Restaurant Area Manager

Job overview

The Restaurant Area Manager role is onsite in Peoria, IL, and includes travel between restaurant locations. The posting lists a salary range of $75,000–$110,000 per year. Steak 'n Shake describes its mission as serving real food, real ingredients, and real value while modernizing operations and expanding its footprint. The Area Manager leads operational performance, people development, and financial results across multiple restaurants. The role partners with General Managers to grow sales and profitability, strengthen leadership, improve guest satisfaction, and maintain brand standards.

What you'll do

• Drive sales and profit growth, leadership and people development, brand and operational excellence, and a positive culture across multiple restaurant locations
• partner with General Managers
• monitor performance indicators including guest satisfaction, drive-through speed, food safety, retention, labor and food costs, cash variance, and operational metrics.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

restaurant area manager

peoria il

steak 'n shake

multi-unit leadership

restaurant operations

sales growth

people development

guest satisfaction

food safety

$75k–$110k/year

travel between locations

full-time

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical/Rx, HSA with employer contribution, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, hospital indemnity, critical illness and accident coverage, 401(k) with 4% employer safe-harbor match, meal discounts, employee assistance program, paid training, and emergency foundation.

Why this role

Prior multi-unit restaurant leadership is required; the posting describes a potential path for successful General Managers to become franchise partners.

About the employer

Steak 'n Shake N Grand Prairie Dr Peoria is hiring for this role. Industry: Full-Service Restaurants. Sector: 72.