Restaurant and Market Assistant Manager

Are you fueled by a passion for farm-to-table dining and from-scratch cooking?

We're looking for a Restaurant and Market Assistant Manager to join our vibrant team in Blue Springs, MO. In this role, you'll help shape unforgettable dining experiences and drive sales in our market, café, and during special events. Collaborate with our Farm Manager and Events Manager to minimize waste, maximize profits, and showcase the best of local ingredients. If you're ready to bring your culinary expertise to a dynamic setting and make a real impact, apply today!

The Restaurant and Market Assistant Manager is responsible for assisting the manager in the planning and execution of the hospitality and sales, staffing, customer service, food safety, and general operations in the Market, Café, and in support of dinners, festivals, and other food related events.

They will promote and drive business to our many different facets of operation through food-related events and activities, while also managing the planning and execution of the operations and financial responsibilities in accordance with organizational goals of those departments.

Bring Your Passion for Farm-to-Table to Life! Colonial Farms is looking for a Restaurant and Market Assistant Manager to help shape our culinary vision, drive sales, and showcase the best of local ingredients. Apply today!

Key Responsibilities:

• Menu & Service Execution: Execute exceptional levels of service and product offering for our farm direct market and restaurant.
• Operations: Vendor relations, inventory, maintain food safety, hire, develop, and train staff, scheduling. Monitor equipment quality and keep licensing up to standards.
• Inventory Control / Budget Management: Assist the manager in budget management, including product selection, labor control, waste management, marketing collaboration
• Leadership: Lead, manage, and hold accountable front and back of house staff. Partner with all other management to execute successful operations across all departments

Essential Job Duties:

• Collaborates with Farm Manager and Restaurant Market Manager for ingredient utilization to minimize food waste and maximize profit
• Partners with Events Manager to plan and prepare the food portion of all events
• Leads and manages Market Coordinator on promotions, cross merchandising, value added items, and food waste reduction
• Maintain value added in deli and produce selections in the market
• Comply with local DOH food safety standards and ensure standards are followed
• Create and maintain vendor relations, ordering, inventory management
• Oversee guest experience, front and back of house
• Employee development and training
• Maintain fast and accurate service
• Staffing and scheduling
• Responsible for financials by creating and managing to a budget
• Other duties as assigned

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for alcohol products, including certification, assortment selection, vendor relations, pricing and promotions
• Collaborate with food manager, leadership team, special events and marketing campaigns
• Collaborate with the agriculture team to best utilize seasonal produce

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Shows passion for and knowledge of true farm to table cuisine
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work within established systems as well as create new systems as need
• Powerful desire to work as a team
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast past and changing environment

Minimum Qualifications:

• Required: 2 years of Scratch Kitchen work experience
• Required: 2 years of experience in food preparation and management
• Required: 3 years of team lead experience
• Required: Manager serve safe/food handlers’ card & liquor card
• Required: High School Diploma or GED equivalent

We honor our core values and expect our employees to as well. They are work hard, take pride in your work, be optimistic and respectful, show commitment, and continually grow.

We invite individuals who think like we do and will position us for major organizational growth to apply today. Join us in revolutionizing the green industry! If you meet the criteria for this position, please apply today.

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