General Manager – Huddle House
Lead a Restaurant. Build a Team. Make an Impact.
Ready to take ownership of a business in your community?
Huddle House is growing throughout the Southeast, and we’re looking for experienced General Managers who want more than just their next restaurant job. We’re looking for leaders who want to build great teams, grow the business, connect with their communities, and create a restaurant where both guests and employees want to be.
As a Huddle House General Manager, you run the house. You’ll have the opportunity to lead your team, drive restaurant performance, develop future leaders, and make a real impact—all while building your own career with a growing brand.
Why Join the Huddle?
We believe great leaders deserve great rewards. As a General Manager, you’ll enjoy:
- Competitive pay + quarterly bonus potential
- Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and more
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
- Paid Time Off
- Flexible scheduling
- Meal benefits
- Opportunities for continued career growth and advancement
Our Purpose
At Huddle House, restaurants are more than places to eat. They’re gathering places where team members know their guests, families come together, and lasting connections are built within the community.
That’s why our purpose is:
Bringing Friends and Families Together, over Delicious Food, Served from the Heart.
How We Lead
Our Guiding Principles shape how we serve our guests, support our teams, and run our business:
- Excellence Obsessed
- Service Driven
- People First
- Passion Fueled
- Accountability Focused
Your House. Your Kitchen. Your Opportunity.
At Huddle House, we believe it’s “YOUR HOUSE. YOUR KITCHEN.”
Our guests are at the center of everything we do. Whether they’re grabbing breakfast before work, meeting friends for lunch, or sitting down for dinner with family, our goal is simple: serve freshly prepared food with genuine hospitality and make everyone feel at home.
As General Manager, you bring that experience to life.
You’ll set the tone for your restaurant, build the culture, develop your people, and create the energy that keeps guests coming back.
What You’ll Own
Build & Lead a Winning Team
- Recruit, hire, train, coach, and retain talented Team Members.
- Build a strong bench of future leaders to support restaurant and company growth.
- Develop Assistant Managers and Shift Leaders to reach their full potential.
- Create an environment where people feel valued, supported, accountable, and excited to come to work.
- Lead team meetings and keep employees informed, engaged, and focused on restaurant goals.
Deliver an Experience Guests Remember
- Create a welcoming restaurant where hospitality comes first.
- Ensure every guest receives great food, friendly service, and a consistently positive experience.
- Maintain high standards for food quality, cleanliness, sanitation, safety, and restaurant appearance.
- Lead by example and be ready to jump in wherever your team needs you.
Drive the Business
- Take ownership of restaurant sales, profitability, labor, inventory, and operational performance.
- Review P&L results and partner with your District Manager to identify opportunities to improve the business.
- Manage scheduling and labor to achieve company standards while supporting the needs of the restaurant.
- Maintain appropriate inventory levels and ensure restaurant equipment is properly maintained.
- Execute marketing initiatives and promotional programs that help drive traffic and sales.
- Identify opportunities to grow the restaurant and strengthen its connection to the local community.
Run a Great Restaurant
- Ensure restaurant operations meet Huddle House brand and performance standards.
- Maintain accurate payroll, employee, operational, and administrative records.
- Follow all company HR, safety, sanitation, security, and operational policies.
- Hold yourself and your team accountable for delivering results.
- Maintain strong knowledge of restaurant operations, systems, and technology.
What You Bring to the Table
We’re looking for a hands-on leader who knows how to balance people, operations, and results.
Our ideal candidate has:
- 3–5 years of restaurant management experience, preferably in quick-service, fast-casual, or high-volume restaurant operations
- Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing teams
- Strong understanding of restaurant financials, including P&L management, budgeting, labor, inventory, and scheduling
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to lead effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational, planning, and time-management skills
- A high sense of urgency and personal accountability
- Current ServSafe Certification
- Reliable transportation and a reliable method of communication
What the Role Requires
Restaurant leadership is active and hands-on. General Managers must be able to:
- Stand and move for extended periods
- Work in a fast-paced restaurant environment and around high temperatures
- Work closely with team members in kitchen and dining areas
- Safely lift up to 50 pounds
- Work with approved restaurant cleaning products
- Maintain quality, speed, and hospitality standards during high-volume periods
- Perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation
Ready to Run the House?
If you’re an experienced restaurant leader who loves developing people, delivering great hospitality, and driving results, we want to meet you.
Bring your leadership. Bring your ideas. Bring your passion.
Join Huddle House and help us grow—one team, one guest, and one community at a time.
Apply today and start building what’s next.
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Disclaimer: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to reflect the principal job elements used in making decisions related to job performance, employee development, and compensation. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned based on business needs.