Burger King District Manager - Asheville Area

Curtis Hospitality Group; Canton (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Bonus eligible

Leadership development

Paid time off

Health & retirement benefits

Impact across multiple restaurants

Job summary

Curtis Hospitality Group seeks a District Manager to lead district performance for Burger King restaurants. You will coach General Managers, drive sales and profitability, and ensure operational excellence and guest satisfaction across the district.

You will spend substantial time on site in restaurants, coaching leaders, evaluating performance, and building strong teams to deliver sustainable results across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead and develop leaders.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret P&L and other metrics.
• Excellent communication and coaching capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead sales, profitability, operations, and people performance across restaurants in the district.
• Coach and develop Restaurant General Managers and hold them accountable.
• Review P&Ls, sales, labor, food cost, inventory, waste, and key metrics to drive improvement.
• Spend significant time in restaurants coaching leaders and building teams.
• Ensure standards for guest experience, speed of service, food quality, cleanliness, safety.
• Build leadership through recruiting, development, and bench strength.
• Ensure staffing, hiring, performance, promotions, and retention of leaders.
• Maintain strong cash, inventory, expense controls across the district.
• Lead execution of new products, marketing programs, initiatives, training, technology.
• Support local marketing and community initiatives to drive sales.
• Partner with leaders to address maintenance and protect facilities.
• Maintain clear communication with GMs and leadership.
• Support openings, closings, remodels, acquisitions as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Business judgment

Financial analysis

Travel

Communication

Job description

District Managers lead the performance of multiple restaurants within an assigned district. You are responsible for driving sales and profitability, developing strong Restaurant General Managers, and ensuring each restaurant consistently delivers operational excellence and a great guest experience. You will spend significant time in restaurants coaching leaders, evaluating performance, and building teams that deliver strong, sustainable results.

District Manager

Burger King | Curtis Hospitality Group

The Opportunity

District Managers lead the performance of multiple restaurants within an assigned district. You are responsible for driving sales and profitability, developing strong Restaurant General Managers, and ensuring each restaurant consistently delivers operational excellence and a great guest experience. You will spend significant time in restaurants coaching leaders, evaluating performance, and building teams that deliver strong, sustainable results.

What You'll Do

• Lead the overall sales, profitability, operations, and people performance of restaurants within your district.
• Coach, develop, and hold Restaurant General Managers accountable for their restaurant results.
• Review restaurant P&Ls, sales, labor, food cost, inventory, waste, and other key performance metrics to identify opportunities and drive improvement.
• Spend significant time in restaurants observing operations, coaching leaders, identifying opportunities, and ensuring action plans are executed.
• Ensure restaurants consistently meet Burger King and company standards for guest experience, speed of service, food quality, cleanliness, safety, and sanitation.
• Build strong leadership teams through recruiting, development, succession planning, and a consistent focus on bench strength.
• Ensure restaurants are appropriately staffed and support the hiring, performance management, promotion, and retention of restaurant leaders.
• Ensure strong cash, inventory, expense, and operational controls are consistently followed across the district.
• Lead the execution of new products, marketing programs, operational initiatives, training, technology, and other company priorities.
• Support local marketing and community initiatives that drive restaurant sales and strengthen brand presence.
• Partner with restaurant leaders and support teams to address maintenance needs and protect restaurant facilities and equipment.
• Maintain clear, timely communication with Restaurant General Managers and company leadership.
• Support restaurant openings, closings, remodels, acquisitions, and other business initiatives as needed.

What Success Looks Like

• District sales and profitability consistently meet or exceed goals.
• Restaurant General Managers own their results and receive consistent coaching, development, and accountability.
• Restaurants deliver strong guest experiences and consistently meet Burger King operating standards.
• Labor, food cost, inventory, waste, and other controllable expenses are effectively managed.
• Restaurants are appropriately staffed with strong leadership teams and a healthy pipeline of future leaders.
• Food safety, cleanliness, workplace safety, and company standards are consistently maintained.
• Company initiatives are executed consistently and on time across the district.
• Performance opportunities are identified quickly and addressed through clear, measurable action plans.

What We're Looking For

Required

• Strong leadership, communication, coaching, and business judgment.
• Ability to analyze restaurant performance and financial results and turn insights into action.
• Demonstrated ability to develop leaders and create accountability.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel regularly between assigned restaurants.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on business needs.
• Commitment to guest experience, people development, safety, and operational excellence.

Preferred

• 3+ years of restaurant leadership experience.
• Multi-unit restaurant leadership experience.
• Experience managing restaurant P&Ls, sales, labor, food cost, inventory, and other financial metrics.
• Experience coaching and developing Restaurant General Managers or comparable business leaders.

Why Curtis Hospitality Group

• Competitive base salary.
• Performance-based bonus opportunity.
• Leadership development and career advancement.
• Paid time off and health/retirement benefits, based on eligibility.
• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact across multiple restaurants and teams.
• Recognition and opportunities for broader leadership responsibilities.

Career Growth

Successful District Managers can advance into broader field and operations leadership roles as Curtis Hospitality Group grows.