Dairy Queen Store Manager

Workstream; Hamlet (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Refuel Operating Company, LLC is seeking a Restaurant Manager to lead daily operations at an assigned restaurant. You will drive guest experience, supervise staff, ensure cleanliness and food safety, and partner with district leadership to meet performance targets.

The role requires flexible availability—evenings, weekends, and some holidays—with occasional travel up to 10%. This position is at-will employment and offers the chance to grow with a fast‑moving convenience store and fuel operator

Qualifications

• Leadership, communication, and team-building skills.
• Food service/safety experience.
• Physical ability to perform all duties of a restaurant team member regularly.
• Two years’ experience managing a quick-service restaurant.
• Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Ensure guests have a great experience by ensuring products are hot, fresh, and delicious.
• Manage and develop employees in the restaurant and ensure they are clean and neat in appearance.
• Ensure cleanliness of the property (restrooms, floors, coolers, kitchen, front counter, back-office, dining area, fountain area, sidewalk entrance).
• Uphold strict food safety standards.
• Recruit, interview, and staff store to meet budgeted hours without overtime.
• Control inventory to maintain low shrinkage.

Skills

Leadership, communication, and team‑dr

Food service/safety experience

Physical ability to perform all duties

Job description

Job Title

Restaurant Manager

Reports To

District Manager, QSR

FLSA Status

Salary Exempt

Role Type

Full-time

Working Location

Assigned Restaurant

Working Hours

This position requires flexible availability, including evenings, weekends, and some holidays. Weekly hours will vary depending on business needs.

Company Summary

Refuel Operating Company, LLC (“Refuel”) is a fast-growing convenience store and fuel operator dedicated to providing great service, fresh food, and a welcoming experience for every guest. Backed by strong growth and a people-first culture, Refuel offers team members the opportunity to build rewarding careers in a supportive environment that values integrity, teamwork, and community. Whether in our stores, offices, or field operations, we empower employees to grow with us, contribute to our success, and make a positive impact in the communities we serve.

Job Summary

As a Restaurant Manager, you will be a valuable member of the team. You will support the restaurant in driving the success of the business. The Restaurant Manager takes ownership and responsibility for solving problems; seeks help from others when appropriate; and is willing to provide help and guidance to others.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe all tasks that may be assigned.

• Ensure our customers have great guest experience, by ensuring our products are hot, fresh and delicious.
• Manage and develop employees in the restaurant and ensure they are clean and neat in appearance.
• Ensures cleanliness of the property (restrooms, floors, coolers, kitchen, front counter, back-office, dining area, fountain area, sidewalk entrance etc.)
• Ensures all employees are upholding strict food safety standards.
• Navigate customer complaints with grace and **escalate** complaints as necessary to the District Manager, QSR if unresolved.
• Ensure perishable products are properly rotated and stored to maintain freshness, avoid cross-contamination, and minimize spoilage.
• Actively recruit, interview, and staff store with the required number of employees to operate at budgeted hours without overtime or over-budget exceptions.
• Responsible for controlling inventory to maintain inventory shortage performance (at less than 1.0% short to merchandise sales).
• Compiles, inputs, reconciles, and balances each component of the daily close-out paperwork as well as completes end-of-the-day accounting by 8:00 am. Conduct cash audit weekly.
• Strictly follow and enforce the Vendor Check In policy and personally count all merchandise received into the store.
• Adhere to the Company’s established policies and procedures as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
• This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions: it does not prescribe all tasks that may be assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

An ideal candidate will have experience with or understanding of:

• Have the physical ability to perform all duties of a restaurant team member regularly.
• Food service/safety experience.
• Good leadership, communication, and team-building skills.

Education and Experience

An ideal candidate will have the following education and experience:

• Two years’ experience managing a quick-service restaurant.
• Valid driver’s license.

Working environment and physical requirements

• Must be able to lift 50 pounds at times.

Travel

• Must be able to travel up to 10%.

At-Will Employment

This position is at-will, which means that either the employee or the Company may terminate employment at any time, with or without advance notice, and with or without cause.

EEO Statement

Refuel is an equal opportunity employer to all applicants and team members. Refuel does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition including genetic characteristics, or any information based on genetic background, family-care status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression where a person’s gender-related appearance and behavior may not be stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. The job duties, responsibilities, requirements, and aspects stated in this job description are not meant to be exhaustive. Additional job duties not listed here may be required. Further, the Company may change or add the job duties, responsibilities, requirements, and aspects listed here at any time in its sole and final discretion.

Version Date 11/5/2025

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