We are passionate about adding joy to people's lives! 

Tampa's Premiere Cafe, Bakery, and Caterer---famous for hearty sandwiches and amazing desserts
 

We offer some of the best pay and benefits around:

• Salary range $60k to $85k/year
• Paid Time Off
• Individual medical coverage with a substantial employer contribution
• 401k plan with a company match
• Life insurance
• Paid Weekly
• Employee discounts
• Working alongside talented, friendly, long-term staff members who share their experience and knowledge
• CLOSED on Sundays and major holidays and NO late nights---we're done and out early evening

Position Overview:

The Restaurant Manager oversees all aspects of the Café, Market, & Catering operations. The ideal candidate is talented at managing & supervising, forecasting & planning, and upholding Wright’s standards & values.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Supervision of all employees in the Café, Market, and Catering Departments
  • Assign and direct employees in the Café, Market, and Catering Departments tasks and/or job responsibilities
  • Authority to hire, fire, discipline, or promote employees within the Café, Market, and Catering Departments OR effectively recommends decisions relating to the hiring, firing, discipline, and/or promotions within the Café, Market, and Catering Departments
• Accountable for all Café, Market, and Catering operations, including:
  • Food production
  • Customer service
  • Delivery service
  • Meetings & events
  • Public areas (inside & outside)
• Ensure that all staff uphold Wright’s standards & values, including:
  • Safety & sanitation
  • Quality
  • Consistency
  • Productivity
  • Profitability
• Forecast, plan, and schedule, including:
  • Staffing
  • Production
  • Resources (ingredients, equipment, facility, etc.)
• Readily support all departments
• Implement, monitor, and control the budget
• Perform administrative duties, prepare reports, etc.
• Build and nurture relationships with the community

Key Skills & Requirements

• Clear, consistent, and uncompromising about who we are and what we do

Management Skills/Emotional Intelligence

• Self-aware. Can think through actions and anticipate challenges
• Set priorities and then quickly re-prioritize them to meet changing circumstances
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills

People

• Professional, available, and unflappable leadership
• Hands-on supervisor, works side-by-side with our staff
• Evaluate, train, and develop staff
• Actively involved in the selection of new staff
• Ensure that all staff uphold our values
• Foster a warm, welcoming environment

Operations

• Extensive knowledge of safety & sanitation principles, food preparation & production and great customer service
• Highly skilled at forecasting, planning, and scheduling resources (staff, ingredients, equipment, time, etc.)
• Actively use Wright’s systems & process (ops manual, recipes, checklists, etc.)
• Expertly perform the duties of any position in the restaurant or utility department.
• Periodically assess systems and processes for improvements

Technical skills

• Currently (or within the last 3 months) working as a restaurant manager, kitchen manager, sous chef, or similar position in a high-volume restaurant
• At least two (2) years’ experience of supervising total  FOH and BOH staff of 20 or more employees.
• Excellent customer service and strong cooking skills are required.
• Organized work style. Uses systems, tools, calendars, etc. to manage accountabilities.
• Read and understand financial information including food & labor costs, P&L’s, budgets, etc.
• Good computer skills, including Word and Excel
• Certified ServSafe Manager

Physical Requirements:

• Exacting standards of personal hygiene & appearance
• Balancing, twisting, bending, stooping, walking, reaching, lifting, pulling, pushing, and climbing.
• Frequently lifting or moving heavy items up to fifty (50) pounds
• Standing in place for prolonged periods of time
• Shifts of 10-12 hours
• Comfort with working in a very fast-paced, crowded environment with co-workers and guests
• Must be able to tolerate considerable exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, fumes, smoke, cold, unpleasant odors, and loud noise

Other Requirements:

• Consent to both pre-employment and post-hire reasonable suspicion drug testing
• Consent to a pre-employment background check (criminal and driving)
• Tobacco-free, smoke-free, e-cigarette-free property

An Equal Opportunity Employer

We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants are given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.