Assistant Manager

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Flynn Group, founded by Greg Flynn, grew Applebee’s franchise operations and expanded into other brands. With over 460 Applebee’s restaurants across 24 states, Flynn Group focuses on creating a premier operator within each of its world‑class brands.

As an Applebee’s Assistant Manager, you will oversee all day‑to‑day operations at the restaurant, ensuring guests and staff have a passionate experience every day. Your leadership will handle stress, rise above challenges, and cultivate a culture of excellence.

• Ensure timely, friendly service according to company guidelines, achieving unit objectives.
• Cultivate culture in accordance with Flynn Applebee’s core values and beliefs.
• Respond immediately to all verbal guest complaints and correct them.
• Prioritize guest contact, completing required table visits as established by Flynn standards.
• Maintain departmental inventory levels.
• Ensure product preparation and presentation meet company standards during line checks.
• Effectively schedule employees to meet sales demands.
• Maintain effective safety and security programs.
• Promote and lead restaurant organization, cleanliness, and sanitation.
• Perform routine maintenance and report needed repairs to the General Manager or Area Director.
• Promote quality recruitment and referrals of potential team member and management candidates.
• Promote Flynn Applebee’s training procedures for new managers.
• Help maintain a trained staff through effective use of orientation, individual training sessions, employee meetings, and company policy and training systems.
• Participate in the constant development of employees using One‑on‑One and performance documentation, and contribute to written evaluations.
• Assess employee efficiency, provide fair feedback regularly, and continuously work with employees on their development areas.
• Monitor acceptable employee performance and document situations that require disciplinary or corrective action.
• Assure compliance with company policies, practices, and procedures.
• Control cost in assigned department.
• Comply with local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines.
• Drive bi‑weekly or weekly food and liquor inventories at the AD/GM’s request and be accountable for completion.
• Prepare and submit accurate daily paperwork.
• Assure sanitation standards meet or exceed Health Department and Flynn Applebee’s standards.
• Provide a role model for managers and employees.
• Develop self on all store related technology.
• Must be willing and able to work in all positions and assist in a team member position as needed when in a restaurant (cooking on the line, expo, seating guests, bartending, etc.).
• Use the Management Development Program for continuous growth of leadership skills and proficiencies.

• At least 2–3 years restaurant management experience.
• Serve Safe Food and Serve Safe Alcohol Certifications (plus).

Compensation:
The Assistant Manager earns hourly pay ranging from $20.98 to $27.27, approximately $60,000 to $78,000 annually based on a 50‑hour work week. Potential for monthly bonus, where applicable by location. Competitive wages, profit sharing/bonus, medical/dental/vision, 401k with match, paid vacation, paid sick leave.

• Work various shifts including weekends.
• Stand and exert well‑paced mobility for up to ten hours in length.
• Safely lift pots, pans, glassware, boxes, etc. up to 50 pounds.
• Read and write to facilitate communication. Must possess finger and hand dexterity for using small tools and equipment.

Flynn Group is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and providing reasonable accommodations/adjustments for individuals with disabilities. If you require any accommodation or adjustments throughout the application process, please let us know.

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