R2 Restaurants - Taco Bell
Welcome to R2 Restaurants! Thank you for taking the time to find us!
This website provides employment resources and information to persons interested in developing, or continuing, a career in the quick service restaurant industry. It serves franchised Taco Bell restaurants in the Tyler, Lindale, Chandler, and Mineola areas in East Texas. Our company name is R2 Restaurants, Incorporated. We are locally owned and operated by Dick Upshaw and company, and have served the Tyler area for decades. R2 Restaurants offers a wide variety of management positions designed to help you meet your career goals and financial needs.
To find out more about career opportunities with R2 Restaurants, Inc. please look over the Job Descriptions below. Thank you for considering us as you pursue your next career opportunity!
Job Description - General Manager
The Restaurant General Manager provides overall leadership and direct supervision of operations in an individual Taco Bell unit to ensure that the restaurant meets or exceeds its annual operating goals. Focal points include: driving excellence in customer service, maintaining company standards in product and facility specification, supervising food handling procedures and operational processes, exercising financial control to meet unit profit margin targets, and selecting, training, developing and motivating employees. The Restaurant General Manager directly performs hands-on operational work to train employees, respond to customer service needs, or otherwise role model appropriate skills and behaviors in the restaurant.
Customer Satisfaction/Product Quality
Maintains fast, accurate service, positive guest relations and ensures products are consistent with company quality standards.
Drives customer-focused culture by serving as role model in resolving customer issues and training managers and crew to meet or exceed customer service standards. Provides ongoing coaching and feedback to crew on customer service, product quality, and speed of service.
Tracks, analyzes, and resolves sources of customer complaints. Ensures that food safety standards are met.
Financial
Analyzes sales, labor, inventory, and controllable costs on a continual basis and takes corrective action to meet or achieve margin and sales growth targets. Trains and mentors subordinates on financial analyses and profitability tips for the restaurant.
Operations
Ensures that facilities and equipment are maintained to Taco Bell Standards. Monitors inventory, food preparation, and order fulfillment on a daily basis to ensure adherence to company standards. Establishes restaurant speed-of-service targets, monitors performance, and resolves bottlenecks to achieve goals.
Human Resources
Directs all restaurant-level human resource activity including: personal accountability for crew hiring decisions, training planning and execution, performance management, compensation, and employee relations issues up to and including termination. Provides "hands-on" training for management staff in advanced training modules and develops all Shift Managers and Assistant Managers to assume higher level responsibilities.
Develops and monitors staffing plans and directs crew and management team sourcing activities. Manages the work environment on all shifts to ensure fair and equitable employee treatment, as well as adherence to all company, state, and federal workplace regulations.
Delivers Excellence in Customer Service
Is fully aware of customer needs and ensures that they receive quality products and service. Ensures work is to the correct standard. Possesses extremely high standards of product quality and speed of service and constantly monitors performance against those standards. Possesses a strong eye for detail and cleanliness. Presents a positive image through a professional appearance of self and other employees. Interacts with customers in a highly effective and proactive manner. Consistently seeks to improve the customer experience. Demonstrates and emphasizes to others the importance of a winning customer experience. Uses customer feedback tools and techniques in making decisions and improving restaurant performance.
Team Leadership
Supervises others and efficiently coordinates their work. Delegates tasks to the most appropriate member of staff. Is able to remain in control of difficult situations. Provides clear direction and authority. Gets involved in a "hands-on" manner and leads by example. Is assertive. Communicates restaurant goals and has a motivating vision; links individual performance to achieving restaurant goals. Demonstrates principled leadership and sound business ethics; stands up for what's right. Celebrates achievements; recognizes and rewards others; generates pride and commitment. Regularly coaches staff to drive performance against objectives' provides ongoing, constructive feedback. Demonstrates passion, enthusiasm and intensity in work; is a role model.
Business Savvy
Identifies problems quickly; assertively develops and implements solutions; manages restaurant flow to ensure customer satisfaction. Focuses the team on critical business issues; plans, organizes, and delegates work for peak efficiency. Ensures understanding and use of available business tools by appropriate team members. Accurately analyzes financial data; identifies trends and takes appropriate action; follows-up to ensure 100% implementation. Understands key business drivers and uses this knowledge to build sales and achieve margin targets.
Restaurant Operations
Technically proficient in all aspects of food preparation, production, and delivery. Displays detailed knowledge of all key food handling/food safety procedures. Familiar with basic restaurant equipment troubleshooting. Displays detailed knowledge of all Taco Bell product standards.
