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Assistant Restaurant Manager

Guzman Y Gomez


Job Location:

Surfers Paradise - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 29 September 2026 (14 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Assistant Restaurant Manager to lead our team at GYG Bundall on the Gold Coast.

This is a hands-on full-time management role running a high-volume Guzman y Gomez drive-thru restaurant on Bundall Road between Surfers Paradise and the Gold Coasts inner suburbs. We trade from 5:00am to midnight Monday to Thursday and 24 hours a day Friday to Sunday across dine-in drive-thru takeaway the GYG app and website and delivery platforms.

If you love leading a team know how to run a tight profitable shift and want a genuine long-term role in a growing franchise group we want to hear from you!

What youll be doing

  • Setting and reviewing stock par and preparation levels to keep food fresh and wastage low maintaining accurate records of stock levels stocktakes deliveries and wastage in the inventory and point-of-sale systems
  • Setting and enforcing GYG service standards for speed order accuracy food quality and cleanliness across in-store app and delivery orders
  • Driving uptake of the GYG app online ordering and loyalty program
  • Rolling out national marketing campaigns in-store and building local marketing plans for the Bundall area
  • Raise ideas for promotion and advertising local offers within the GYGs recommended pricing framework to franchisees with for example Bundall businesses and offices shift workers sporting clubs community events and catering orders
  • Working the floor during peak trade selling to customers and advising them on menu items customisation dietary requirements and allergens
  • Resolving customer complaints and feedback including online reviews and delivery platform issues
  • Overseeing cash handling till reconciliations and daily banking and preparing weekly and monthly sales labour and stock reports
  • Controlling the recruitment selection onboarding and training of crew shift supervisors and kitchen staff
  • Supervising the team day to day building rosters to trading demand and labour budget approving timesheets and managing performance
  • Supervising the restaurant overnight as the senior manager on site running overnight and early-morning shifts managing late-night dine-in drive-thru and delivery trade and making operational decisions without the owners on site
  • Managing overnight safety and security including cash security CCTV staff safety responsible service of alcohol handling of intoxicated or aggressive customers and closing and opening procedures
  • Ensuring compliance with work health and safety/food safety requirements including the food safety program temperature and allergen controls cleaning schedules incident reporting and internal audits and council inspections
  • Make marketing or retail product suggestions to the franchisees to make Bundall GYG even better!

About you

  • Diploma in retail hospitality or business management (or 3 years relevant retail or quick service restaurant management experience)
  • Prior leadership experience in a busy high-volume hospitality environment
  • Strong communication and customer service skills
  • Exceptional people skills with the natural ability to inspire and motivate a young team
  • Available to work a rotating roster including overnight weekend and public holiday shifts
  • A hands-on leader with a positive can-do attitude!

Benefits of working at GYG Bundall

  • Competitive annual salary of $79000-$80000 super depending on experience
  • Full-time ongoing hours (38/week)
  • Structured manager training in the Guzman y Gomez operating system
  • Career development within a growing multi-store franchise group
  • Staff meal benefits
  • A fun high-energy team culture in one of the Gold Coasts best beachside precincts

About GYG Bundall

Guzman y Gomez Bundall is independently owned and operated by a franchisee of Guzman y Gomez. We serve fresh made-to-order Mexican food to locals workers and late-night customers on the Gold Coast. We value our people and offer long-term opportunities to those who want to grow with us.

 


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time


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At Guzman y Gomez Mexican Kitchen, our mission has always been to reinvent fast-food. Since we opened our first restaurant in 2006, we’ve been OBSESSED with food, bringing the incredible energy of Mexican culture to Australians across the country during breakfast, lunch and dinner, co ... View more

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