Assistant General Manager
About this role
About US
167 Events, located in Fulton Market neighborhood, is a service and event space with floor-to-ceiling windows and views of the city’s skyline, featuring event menus from Lettuce restaurants.
Overview
Aba Chicago is now Hiring a ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER!
Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants is looking for an Assistant General Manager with 2 years of AGM experience. We reward our teams with benefits, career-long training and growth opportunities.
A Few of Our Benefits:
- Competitive Salary
- Quarterly Bonus
- Paid Time Off - including Paid Holidays, Personal Days & Vacation
- 401(k)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- Life, Accident Protection & Critical Illness Insurance
- Domestic Partner Benefits
- Restaurant Discounts
- Employee Assistance Program - focusing on a commitment to mental health & wellness
Why Work With Lettuce?
Lettuce is a culinary-driven restaurant company with a genuine commitment to our people: we welcome unique perspectives and nurture diverse talents at 130+ locations, supported by our Culture of Caring. If you’re ready to be a part of what we do next, then explore your possibilities at Lettuce and apply today! EOE. We participate in E-Verify
Responsibilities
- Ensure day-to-day business operations run smoothly
- Assist with training, recruiting, HR and administrative duties; assist and financials / statement preparation; and assist the GM with customer service inquiries
- Organize, run and supervise smooth and efficient daily opening and closing shifts, ensuring an exceptional guest and employee experience
- Provide guidance and leadership to hourly and management teams while fostering our Culture of Caring
- Respond immediately and effectively to guest and employee needs and feedback
- Assist GM in managing costs, driving sales and growing the business in support of financial goals
- Partner with GM and management team to interview, hire, onboard, train, supervise and develop all BOH employees and teams as needed
- Perform regular and ad hoc inventories of food, beverage and restaurant supplies and track high cost items; place food, beverage and restaurant supply orders; and accept and inspect deliveries
- Model and promote teamwork across all teams
- Use tact and good judgment when dealing with challenges pertaining to guests, vendors and employees, and respond with patience and courtesy
- Work a variety of days and shifts (including early mornings, late nights and weekends) at multiple sites with or without overnight travel, as needed
- Move and lift up to 10 pounds, frequently move and/or lift up to 25 pounds, occasionally move and/or lift up to 50 pounds
Qualifications
- 5+ years of restaurant management experience
- 2+ years of AGM experience in a full-service restaurant
- Skilled in leading and developing teams
- Experienced with inventory and BOH systems
Salary Range
USD $70,000.00 - USD $90,000.00 /Yr.Company at a glance
What has made Lettuce Entertain You a nationally-recognized restaurant company? It’s simple: we hire people with creativity, passion and the drive to be the best. At Lettuce, we’re dedicated to the training and development of our employees. We don’t just value your talent and entrepreneurial attitude: we reward it.
As a culinary-driven company, our restaurants - including R.J. Grunts, Aba, Hub 51, Wildfire, RPM Italian, M Burger, Shaw’s Crab House, Mon Ami Gabi, Beatrix and more - offer diverse opportunities. But we all share the same goal: a desire to be the best we can be. If you want to be part of a progressive company with a firm commitment to its people, join the creative team of Lettuce partners and employees. Please visit https://www.lettucejobs.com to learn more about Lettuce and view our current openings.
Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants is an independent, family-owned restaurant group based in Chicago that owns, manages and licenses more than 110 restaurants in Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland, Nevada, Texas, Virginia, Florida, Washington D.C. with Tennessee coming soon. We were founded in June 1971 by Richard Melman and Jerry A. Orzoff with the opening of R.J. Grunts and today, thanks to the creativity of our partners, we proudly serve guests at more than 60 concepts ranging from fast casual to fine dining restaurants.
Top Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Quarterly Bonus
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Personal Days
- Vacation
- 401(k)
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Accident Protection
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Domestic Partner Benefits
- Restaurant Discounts
- Employee Assistance Program
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