to achieve business objectives.

Building strong relationships with guests while resolving concerns in a professional and timely manner.

Modeling company values through integrity, accountability, and a commitment to operational excellence.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Performance-based bonus opportunities

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) with company contribution

Paid vacation and holidays

Ongoing leadership development and training

Career advancement opportunities within a growing organization

Qualifications

Minimum of two years of General Manager experience in a high-volume restaurant or hospitality environment.

Proven ability to lead, develop, and retain successful teams.

Strong knowledge of restaurant financials, including budgeting, labor management, food cost, and profit-and-loss statements.

Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Demonstrated commitment to guest satisfaction and operational excellence.

High level of professionalism, integrity, and accountability.

Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as business needs require.

If you're ready to take the next step in your restaurant management career, we'd like to hear from you.

Restaurant General Manager – Columbus, OH.

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\nCompany Description

Since 2000, Gecko Hospitality and its dedicated Franchise Partners and Recruiters throughout the United States have been pioneers in the hospitality recruiting industry. The value that Gecko Hospitality provides to its Clientele is evident in the advanced networking and technology skills our professional recruiters possess in identifying qualified restaurant professionals. Voted Forbes best recruitment firm since 2018.

Our national network consists of 37 regional offices that are driven to meet the needs of the hospitality industry. In addition, Gecko Hospitality offers the largest selection of hospitality jobs, restaurant jobs, hotel jobs, resort jobs and club management jobs online. Our specialized, hospitality-focused team covers all 50 states and Canada with over 80 Franchise Partners and recruiters. Gecko Hospitality was founded on providing the finest restaurant jobs nationwide to the highest performing candidates. More importantly, our Franchise Partners and recruiters began their careers in hospitality and there is no finer training ground for recruiting than real life experience.

At Gecko Hospitality, we are passionate about making sure that every member of our recruiting team is familiar with our philosophies. In the same way that we learn about people when developing relationships and friendships, we want our people to have a sense of Gecko Hospitality's values and insight into our company's "personality." With this insight comes a greater understanding of how values "fit" with Gecko Hospitality's values, why we do things the way we do as well as providing a basis for making decisions that are appropriate to those values. We all play a part in keeping these traditions and philosophies alive.

We want every member of our recruiting team to understand that we are only as good as how well we follow these philosophies on an every day basis. Gecko Hospitality is all about achieving results by being motivated. This motivation to achieve results comes from within. No one can motivate us, nor can we motivate anyone else. As leaders, all that we can do is provide an environment where people motivate themselves to achieve mutually beneficial goals. Along with this philosophy, each team member possesses the following traits for which we are proud: honesty, integrity, desire, determination, listening skills, rapid learning, responding in a timely manner, effective communication skills, thoroughness, empathy, compassion, and most of all we want every team member to have a strong work ethic that motivates them to produce superior results both for our candidates and for our Clients.

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