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Restaurant Store Manager

• Sandwich Shop Dutch's Sandwich Shop Montclair, NJ Job Details Full-time $61,000
• $64,000 a year 8 hours ago Benefits Paid training Paid time off Employee discount Qualifications Bilingual Spanish ServSafe Shift management English Human resources Full Job Description

ABOUT DUTCH'S

Dutch's is a sandwich shop with locations in Montclair and Hoboken, NJ. We opened Hoboken in February 2026 and it is already our busiest store. A third location is in planning. We are not a chain and we do not run off a microwave. Every item on our menu has a written build sheet

• the exact bread, the exact weight, the exact order it goes together in
• and we run a new collab sandwich every single week, which is a big part of why people keep coming back.

We are also in the middle of building the systems a growing company needs: written recipes, published schedules, a real training program. If you have worked somewhere that ran on guesswork and vibes, this is the opposite of that.

WHAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY DO

This is a working manager job. You are on station roughly 35 of your 45 hours

• you are not in an office. The other 10 hours are the part most sandwich shops skip:
• Build and publish the schedule every Thursday, a full week ahead
• Own the store's numbers: food cost, labor percent, waste log, comp and void report
• Run the weekly inventory count and place orders against par
• Certify your team on stations and sign off on the raises that come with it
• Hold the build sheets
• every sandwich leaves your store built to spec, every time
• Open and close, handle cash, and be the person who fixes it when something breaks
• Hire, onboard and train. Your bench is your job You and one other manager run this store. You report to the owner and the operations lead, and you will have written standards to run against
• build sheets, opening and closing procedures, food safety rule books
• not a shrug and good luck.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 2+ years running shifts in a restaurant, deli, cafe or fast-casual kitchen, including time in charge of the floor
• You can cook. On our busiest hour you will be on the line, not watching it
• Comfortable with numbers
• if a food cost percentage does not scare you, good
• ServSafe Food Protection Manager certification, or willingness to get it within 60 days (we pay for it)
• Reliable transportation and open availability across the week, including weekends
• English required; Spanish a real plus

THE SHIFT

Montclair trades from 7am. You are in the building before that on opening days, and out by mid-afternoon. Five days a week, including one weekend day.

HOW RAISES WORK HERE

Every raise at Dutch's is tied to a station certification. It is written down, it is the same at both stores, and it is not a favor:

• Register / Expo
• $17.00/hr. Day one. No experience needed.
• Sandwich Maker
• $19.00/hr. Certified on Cold Line & Wraps, or Cutlet & Fryer.
• AM Prep / Breakfast
• $19.50/hr. Certified on Breakfast plus par-sheet execution.
• Shift Lead
• $22.50/hr. Certified on all four stations. Keyholder. Cash-handling trained.
• Store Manager
• $64,000 to $68,000 a year.

You get trained on the clock, you test, you move up. Most people can reach $19.00 inside their first few months if they want it.

WHAT YOU GET

• Paid training on every station, on the clock
• A written raise ladder
• certification moves you up, not seniority or who you know
• New Jersey Earned Sick Leave (1 hour for every 30 worked)
• Your schedule published a full week ahead, every Thursday
• Daytime hours. We are a breakfast-and-lunch shop
• no closing at midnight
• Real promotion path: two stores now, a third in planning

HOW TO APPLY

Apply through Indeed. We read every application and we respond either way. If we want to talk, expect a short phone call first, then a paid working interview on the line

• you will be paid for that time.

Pay:

$61,000.00

• $64,000.

00 per year

Benefits:

Employee discount Paid time off Application Question(s): How many years have you run shifts in a restaurant or deli kitchen? Do you currently hold a ServSafe Food Protection Manager certification? Are you comfortable working on the line for roughly 35 of your 45 hours? Describe a time you cut food cost or labor cost at a store you ran. What did you actually change? Are you available to work weekends?

Language:

Bilingual (Required)

License/Certification:

ServSafe (Preferred) Ability to

Commute:

Montclair, NJ 07042 (Required)

Work Location:

In person