Assistant Restaurant Manager

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Guzman y Gomez is seeking a full‑time onsite Assistant Restaurant Manager in Thornleigh to help run the busy restaurant, lead the team through peak periods, train crew, boost guest experience, and support inventory and financials when needed. The role calls for experience managing in high‑volume hospitality, a track record of exceptional customer service, strong communication, and a passion for coaching your team. Benefits include a vibrant culture, clear career growth paths in Australia and internationally, potential to become a franchisee, quarterly bonuses, and free uniform. To apply, tailor your resume to quantify leadership impact, highlight guest‑experience improvements, training successes, and show fit with GYG values and their clean food mission.

Company Description

At Guzman y Gomez Mexican Kitchen, our mission has always been to reinvent fast-food. We’re Australia’s only fast-food restaurant to be 100% clean, meaning there are no added preservatives, artificial flavours, added colours or unacceptable additives in our food. We’re incredibly proud of our amazing people, and the unique way we celebrate Mexican culture in everything we do.

Job Description

As the Assistant Restaurant Manager, you’ll be responsible for supporting the daily management of the restaurant. You will be leading the team through busy service periods, crew training, proactively improving guest experience, and supporting inventory and financial management as required.

We appreciate experience comes in many shapes and sizes, what we mean specifically is:

• Experience leading a team within a busy, high volume hospitality environment
• Experience delivering exceptional customer service
• Exceptional communication skills
• Passion for inspiring, leading and developing your team

Benefits

We’re incredibly proud of our amazing people and always have each other’s backs. Whether you’re working in restaurant, at our Hola Central head office or as one of our partners, we are so passionate about living our values every single day.

These are just some of the benefits that come with working at GYG:

• Exceptional company culture
• Career growth – Australia and internationally
• Opportunity to become a franchisee
• Quarterly bonus scheme
• Free uniform

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, committed to serving the freshest fast food with the best local ingredients.

Ready to join the family? Apply now to start the conversation.