Restaurant General Manager – Halal Birdz
Location: Nashville, TNJob Type: Full-TimePosition: General ManagerIndustry: Fast-Casual Restaurant / Nashville Hot Chicken
About Halal Birdz
Halal Birdz is a growing Nashville-based halal hot chicken concept focused on serving high-quality food, delivering excellent customer service, and building strong, repeatable restaurant operations.
We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated General Manager who can take ownership of the day-to-day operation of our restaurant.
This is a hands-on leadership position. We are looking for someone who can lead from the front, develop employees, maintain high operational standards, control costs, and ensure the restaurant operates successfully whether ownership is present or not.
Responsibilities
The General Manager will be responsible for the overall performance of the restaurant, including:
- Oversee daily restaurant operations from opening through closing
- Lead, coach, train, and hold employees accountable
- Ensure all stations are properly staffed and employees are positioned effectively
- Create and manage weekly employee schedules
- Monitor attendance, tardiness, call-outs, and employee performance
- Conduct pre-shift meetings and communicate daily expectations
- Ensure opening, shift-change, and closing procedures are completed correctly
- Maintain excellent food quality, portioning, presentation, and speed of service
- Enforce Halal Birdz recipes, procedures, and operating standards
- Monitor ticket times and improve kitchen efficiency during high-volume periods
- Maintain excellent customer service and resolve guest concerns professionally
- Maintain restaurant cleanliness and organization at all times
- Enforce food safety, sanitation, temperature-control, and health department standards
- Monitor inventory and communicate ordering needs
- Reduce food waste, over-portioning, unnecessary labor, and other controllable costs
- Monitor labor usage and make staffing adjustments based on business volume
- Receive and verify vendor deliveries
- Conduct inventory counts as required
- Ensure equipment is properly used, cleaned, and maintained
- Identify operational problems and implement solutions
- Train and develop shift leaders and future managers
- Document employee performance issues and enforce company policies consistently
- Communicate restaurant performance, staffing concerns, maintenance issues, and other important matters to ownership
- Help implement and improve SOPs, checklists, training systems, and restaurant procedures
- Maintain a professional, respectful, accountable workplace culture
What We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who:
- Has previous restaurant management experience
- Has experience managing a fast-paced or high-volume restaurant
- Understands both front-of-house and back-of-house operations
- Can manage and motivate a team
- Is comfortable holding employees accountable
- Understands food cost, labor cost, inventory, waste, and restaurant profitability
- Has strong organizational and problem-solving skills
- Can remain calm and make decisions during busy periods
- Takes initiative instead of waiting for ownership to solve every problem
- Has strong communication skills
- Is dependable, punctual, and professional
- Is willing to work alongside the team when necessary
- Takes pride in cleanliness, food quality, customer service, and operational excellence
Preferred:
- 3+ years of restaurant management experience
- 1+ years as a General Manager, Assistant General Manager, or similar leadership position
- Experience in fast-casual, QSR, high-volume, or chicken concepts
- ServSafe Manager certification or willingness to obtain certification
- Experience with scheduling, inventory management, food cost, labor management, and restaurant POS systems
What Success Looks Like
A successful Halal Birdz General Manager will build a restaurant that does not depend on ownership being physically present every day.
You will be expected to develop a strong team, maintain operational standards, control costs, protect food quality, improve efficiency, and create accountability throughout the restaurant.
We are looking for someone who treats the restaurant as if it were their own and takes pride in building a high-performing operation.
Growth Opportunity
Halal Birdz is a growing concept, and we are looking for leaders who want to grow with the company.
As we expand, strong performers may have opportunities to take on additional leadership responsibilities and help develop future locations.
Schedule
Full-time position.
Must have flexible availability, including evenings, Fridays, Saturdays, holidays, and high-volume periods as needed.
Compensation
Competitive compensation based on restaurant management experience and qualifications.
To Apply:
Please submit your resume along with a brief explanation of your restaurant management experience, including:
- Size of teams you have managed
- Types of restaurants you have managed
- Experience managing labor and food costs
- Experience with inventory and scheduling
- Why you believe you would be a strong General Manager for Halal Birdz
Pay: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person
