Assistant Manager

Position Description

As an Applebee's® Assistant Manager, you will be engaged in all aspects of the day-to-day operations at the restaurant. You bear responsibility for creating a passionate experience for both guests and staff every day. The role requires strong leadership, excellent problem‑solving skills, the ability to handle stress, and a genuine enjoyment of the work.

• Ensures timely, friendly service according to company guidelines, achieving established objectives of the unit.
• Cultivates a culture in accordance with Flynn Applebee's Premier Card of core values and beliefs.
• Responds immediately to verbal guest complaints and corrects them.
• Prioritizes guest contact by completing table visits as per standards.
• Maintains departmental inventory levels.
• Ensures product preparation and presentation meet company standards, performing line checks.
• Schedules employees effectively to meet sales demands.
• Maintains effective safety and security programs.
• Promotes and leads restaurant organization, cleanliness and sanitation.
• Performs routine maintenance and reports needed repairs to the General Manager/Area Director.
• Promotes quality recruitment and referrals for potential team members and management candidates.
• Promotes Flynn | Applebee's training procedures for new managers.
• Helps maintain a trained staff through orientation, training sessions, meetings, and implementation of company policy and training systems.
• Participates in employee development via One‑on‑One and performance documentation, contributes to written evaluations.
• Provides fair feedback, monitors performance, and works on employee development.
• Documents situations that may lead to disciplinary or corrective action.
• Ensures compliance with company policies, practices and procedures.
• Controls cost in assigned department.
• Complies with local, state and federal laws, regulations and guidelines.
• Drives bi‑weekly/weekly food and liquor inventories at the AD/GM's request.
• Prepares and submits accurate daily paperwork.
• Enforces sanitation standards that meet or exceed health department and company standards.
• Serves as a role model for managers and employees.
• Develops proficiency with all store related technology.
• Willing and able to work in all positions and assist as needed; includes cooking on the line, expo, seating guests, bartending, etc.
• Uses 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 are a plus.

Salary range: $20.98 to $27.27 per hour (approximately $60,000 to $78,000 annually based on a 50‑hour week). Potential for monthly bonus as applicable by location.

Benefits include: competitive wages, profit sharing/bonus, medical/dental/vision, 401(k) with match, paid vacation, paid sick leave.

• Work various shifts, including weekends.
• Stand and move for up to ten (10) hours.
• Safely lift up to 50 pounds.
• Read, write and use small tools and equipment with finger and hand dexterity.

Flynn Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Reasonable accommodations/adjustments are provided for individuals with disabilities. For a copy of Flynn Group’s Workplace Privacy Notice, visit