Multi Unit Manager / Regional Restaurant Leader - Full-time / Part-time

What you will do:

In this multi-unit role, you will be a leader of leaders that supports teams with a deep understanding of their markets, guests, and communities. You will develop and support strong leaders, encourage teamwork, create amazing guest experiences, hold high standards, and drive performance in your region.

You will direct a portfolio of 5-8 restaurants by:

• Coaching, training, & supporting restaurant managers
• Developing & maintaining partnerships with talent acquisition partners, regional training managers, & market chefs
• Hiring great talent for your locations
• Setting & upholding standards, goals & strategies
• Focusing on problem solving & process improvement
• Motivating & recognizing restaurant managers and their teams for their accomplishments

What success looks like:

People

• Directing Others: Establishes clear directions, brings out the best in people, is a clear communicator
• Motivating Others: Create a climate in which people strive to do their best, empowers others, invites input from each person and shares ownership and visibility
• Builds Effective Teams: Inspires teams to create strong morale, fosters open dialogue, effectively manages/resolves conflict, creates a sense of team identity

Process

• Organized: Uses resources effectively and efficiently, can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal
• Managing and Measuring Work: Sets clear objectives and measures, monitors process, progress, and results, designs feedback loops into work
• Process Management: Knows how to organize people and activities, knows what to measure and how to measure it, can see opportunities for synergy

Patterns of Progress

• Action Oriented: Energized for the things he/she sees as challenging, seizes more opportunities than others
• Drive for Results: Steadfastly drives for results, very bottom-line oriented, consistently meets or exceed goals successfully
• Business Acumen: Knows the competition, knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting his/her business and organization

Personality and Potential

• Evaluates Potential:  Can articulate the strengths and limitations of people, can accurately project what people are likely to do across a variety of situations
• Hiring and Staffing: Hires the best people available from inside or outside, is not afraid to select talented people, assembles strong teams
• Develops Direct Reports: Provides challenging and stretch tasks and assignments, constructs compelling development plans and executes them, is a people builder

What you need to have:

• 5+ years restaurant management experience at the multi-unit level
• Experience developing, coaching, and leading a diverse workforce
• Proven ability to drive initiatives that measure and build sales, traffic and profitability
• Ability to utilize tactical and strategic judgment to achieve all key business measures
• Strong understanding of managing inventory, cost of goods and overall control of financials
• Ability to multi task and readily adapt to shifting priorities
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to resolve conflict and provide direction
• Experience using restaurant systems and reporting tools
• Ability to work flexible hours: opening/closing, evenings, weekends and holidays
• Ability to travel 50% of the time (within and outside of the market)
• Relocation is available!