JOB TITLE: Manager, Office
Administration & Guest Relations
LOCATION: Riverside, California (100 % On-Site)
REPORTS TO:
Executive Leadership
DIRECT REPORTS: Guest
Relations/Office Coordinator
CLASSIFICATION: Exempt
SUMMARY OF POSITION: Farmer Boys is
seeking a highly organized, proactive, and service-oriented Manager, Office Administration & Guest
Relations to oversee the day-to-day operation of the Restaurant Support
Center and provide leadership across office administration, facilities, vendor
coordination, front desk operations, guest relations, and guest complaint
follow-up. This role serves as a central operational resource for executive
leadership and cross-functional teams, helping ensure the corporate office is
professional, responsive, well maintained, and consistently prepared to support
team members, franchisees, vendors, and guests.
The ideal
candidate is a highly dependable office leader who combines strong
organization, sound judgment, attention to detail, and a service mindset.
Leveraging a direct report, this position provides day-to-day oversight of
corporate office operations, vendor relationships, facilities needs, front desk
standards, guest care follow-up, administrative systems, and TrueVault workflow
administration.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Office
Administration & Systems Oversight
- Corporate
Office Oversight: Lead the day-to-day
administrative operation of the Restaurant Support Center, ensuring the
office is organized, professional, adequately supplied, and responsive to
the needs of team members, visitors, franchisees, and executive
leadership.
- Administrative
Systems & Records: Maintain organized digital and
physical administrative records, shared files, office procedures, contact
lists, recurring schedules, and departmental reference materials with
consistent version control and confidentiality.
- TrueVault
System Oversight: Serve as the internal
administrator and workflow owner for the TrueVault system, monitoring
incoming requests, coordinating routing and follow-up with appropriate
internal stakeholders, maintaining status visibility, and helping ensure
requests are completed and documented within compliance timelines.
- Office
Communication & Coordination: Coordinate
administrative communications, office notices, recurring activities,
meetings, deliveries, and other cross-functional office needs to support
efficient daily operations.
- Budget
& Expense Coordination: Track routine
office and facility expenses, invoices, supplies, and vendor-related
spending; coordinate approvals and documentation with the appropriate
internal departments.
2. Leadership,
Front Desk Management & Team Support
- Front
Desk Leadership: Direct, mentor, and supervise the
Guest Relations role, establishing clear expectations for reception
coverage, telephone and visitor standards, mail and delivery handling, guest
care support, and overall front desk presentation.
- Operational
Continuity: Establish priorities,
cross-training, coverage plans, and documented procedures to ensure
reliable front desk and office support during vacations, absences,
meetings, and peak activity periods.
- Culture
of Professionalism: Cultivate a polished,
collaborative, welcoming, and service-oriented office environment that
reflects Farmer Boys’ values and provides a positive experience for team
members, franchisees, vendors, and guests.
3. Facilities,
Vendor Management & Corporate Logistics
- Facilities
Oversight: Oversee day-to-day corporate
headquarters facility needs, including office access, parking
coordination, key tracking, workspace readiness, repairs, preventative
maintenance, cleanliness, safety concerns, and general facility
appearance.
- Vendor Management:
Manage day-to-day relationships and service performance for office and facility
vendors, including cleaning, maintenance, equipment, office supplies, building
services, IT support coordination, and other recurring providers. Review
service needs, resolve issues, coordinate scheduling, and support invoice
accuracy and budget awareness.
- Team Member & Workspace Readiness:
Coordinate the logistical onboarding and offboarding of corporate staff,
including workspace preparation, access, equipment coordination, office
orientation, and return of company property in partnership with the
appropriate departments.
- Internal
Events & Corporate Logistics: Serve on the Annual
Conference Planning Committee and support vendor communication, housing
logistics, supplies, meeting setup, and other event needs. Direct, assign,
and supervise the planning, coordination, and execution of special events
for the Restaurant Support Center and Franchise Development Discovery
Days.
4. Guest Complaint
Follow-Up & Guest Relations
- Guest
Complaint Follow-Up: Oversee timely follow-up on guest
complaints and escalated guest concerns, ensuring issues are acknowledged,
routed to the appropriate operator or internal leader, tracked to
resolution, and documented consistently.
- Escalation
& Trend Tracking: Monitor recurring complaint
themes and unresolved issues, identify trends, and elevate significant
customer experience concerns to the appropriate cross-functional leaders.
- Continuous
Improvement: Partner with Operations, Marketing,
and other stakeholders to share guest feedback trends and support
practical improvements to guest experience, communication, and follow-up
processes.
5. Ad-hoc projects/duties as needed
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Required
Qualifications
- Office
Leadership Experience: Minimum of 5 years of
progressively responsible experience in office administration, corporate
operations, facilities coordination, guest relations, executive support,
or a comparable administrative leadership role.
- Skills & Tools:
Intuitive problem-solver with thoughtful anticipation of needs, ability to
prioritize multiple issues, excellent written and oral communication skills,
strong time management, collaborative style, and a high level of guest-service
orientation.
- Confidentiality
& Discretion: Proven ability to manage
sensitive corporate, team member, franchisee, guest, and financial
information with sound judgment and appropriate discretion.
- Technical
Proficiency: Advanced proficiency across
Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and shared file
environments; comfortable learning and administering web-based business
systems such as TrueVault and other office platforms.
- Process Rigor:
Strong project management, follow-through, documentation, proofreading,
prioritization, and deadline management capabilities across multiple
concurrent workstreams.
Preferred
Qualifications
- Experience
supporting a multi-unit restaurant, franchise, retail, hospitality, or
similarly distributed operating organization.
- Prior
supervisory or people-management experience with a demonstrated ability to
delegate, coach, and develop administrative team members.
- Experience
overseeing corporate office facilities, recurring vendors, front desk
operations, guest service workflows, or administrative systems.
- A proven
track record managing vendor relationships, office logistics, facilities
projects, or large-scale event coordination.
- Uncompromising
Eye for Detail: You naturally identify
administrative gaps, inconsistencies, missed follow-ups, incomplete
records, or service issues that others may overlook.
- Exceptional
Judgment: You possess the executive presence
and situational awareness to interface smoothly with franchise owners,
C-suite executives, team members, vendors, guests, and external business
partners.
- High
Accountability: You take ownership of workflows,
solve problems proactively, and continuously improve office systems rather
than simply working within them.
WORK EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred.
ADDITIONAL
- Due to the collaborative nature of this
position and its responsibility for managing corporate office operations,
facilities, front desk support, guest relations, and executive support, this
role is 100% in-office. Remote or hybrid work arrangements are not available.
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