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Restaurant Managers & Restaurant Kitchen Managers

Company:
Gecko Hospitality
Location:
Downtown Columbus, OH, 43215
Pay:
62000USD - 70000USD per year
Posted:
October 09, 2026
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Job Description

Positions: Restaurant Managers and Kitchen Managers

Location: Columbus, Ohio

Don’t miss this fresh, exciting, and rewarding career opportunity as a Restaurant Manager or Kitchen Manager in Columbus, OH.

Job Description:

As our Restaurant Managers and Kitchen Managers, you will be responsible for maintaining and overseeing the daily operations of the restaurant. Interviewing, hiring, training, coaching, scheduling, and developing team members will be important responsibilities of our management team.

Restaurant Managers will oversee overall restaurant operations, guest satisfaction, team development, financial performance, labor management, inventory, and compliance with company standards. Kitchen Managers will focus on back-of-house operations, food quality, preparation, kitchen efficiency, inventory, food cost, sanitation, and developing a strong kitchen team.

All managers will be accountable for ensuring compliance with company policies as well as state and local health and safety regulations. A strong knowledge of restaurant operations, inventory management, product ordering, labor management, and financial performance is necessary to achieve success in these positions.

Exceptional leadership abilities, strong communication skills, a positive attitude, and a commitment to hospitality are a must for our Restaurant Managers and Kitchen Managers. The ideal candidates will have a passion for developing people, maintaining high standards, building strong teams, and creating an exceptional guest experience.

Benefits:

Competitive Compensation

Insurance Benefits

401(K)

Paid Time Off

Thorough and Ongoing Training

Qualifications:

Restaurant Managers and Kitchen Managers should possess 3+ years of high-volume restaurant or kitchen management experience

Managers should have a passion for developing, coaching, and mentoring people

Managers should have a track record of achieving financial, operational, and guest satisfaction results

Managers should have strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills

Managers should have knowledge of restaurant operations, food safety, inventory management, and labor management

Kitchen Managers should have a strong understanding of food quality, preparation, sanitation, food cost, and kitchen operations

Managers should have a high degree of honesty, integrity, accountability, and a guest-oriented philosophy

Managers should be able to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume restaurant environment

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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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