Branch Manager - Construction / Building Materials

Playa Bowls, LLC.; Peachtree Corners (GA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free bowl on shift

Job summary

Playa Bowls is seeking an Area Manager to oversee an assigned area of Playa Bowls locations and cultivate the brand culture across teams. You will analyze KPI performance, drive operational excellence, and mentor General Managers to achieve guest satisfaction.

The role requires strategic planning, strong communication, and the ability to travel for restaurant visitation and company events, with a home-office option for non-visit days. Weekend availability is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising a multi-unit business environment is preferred or required.
• Ability to build strong relationships with General Managers, Assistant Managers, and staff.
• Strong business acumen with planning and priority setting to achieve objectives.

Responsibilities

• Assess and analyze shop KPIs to compare performance against Playa Bowls benchmarks and implement improvement plans.
• Monitor shop performance, identify improvement areas, and execute strategies to boost operations and guest satisfaction.
• Mentor and train management, develop GM development plans, and track KPIs to ensure results.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-unit supervision

Business acumen

Organization

Conflict management

Travel readiness

Job description

Playa Bowls is New Jersey's Original Acai Shop, founded in 2014, and our mission is to bring superfruit bowls to the masses using only the freshest, highest quality ingredients while providing a fantastic in-store brand experience. What began as a pair of blenders, a patio table, and a fridge has flourished into a 350+ unit operator and franchisor of the leading fast casual restaurant concept. Playa Bowls added 85 locations in 2025 and are on target to add 90+ new locations in 2026. Our continued rapid growth has created the opportunity for an individual who will help us with continuing to grow our brand!

Professional Development: Our comprehensive Playa Bowls training program helps you build valuable skills that will benefit you in any career path.

While on shift, one free bowl.

The Area Manager (AM) is a key member of the Operations team, reporting directly to the Director of Company Operations. The Area Manager’s responsibility is to oversee an assigned area of Playa Bowl locations and is responsible for creating and cultivating the Playa Bowls culture with all team members in the system. They are planners but can also fight fires in the business when necessary. They excel in business planning, driving operational excellence and guest experience. They will provide business acumen and financial management with effective communication. Demonstrates the Playa Bowls values of community, respect, integrity, quality and passion in words and actions

Assess and analyze the shops KPI’s to understand where the stores are performing relative to Playa Bowls brand benchmarks and puts plans in place to achieve results

Monitoring shop performance, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing strategies to improve operations and guest satisfaction

Drives the business through mentoring and training management and builds a personal development plans for their GM’s

Accountable for Building Great Management Teams in shop from GM to team members.

Conduct site evaluations and put in place action plans which foster improved overall unit level performance

Maintain, support, and compliance in the Food Safety and Sanitation

Complete annual business forecasting and budgets for area of responsibility

Maintains Operational Excellence in shop every day and ever shift by following all processes and procedures

Rollout training for all new products and procedures

Conducts Performance evaluations on Team, develops development plans and KPI tracking and holding team accountable for delivering results

previous experience supervising a multi-unit business environment preferred multi-unit supervision required

• Ability to build strong working relationships with General Managers, Assistant Managers, Shift Leaders, Team members and community partnerships
• Ability to multi-task, have strong organization skills, and proven ability to manage conflict
• Advanced knowledge of consultative approaches and experience guiding leaders to make solid business decisions
• Strong business acumen skills with the ability to plan and set clear priorities to achieve business objectives
• Travel is required for restaurant visitation, scheduled meetings, or company functions, otherwise work is completed in a home office setting
• Must be available to work weekends
• Inspire and support our communities one bowl at a time.

All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.”