Assistant Innovation Manager

Be part of a mature, fun leadership team and excel your career with A&W!
A&W takes pride in offering our employees a working environment that is based on respect and listening. We are looking for a fun and experienced leader who loves A&W as much as they love leading a diverse team from their local community!
The Restaurant Manager/Assistant Manager duties include, but are not limited to:

Managing the staff to help maintain and achieve restaurant targets and standards
Monitoring and controlling labour costs and food costs
Coaching the staff to provide excellent customer service representative of the A&W brand
Spending time every shift on the floor supporting and working with employees
Ensuring all food safety regulations are followed
Assisting with inventory management
Other duties which involve the day to day operation of a fast food restaurant
Working together as partners, as a cohesive unit with co-workers
Working with cleaning materials and chemicals
Occasionally must lift heavy boxes when dealing with product inventory (max 50 lbs.)
Engaging in repetitive tasks such as preparing/assembling orders and products and regular cleaning of restaurant facility
Maintaining good personal hygiene and appropriate uniform
We pride ourselves on our food. We’re on a journey to source simple, great-tasting ingredients, farmed with care.
Good food makes good food, but there is more to our story than that. From using compostable packaging to fundraising to support Canadians living with Multiple Sclerosis, we strive to make a positive impact in our community.
That’s why we offer flexible schedules so you can work as much or as little as you need.
A career with us will give you great communication skills, valuable customer service prowess, experience working on a team, the ability to thrive under pressure, and the chance to cook some of the best-tasting food in Canada.
We pay a competitive wage.
As a big business with a small business culture, we pride ourselves in keeping a healthy buzz of excitement and innovation in the air. By joining our team you’ll be on the front lines, helping us change the fast food landscape. From eliminating plastic straws, to root beer made with natural cane sugar and all-natural flavours, to being the first national restaurant chain in Canada to offer the plant-based Beyond Meat Burger, we’ve never been the kind of company to sit back and wait for change to happen. For us, it’s all about doing the right thing for our food, people, community, and environment.
Job applicants responding to this posting may be applying to an A&W restaurant independently owned and operated by a local Franchisee. All hiring decisions are made by the local Franchisee.