El Pollo Loco Managers and Assistant Managers are chefs, bankers, trainers, schedulers, administrators, and leaders. They both lead and choose the restaurant teams – managing, training, and scheduling all staff – and oversee all restaurant administration, maintaining the restaurant’s operational systems, overseeing financial reporting, banking, and ensuring

El Pollo Loco's food quality is of the highest standard and guests are happy. We’re looking for an Assistant General Manager who strives for the best in life. Someone who values a spotless, supportive, and flexible work environment.

What’s Required: Assistant Managers keep the guests happy and the restaurants humming with excellent customer service skills, an eye for perfection and cleanliness, excellent organizational skills and a positive attitude. Management experience is required and a sound background in hiring, financial reporting, and operations is a plus.

Responsibilities Include:

• Represent the company in a professional manner at all times
• Must have open availability; willing to work nights, weekends and Holidays
• Resolves employee issues including shift call-outs according to company policy
• Generates weekly schedule to control labor cost
• Collects and accounts for all money transactions on a daily basis
• Coordinates bank deposits, daily invoicing and all other paperwork
• Reviews employment applications, recruits, interviews, hires and trains all new employees
• Recommends the promotion and/or termination of employees
• Conducts all performance management duties, Inc. Written and verbal staff evaluations and corrective actions
• Coordinates all store food orders accurately and completely based on company goals
• Observes all personnel at the beginning and throughout their shift for compliance with appearance and uniform policies, customer service expectations, quality control and company standards
• Must be able to stand on feet for prolonged periods of time
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50lbs
• Any and all other duties assigned or requested

This posting is not intended to be an all-inclusive description of the Assistant General Manager duties.

Required Management Criteria:

Aside from possessing excellent interpersonal, organizational, leadership and communication skills the following will be required:

• Minimum of 1 year restaurant management experience
• Tenure - Candidate must have no more than two (2) jobs in the last five (5) years
• High school or equivalent
• Driver's License
• FoodServ certification

El Pollo Loco is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, protected military/veteran status or any other protected factor.