Drive for Results
Able to make decisions after thorough evaluation. Shows initiative in order to make the most of day-to-day situations and problems. Quickly reacts to emergencies and identifies a corrective course of action. Uses considerable initiative. Aggressively pursues business objectives. Takes responsibility to ensure business objectives are met.
Educational Attainment/Experience Requirements
Strong preference for internal promote from Assistant Manager position.
High school diploma or GED preferred and Taco Bell or industry experience.
2-4 years supervisory experience in either a food service or retail environment.
Demonstrated track record of workplace achievement.
Proven ability to drive customer satisfaction, financial performance, and employee satisfaction.
Job Description - Assistant Manager
The Assistant Manager serves as assistant to the Restaurant General Manager and provides additional management coverage of operating hours and direct supervision of operations in an individual Taco Bell unit. Like the Restaurant General Manager, focal points include: driving excellence in customer service, maintaining company standards in product and facility specifications, supervising food handling procedures and operational processes, and exercising basic shift-to-shift financial control to meet unit profit margin targets. In addition, the Assistant Manager assumes responsibility for facilities and equipment maintenance, adherence to detail cleaning tacks, and specific routine financial controls. Human resources responsibilities of an Assistant Manager are limited to crew training, ongoing coaching, and feedback for hourly employees, and health and safety audits. The Assistant Manager directly performs hands-on operational work on an ongoing basis to train employees, respond to customer service needs, or otherwise role model appropriate skills and behaviors in the restaurant.
Customer Satisfaction/Product Quality
Maintains fast, accurate service, positive guest relations and ensures consistent product quality. Resolves majority of on-site customer complaints.
Conducts shift-to-shift food safety audits. Provides ongoing coaching and feedback to crew on customer service, product quality, and speed of service.
Financial
Analyzes sales, labor, inventory, and controllables and takes corrective action to meet or achieve daily or weekly margin and sales growth targets.
Shares with Restaurant General Manager day-to-day responsibility for cash procedures such as bank deposits, making change, opening/closing safe and audits of the daily paperwork.
Shares accountability for ordering crew uniforms, voucher disbursement and audits, and monitoring utilization of utilities and cleaning.
Operations
Focuses majority of attention on performance of evening and night shifts. Conducts periodic health, safety and security audits and initiates corrective action as necessary under the guidance of the Restaurant General Manager. Organizes store cleaning schedule and monitors ongoing and detailed cleaning standards. Reviews facility and equipment readiness and performs minor preventative maintenance. Monitors inventory, food preparation, and order fulfillment on a daily basis to ensure adherence to company standards. Monitors speed-of-service performance and resolves bottlenecks to achieve speed-of-service goals. When sole manager in charge, responsible for daily inventory, restaurant opening and closing, and daily adjustments in shift staffing and crew deployment.
Human Resources
Screens prospective crew members through utilizing screening systems and first-level interviews. Provides training and certification for crew in selected training modules. Manages each shift to ensure fair and equitable employee treatment, as well as adherence to all company, state, and federal workplace regulations.
Delivers Excellence in Customer Service
Is fully aware of customer needs and ensures that they receive quality products and service. Ensures work is to the correct standard. Possesses extremely high standards of product quality and speed of service and constantly monitors performance against those standards. Possesses a strong eye for detail and cleanliness. Presents a positive image through a professional appearance of self and other employees. Interacts with customers in a highly effective and proactive manner. Consistently seeks to improve the customer experience. Demonstrates and emphasizes to others the importance of a winning customer experience. Uses customer feedback tools and techniques in making decisions and improving restaurant performance.
Restaurant Operations
Technically proficient in all aspects of food preparation, production, and delivery. Displays detailed knowledge of all key food handling/food safety procedures. Familiar with basic restaurant equipment troubleshooting. Displays detailed knowledge of all Taco Bell product standards.
Team Motivation
Creates a good team spirit. Rewards good performance by providing positive feedback. Gets staff involved and pulling in the same direction. Encourages individuals to meet high standards and maintains dignity, respect, and morale of individual employees. Delegates a mix of good and not so good tasks. Is enthusiastic and energetic.
Educational Attainment/Experience Requirements
Strong preference for internal promote from Shift Manager position; internal promotes must be fully certified prior to promotion date. Demonstrated ability to maintain day-to-day financial controls and to coach and train hourly employees. Proven ability to drive customer satisfaction, financial performance, and employee satisfaction. 1-2 years supervisory experience in either a food service or retail environment. High school diploma or GED preferred.