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Assistant Manager

Sonic Drive-In • Murfreesboro, TN 37133 • Posted 30+ days ago

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As an Assistant Manager at Sonic Drive-In, you will assist the General Manager in managing the daily operations of the restaurant to ensure quality food is provided in a clean, safe, and efficient manner for an enjoyable guest experience. The role involves hiring, training, supervising, and developing staff, maintaining safety and sanitation standards, and managing food, labor, and guest service. The position offers opportunities for promotion from within, emphasizing the importance of leadership, communication, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Hiring, training, supervising, managing, directing, and developing Great People ready to serve a SuperSONIC experience to every guest
  • Making every guest a repeat customer by ensuring the guest leaves the lot satisfied every time
  • Helping employees understand the big picture and their role by sharing the "why" behind tasks
  • Celebrating team successes and coaching for better performance
  • Setting clear expectations and providing continuous feedback throughout shift
  • Creating an upbeat positive atmosphere during the shift that makes work fun
  • Managing the majors: food and paper, labor, and guest service
  • Maintaining and enforcing SONIC safety and sanitation standards
  • Relentlessly complying with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations

Qualifications

Required

  • Excellent leadership and communication skills
  • High standards for self and the team
  • Positive attitude, especially during rushes or stressful situations
  • Resiliency - trying different approaches to solve a problem; working to get better every day
  • Eagerness to learn and grow professionally and personally
  • Ability to prioritize and complete tasks accordingly
  • Effective communication skills; basic math and reading skills
  • Willingness to work irregular hours, including nights, weekends, and/or holidays

Preferred

  • Friendly and smiling faces that enjoy providing courteous food service to our guests!
  • Professional individuals who value people and demonstrate respect for others!
  • A team player willing to meet and exceed drive-in goals and objectives
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and lead team members
  • Dedicated individuals with a proven track record of building sales, creative marketing, expense management and developing people into successful teams

About Sonic Drive-In

SONIC® Drive-In is a fast-food chain known for its unique drive-in dining concept where customers can order from their cars. They serve classic American fast food favorites like burgers, hot dogs, fries, milkshakes, and breakfast items. Sonic, part of Inspire Brands, has over 3,500 locations in the U.S. and some international presence, competing with brands like McDonald's and Burger King.

Full Job Description

As a Cooper| Raynor |Young, Sonic Drive-In Assistant Manager, you are responsible for assisting the General Manager in managing the daily operations of the restaurant to provide quality food in a clean, safe, and efficient manner so that guests will have an enjoyable experience at the SONIC Drive-In. We typically love to promote our Assistant Managers from within, but if we don't have the right team member on board, here is what we are looking for; Responsibilities include:

- Hiring, training, supervising, managing, directing, and developing Great People ready to serve a SuperSONIC experience to every guest

- Making every guest a repeat customer by ensuring the guest leaves the lot satisfied every time

- Helping employees understand the big picture and their role by sharing the "why" behind tasks

- Celebrating team successes and coaching for better performance

- Setting clear expectations and providing continuous feedback throughout shift

- Creating an upbeat positive atmosphere during the shift that makes work fun

- Managing the majors: food and paper, labor, and guest service

- Maintaining and enforcing SONIC safety and sanitation standards

- Relentlessly complying with all federal, state, and local laws and regulationsWhat You'll Need:

- Excellent leadership and communication skills

- High standards for self and the team

- Positive attitude, especially during rushes or stressful situations

- Resiliency - trying different approaches to solve a problem; working to get better every day

- Eagerness to learn and grow professionally and personally

- Ability to prioritize and complete tasks accordingly

- Effective communication skills; basic math and reading skills

- Willingness to work irregular hours, including nights, weekends, and/or holidays

Additional SONIC Drive-In Assistant Manager Qualifications...

●Friendly and smiling faces that enjoy providing courteous food service to our guests!

●Professional individuals who value people and demonstrate respect for others!

●A team player willing to meet and exceed drive-in goals and objectives.

●Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and lead team members.

●Dedicated individuals with a proven track record of building sales, creative marketing, expense management and developing people into successful teams.

Sure, classic cars and vintage threads may be things of the past, but the Sonic Drive-In experience will always be groovy, right on, awesome, wicked, fab, the bee's knees, cruisin' . . . you get the picture! It's downright sensational!!

All that's missing is you, so APPLY TODAY!

SONIC and its independent franchise owners are Equal Opportunity Employers.