Primary Responsibilities:
Responsible for directing the efforts and
operations of restaurants in assigned regions and for driving sales
and profitability while ensuring the guest experience meets company standards.
Responsible for providing overall leadership to ensure compliance with
operational standards and systems. Ensures all
necessary documentation, manuals, policies, procedures, operations and
accounting systems are implemented in new stores and are up to date in
established stores.
Specific Job Duties:
- Sets goals, budget and profit responsibility for region and ensures cost
control measures are in place.
- Responsible for developing local store marketing strategies for all
area restaurants.
- Maintains regular communication with General Managers (GMs) to
assure the quality of their operations.
- Drives the implementation of company programs
by motivating and supporting the management team within the region to develop
and implement action plans that meet operational and organizational objectives.
- Measures and provides counsel on improving operational
performance.
- Supports and advises the General Manager on MIT Training, management
development, and overall direction to improve team and individual development.
- Executes regular on-site evaluations of service and quality
standards with management team to ensure guest satisfaction.
- Supervises management performance evaluations to ensure
development of all managers.
- Responsible for the selection and on-boarding of new MIT’s,
monitoring their training progress, and assisting with their graduation to
their home restaurant.
- Acts as a liaison between the field and support center.
- Reviews key business indicators to
identify problems, concerns, and opportunities for improvement. Coaches management team on appropriate action
required to achieve operational goals.
- Monitors and manages staffing levels and
labor costs.
- Ensures adherence to applicable wage and
hour laws and company policies.
Experience and Education:
- Five or more years of
restaurant management experience in a general manager capacity. Previous multi-unit, multi-state restaurant
management experience preferred.
- High School
Diploma or GED Equivalent Required.
- Proficiency
in food planning and preparation, purchasing, sanitation, security, personnel
management, recordkeeping, and preparation of reports.
- Possess excellent basic
math skills and have the ability to operate a POS system.
- Have knowledge of
service and food & beverage operations, generally involving at least five
or more years of front-of-the-house & back-of-the-house operations in a management
position.
- College
degree in hospitality management or related field preferred.
- A
combination of practical experience and education will be considered as an
alternative.
- Knowledge
of computers (MS Word, Excel).
- Must
possess a valid driver’s license where applicable.
- Must be
eligible to work in the United States.
- Must agree
to background and credit check.
- Serv
Safe certified, alcohol service certified preferred.