Assistant Restaurant Manager

WHO WE ARE

Synergy Franchising is a young, enthusiastic, people-focused company that brought Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen to the Northern Alberta area

We offer a fun, inclusive, and diverse workplace where we support our team to succeed and work to instill confidence and pride in your skills and abilities. We encourage collaboration, value respect, and foster a supportive workplace for team members from the front lines through to upper management.

We love welcoming new team members to our team and we work hard to make Popeyes a great place to work

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for engaging leaders to join our Restaurant Management Team. If you’re ambitious, social, put others’ experiences and feelings before your own, stay calm under pressure and are a good hearted and genuine leader we'd love to hear from you

Because our business is built on people, we’re looking for managers who share our same organizational values. If you think you’re the right fit for us we would love to hear from you

WHY WORK FOR US

We have an aggressive growth plan that will require the development of hundreds of leaders so the opportunity to develop your career has never been greater with Synergy Franchising and Popeyes

We create opportunities for our managers to truly connect as a community, to feel secure in their positions, and to evolve in their careers (whether through promotion or professional development).

We offer highly competitive wages, benefits and a strong bonus plan as well as multiple team incentives.

Role: Assistant Manager

Location: Edmonton, AB (Winderemere)

**Job Type**: Full Time

Compensation: We offer competitive wages, bonus plan, benefits and many team incentives

Hours: (Variable shifts of 6-8 hours on weekdays, weeknights, and weekends)

Primary Responsibilities:

- Create a great environment for the team so they want to serve our guests well, led by example;
- Assist with coaching your team to achieve superior results;
- Assist with delegating tasks to help the team grow; providing them with opportunities to demonstrate their capabilities;
- Set performance expectations, follow up on results and hold accountable;
- Take action to solve problems and celebrate positive guest feedback, excellent CAJUN Hospitality;
- Meeting and greeting customers, including table side visits;
- Regularly observe the team from the guest perspective and celebrate or coach accordingly;
- Lead the entire team of the restaurant to achieve forecasted sales, cost goals, and other targets;
- Oversee scheduling of team members hours and assignment of shift duties;
- Implement and follow-up on all required people, operations, and financial action plans, including sourcing ways to increase revenue week over week;
- Partner with marketing lead to support initiatives and promotions;
- Completion and coordination of all weekly, monthly, quarterly reporting; and
- Maintain and exceed policies for hygiene, health, and safety

Position Requirements:

- Valid driver's license and/or reliable transportation to travel to different locations within 50km;
- Ability to lift over 50 pounds;
- Minimum two year's experience in a restaurant management position;
- Solid knowledge of restaurant operations;
- Passion to succeed and grow in an organization;
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to utilize business reports and industry and competitor knowledge to consistently identify opportunities to drive sales;
- Ability to assess situations, customize solutions, and communicate plans to direct reports in order to accomplish objectives;
- Assist in cost management thus maximizing the bottom line;
- Ability to coordinate, communicate, and balance multiple projects simultaneously;
- Work on the selling floor; and
- Flexible schedule as our stores are open daily which requires early morning, evening, weekend, and holiday shifts; and the availability to accommodate working every Friday and Saturday plus a minimum of 2 closing shifts per week. Must have availability that meets or exceeds 70% of the store's operating hours.

**Job Types**: Permanent, Full-time

**Salary**: $38,000.00-$42,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Extended health care
- Paid time off

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person