Assistant Manager - The Works Cafe

The Works Bakery Cafe, is looking for talented management

We are now accepting applications for our Portsmouth NH Cafe

Competitive pay, benefits, and quality of life!

About us: The Works Cafe is a growing regional chain of community-minded cafes, dedicated to providing the highest quality food and friendliest customer service. Each of our cafes reflects the unique character and needs of the communities we serve. We're committed to sourcing healthy local ingredients for our breakfast and lunch sandwiches, salads and bagels. Our mission is to contribute to the health and well-being of our customers, team members and the environment.

About you: You're an experienced and energetic restaurant manager looking to apply your talents at a company that shares your values and passion. You're hard-working, driven and lead by example, ready to roll up your sleeves and help where help is needed. You're able inspire others to meet the company's strategic goals while assessing and advocating for what your team needs to achieve success. You strive to nurture and mentor talent, knowing that it will help retain dedicated employees and develop future company leaders.

We're looking for a fresh and friendly face to join our management team in Portsmouth, NH! The Assistant Manager supports the General Manager in all aspects of café operations in one location, focusing on sales growth, customer service and team building. They connect with both customers and staff and have a hands-on role in building our community-conscious café. They report to the General Manager, and oversee Shift Leaders, as well as all store personnel.

Position Type: Full-time

Duties Include:

Recruit and hire talented individuals to fulfill staffing needs
Train, mentor, and motivate shift leaders and other personnel
Assist the General Manager in ways that will help build the cafés profits, strengthen the company culture, improve customer service, food quality, and team members' morale
Assist the General Manager with office and administrative tasks
A successful candidate must care much more about the health and well-being of their team members, customers, and communities than the average management candidate. They must also be detail-oriented, have weekend availability, and an unusually strong passion for delighting customers. Must be able to stand and walk for periods of 8 to 10 hours each shift, and be able to reach, bend, balance, and transport objects repeatedly during a shift.

Industry Leading Benefits:

Take pride in your success and the success of your employees through our open book management policy
Strong quality of life commitment: average 47-hour, 5-day work week
Employee discount on our nourishing meals (eat well and feel good at work!)
Competitive pay
Paid vacations! (Yeah, get paid to play in the sand, hike a mountain or visit family...)

Performance-based BONUS opportunities!

We look forward to discussing further details upon your inquiry!