Assistant Manager - Restaurant - Loves Travel Stops & Country Store

Req ID: 439269

Address: 3407 South State Road 45/52 Kankakee, IL, 60901

Welcome to Love’s!

Where People are the Heart of Our Success

Restaurant Assistant Manager

Working at Love′s as a Restaurant Assistant Manager is a very different job. We work hard for our customers and our teams. As a manager at Love′s, we empower you to be owner-operators and allow you to manage all aspects of your location. With a growing organization, the opportunities for career growth are endless.

"Run the Play"

 A Restaurant Assistant Manager will help run our business by overseeing all operations in the restaurant. A Restaurant General Manager will perform daily managerial duties by overseeing, directing and coordinating activities to better serve customers.

Our Managers Go Beyond the Call of Duty

As a Restaurant AssistantManager you will ensure our teams are focusing on the customer in everything we do. Sometimes it is just a smile, other times it will be listening to their feedback and adjust accordingly. Customers come back because of your team′s performance! When you persevere, we all are rewarded.

To get started, we have to ask a few questions

If you are good with our requirements, we would really like to hear from you.

• 1+ years restaurant management experience
• 1+ years experience managing operations with an annual sales volume of $1+ million
• 1+ years experience affecting and deciphering budgets and P&L statements
• 1+ years experience supervising and training 5-10 employees
• Proven track record of providing a quality product and maintaining a clean facility
• Valid driver’s license
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50lbs on a regular basis
• Intermediate level PC skills including MS Outlook, MS Word, and MS Excel

Benefits That Can't Be Beat

• Medical/Dental/Vision and Life Insurance Plans
• Flexible Scheduling
• Road to Success Program for career development
• On-the-job training
• Competitive pay (paid weekly)
• Team Member bonus program
• Holiday pay
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Pet Insurance
• Parental Leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program

"Clean Places, Friendly Faces"

You will be working in a fast-paced environment. It will be your job to make sure we promote sales growth through merchandise execution and ensuring your team is well-trained to deliver world-class service.

Background Checks

All offers of employment may be conditioned on receipt of a background check report and/or drug screen that is acceptable to Love’s.

Travel Requirements

Some travel may be required.

Typical Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk and hear
• Requires standing and walking, with some bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing
• Occasional lifting of up to 50lbs
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

While performing these duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to outdoor elements in all seasons. Occasionally, the employee will also be exposed to fumes and particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud at times. While performing these duties, the employee may be exposed to dirt, dust, grime, grease, oil, gas, high-concentrated cleaning solutions, etc.

Diversity Statement

From the founding of Love’s, our leaders have been passionate about providing excellent customer experiences and helping our Team Members grow. We do both within a culture of respect and inclusion. In order to sustain this culture, we will welcome individuals who are diverse in experiences, age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and physical or mental ability. Also, we are committed to sustaining a professional working environment where ALL people feel respected. By doing these things we will cultivate diversity of thought and a spirit of innovation.

Grow Far with Love's

As a family-based company, we are committed to adhering to our values. Ensuring that each of our people has success is central to these values. The Road to Success Program offers leadership and management skills training. If management is your path, we will help you get there. As a merit-based culture, we champion creative and valuable ideas and challenging work is not only recognized but rewarded. Whether you are looking for part-time work to supplement your income or to grow into a leadership role, with Love’s, all roads lead to success!

Love’s has been fueling customers’ journeys since 1964. Innovation and perseverance continue to lead the way for the family-owned and -operated business headquartered in Oklahoma City with more than 40,000 team members in North America and Europe. The company’s core business is travel stops and convenience stores with more than 630 locations in 42 states. Love’s continues its commitment to offer products and services that provide value for professional drivers, fleets, four-wheel customers, RVers, alternative fuel and wholesale fuel customers. Giving back to communities Love’s serves and maintaining an inclusive and diverse workplace are hallmarks of the company’s award-winning culture.

The Love’s Family of Companies includes:

• Gemini Motor Transport, one of the industry’s safest trucking fleets.
• Speedco and Love’s Truck Care, the largest oil change and preventive maintenance and total truck care network.
• Musket, a rapidly growing, Houston-based commodities supplier and trader.
• Trillium, a Houston-based alternative fuels expert.
• TVC Pro-driver, a commercial driver’s license (CDL) protection subscription service.