
Assistant Manager
Thindi Cafe
153 E Liberty St, Toronto, ON M6K 3G3, Canada
Manager
Full-time
$40,000.00 - $45,000.00 /hr
Posted Aug 5, 2025
Job Overview
- Inventory Management - recording low items, placing wholesale orders, receiving and stocking inventory, handling errors, and ensuring minimum wastage or loss of inventory.
- Operations - Ensure daily floor tasks such as prep, cleaning, deep cleaning, and food safety guidelines are followed
- Staffing - Prepare weekly/monthly schedules and ensure the restaurant is properly staffed at all times. Plan for holidays and peak times.
- Responsible for controllable costs: Food and Labour
- People - Manage hiring new employees, train and retain. Maintain a positive attitude that promotes teamwork
- Required to work various shifts, including closing the restaurant up to 3 nights a week, cover on holidays, and for shift supervisors as per business needs
- Conduct cost comparisons for potential suppliers.
- Monthly bookkeeping, paying invoices, coordinating refunds and credits from suppliers.
- Annual tax planning and filing.
- Financial forecasting: weekly, monthly, quarterly to plan hiring.
- Reporting and presenting end of the month profit and loss, identifying areas to increase profitability.
- Scout and set up for seasonal events, festivals, markets to grow and promote the business
- Plan, organize and supervise caterings
- Measure and evaluate performance standards (KPI's)
- Develop and implement plans for continuous service improvement.
- Ensure operational and occupational health and safety standards are followed.
Qualifications and Skills
- 4 year restaurant management experience, although 1-2 years supervisor role in a QSR type of environment would be an asset.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, both written and oral.
- Customer service skills – able to exceed guest expectations.
- A positive and team-oriented attitude
- Strong analytical/decision-making skills.
- Leadership skills – able to direct, coach, and supervise a team