Area Manager

Yo-Chi; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Motor Vehicle Allowance

Performance bonuses

Career progression

Wellbeing resources

Volunteer days

Employee discounts

Job summary

Yo-Chi is expanding across New South Wales and seeking an Area Manager to lead multiple Sydney venues. You will coach and develop Venue General Managers, drive consistency, and uphold Yo-Chi standards on the floor.

This hands-on leadership role focuses on culture, guest experience, and commercial outcomes, including labour, costs, and profitability. Join a fast-growing hospitality brand with strong team values and real opportunities to shape the future.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience as an Area Manager within hospitality or retail.
• A passionate people leader who knows how to coach, motivate and develop high performing teams.
• Commercially minded with experience managing labour, cost control, operational KPIs and venue performance.
• Hands on and highly engaged, you love being in venues and leading from the front.
• Excited by the opportunity to help shape a growing business and make a genuine impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop Venue General Managers and their teams across multiple Sydney venues.
• Build a strong culture of accountability, performance, energy and care across your patch.
• Stay highly visible and hands on within venues, supporting teams in real time and leading from the floor.
• Drive operational excellence across labour, service standards, product quality, cleanliness and guest experience.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance, consistency and team capability across venues.
• Own and influence key commercial outcomes including sales, labour, COGS, profitability and operational efficiency.
• Support leaders through coaching, performance conversations, development planning and succession pathways.
• Ensure Yo-Chi brand standards are consistently executed as the business continues to scale.
• Partner with Support Office teams to support local marketing initiatives, activations and community engagement.
• Maintain a strong focus on compliance, food safety and workplace safety standards across all venues.
• Create an environment where teams feel motivated, supported and genuinely connected to the brand.

Skills

People leadership

Coaching

Operational excellence

Commercial mindset

Venue operations

Job description

With exciting expansion plans across New South Wales in 2027, we're growing our leadership team early and looking for an Area Manager to help us build what's next.

At Yo-Chi, we believe great growth starts with great leaders. As our venue network continues to expand, we're investing in our leadership team early to ensure every venue is supported by strong coaching, incredible culture, and leaders who are empowered to succeed.

Our Area Managers are hands on, people first leaders who create impact through coaching, connection and operational excellence. With more venues on the horizon, we're expanding our leadership team to support the next stage of growth across Sydney.

You’ll play a key role in building high performing teams, creating consistency at scale, and developing leaders who will help shape the future of Yo-Chi as we continue to grow.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead, coach and develop Venue General Managers and their teams across multiple Sydney venues.
• Build a strong culture of accountability, performance, energy and care across your patch.
• Stay highly visible and hands on within venues, supporting teams in real time and leading from the floor.
• Drive operational excellence across labour, service standards, product quality, cleanliness and guest experience.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance, consistency and team capability across venues.
• Own and influence key commercial outcomes including sales, labour, COGS, profitability and operational efficiency.
• Support leaders through coaching, performance conversations, development planning and succession pathways.
• Ensure Yo-Chi brand standards are consistently executed as the business continues to scale.
• Partner with Support Office teams to support local marketing initiatives, activations and community engagement.
• Maintain a strong focus on compliance, food safety and workplace safety standards across all venues.
• Create an environment where teams feel motivated, supported and genuinely connected to the brand.

Sydney has big things ahead!

With exciting expansion plans across New South Wales in 2027, we're growing our leadership team early and looking for an Area Manager to help us build what's next.

At Yo-Chi, we believe great growth starts with great leaders. As our venue network continues to expand, we're investing in our leadership team early to ensure every venue is supported by strong coaching, incredible culture, and leaders who are empowered to succeed.

Our Area Managers are hands on, people first leaders who create impact through coaching, connection and operational excellence. With more venues on the horizon, we're expanding our leadership team to support the next stage of growth across Sydney.

You’ll play a key role in building high performing teams, creating consistency at scale, and developing leaders who will help shape the future of Yo-Chi as we continue to grow.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead, coach and develop Venue General Managers and their teams across multiple Sydney venues.
• Build a strong culture of accountability, performance, energy and care across your patch.
• Stay highly visible and hands on within venues, supporting teams in real time and leading from the floor.
• Drive operational excellence across labour, service standards, product quality, cleanliness and guest experience.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance, consistency and team capability across venues.
• Own and influence key commercial outcomes including sales, labour, COGS, profitability and operational efficiency.
• Support leaders through coaching, performance conversations, development planning and succession pathways.
• Ensure Yo-Chi brand standards are consistently executed as the business continues to scale.
• Partner with Support Office teams to support local marketing initiatives, activations and community engagement.
• Maintain a strong focus on compliance, food safety and workplace safety standards across all venues.
• Create an environment where teams feel motivated, supported and genuinely connected to the brand.

About You:

• 4+ years' experience as an Area Manager within hospitality or retail.
• A passionate people leader who knows how to coach, motivate and develop high performing teams.
• Commercially minded with experience managing labour, cost control, operational KPIs and venue performance.
• Hands on and highly engaged, you love being in venues and leading from the front.
• Able to balance operational execution with people leadership and long term team development.
• Passionate about building culture, lifting standards and developing future leaders.
• Excited by the opportunity to help shape a growing business and make a genuine impact.

Why Yo-Chi?

• Competitive salary + Motor Vehicle Allowance + quarterly performance bonuses.
• Genuine career progression as we continue expanding across Australia and internationally.
• Join one of Australia's fastest growing hospitality brands.
• A culture worth sticking around for, built on connection, energy and developing great people.
• Team events, celebrations and a people first environment where culture genuinely matters.
• Access to our Happiness Hub for wellbeing, learning and support.
• Two paid volunteer days each year to give back with your team.
• Generous Yo-Chi discounts.

If you're an experienced multi-site leader who thrives on developing people, driving operational excellence and creating high performing teams, we'd love to hear from you.

Join us as we prepare for an exciting year of growth across Sydney and help us continue sharing the Chi with more communities than ever before.

Bring the Chi energy to life and Check us out on socials @iloveyochi.

Additional information

• Competitive salary + Motor Vehicle Allowance + performance bonuses
• Generous discounts
• Play a pivotal role in Yo-Chi's expansion