American Girl Restaurant Lead Front of House Full-Time

The Opportunity: The Caf Front of House Lead is located at the AG Retail Los Angeles location  and reports directly to the Restaurant Manager. This position is responsible for assisting the restaurant manager with daily operations including providing leadership and direction to the department and providing a high level of selling and customer service to American Girl guests. 

What Your Impact Will Be: 

• Support the Restaurant Leadership Team in overseeing staffing hiring coaching/training purchasing/vendor relations inventories maintaining food/beverage service standards and ensuring safety and sanitation standards. 

• Assist the team in achieving department revenue and expense goals. 

• Ensure customer satisfaction with their dining experience and oversee resolution of any customer service issues. 

• Ensure food quality and consistency special requests and special dietary needs and performs tasks in absence of the Restaurant Leadership Team. 

• Work with Restaurant and Store Management teams to deliver exceptional events and programs. 

• Maintain ongoing communications with both staff and management. 

• Maintain and troubleshoot operational issues including restaurant/kitchen equipment ZomatoReservation system POS and InfoGenesis software systems. 

• Leads by example in all areas of the business. 

Qualifications :

What Were Looking For:

• Restaurant experience in a highvolume fastpaced environment with both front and back of house operations exposure preferred. 

• Experience working with children preferred. 

• Current State Sanitation Certification ServSafe and Safe Alcohol Consumption Certification preferred. 

• Strong working knowledge of Eatec system Microsoft Office (Word Excel and Outlook) InfoGenesis/Universal Desktop Zomato reservation systems JTech paging system POS systems inventory systems and basic office equipment (copiers and fax) preferred. 

• Ability to perform diverse physical tasks including constant walking and standing and some heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs.. 

• Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights weekends and holidays. 

Hourly:
The base hourly rate for this position is between $19 $21.50.
**This range is indicative of projected hiring range however base hourly rate will be determined based on a candidates work location skills and experience.**

Additional Information :

Dont meet every single requirement At Mattel we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

How We Work:

American Girl is subsidiary of Mattel a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:

• We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
• We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
• We execute: We are a performancedriven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing bestinclass outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Who We Are:

American Girl is a premium brand for girls and a whollyowned subsidiary of Mattel Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT  a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands including Barbie Hot Wheels FisherPrice American Girl Thomas & Friends UNO Masters of the Universe Matchbox Monster High MEGA and Polly Pocket as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys content consumer products digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the worlds leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945 Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

Mattels awardwinning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes Fast Company Newsweek Great Place to Work TIME and more.

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Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.

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