District Manager / Area Manager – Firehouse Subs (5 Restaurants)

Firehouse Subs; Canby (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Firehouse Subs, through V1 Restaurant Group, is seeking a District Manager/Area Manager to lead five restaurant GMs across Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, Keizer and McMinnville. The role requires regular travel, hands-on coaching and a focus on guest experience, financial performance and staff development.

You will work directly with ownership, visit restaurants, and build a high-performing leadership bench while ensuring adherence to Firehouse Subs standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of direct multi-unit restaurant leadership.
• Experience leading GMs and managing restaurant financial results.
• Strong understanding of P&L, cost controls and profitability.
• Willingness to travel regularly among all five locations.
• Ability to coach and develop managers, supervisors and shift leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and hold GMs accountable for clear operating expectations and results.
• Recruit and develop GMs and shift leaders; build succession plans.
• Visit restaurants regularly to observe peak periods and reinforce best practices.
• Review each location's P&L and translate findings into action plans with owners.
• Improve food cost through inventory control, ordering, portioning and waste management.
• Maintain Firehouse Subs standards for food safety, cleanliness, product quality and guest experience.
• Partner with GMs on staffing, onboarding, retention and scheduling to support service and profitability.
• Drive sales through consistent execution, catering and community relations.
• Establish a weekly operating rhythm of visits, coaching and performance updates.

Skills

Multi-unit leadership

P&L management

Staff development

Travel readiness

Food safety

Job description

District Manager / Area Manager – Firehouse Subs (5 Restaurants)

Build strong restaurant leaders. Deliver better operations. Own the results.

V1 Restaurant Group, a Firehouse Subs franchise group operating five restaurants, is seeking an experienced District Manager / Area Manager to lead our General Managers and strengthen performance across the group. You will work directly with ownership and spend substantial time in our restaurants, coaching leaders, improving execution and building teams that deliver consistently.

Our five restaurants are located in Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, Keizer, and McMinnville. This is a field-based role requiring regular travel among all five locations.

You will have direct access to ownership and meaningful responsibility for people, guest experience and financial performance. Success means capable GMs, well-staffed restaurants, consistent standards and fewer day-to-day issues requiring owner intervention.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• Lead, coach and hold five GMs accountable for clear operating expectations, deadlines and results. Build individual development plans and follow through.
• Recruit and develop GMs, assistant managers and shift leaders; build succession plans and a dependable management bench.
• Make regular restaurant visits, observe peak-period execution and work alongside teams to teach strong operating habits.
• Review each restaurant's P&L, identify the causes of performance gaps and turn findings into specific actions with owners and deadlines.
• Improve food cost through accurate inventory, ordering, portioning and waste control. Improve labor productivity through sales-based schedules, deployment and training.
• Maintain Firehouse Subs standards for food safety, cleanliness, product quality, service and guest experience.
• Partner with GMs on recruiting, onboarding, retention and schedule coverage so staffing supports both service and profitability.
• Grow sales through consistent execution, catering and local community relationships.
• Establish a weekly operating rhythm: store visits, GM coaching, staffing reviews, performance reviews and concise updates to ownership.
• Resolve recurring problems at their source and build systems that allow GMs to run their restaurants with increasing independence.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

In your first 30 days, assess all five restaurants, understand their financial and staffing baselines, evaluate the management bench and establish a consistent visit and coaching cadence. By 60 days, each restaurant should have a focused action plan, clear staffing priorities and disciplined inventory and scheduling routines. By 90 days, demonstrate measurable progress against agreed baselines, stronger GM follow-through and fewer recurring operating issues requiring owner intervention.

WHAT YOU BRING

• At least two years of direct multi-unit restaurant leadership, including responsibility for GMs and restaurant financial results.
• A strong restaurant operations foundation, ideally in quick-service or fast-casual restaurants.
• Specific examples of improving profitability, food or labor performance and operating standards across multiple locations.
• Demonstrated success developing managers, recruiting leadership talent and addressing performance issues fairly and consistently.
• Confidence reading restaurant P&Ls, investigating cost variances and translating numbers into practical coaching.
• Strong personal reliability, organization, communication and follow-through.
• Willingness to work in restaurants and coach during peak periods, including evenings and weekends as business needs require.
• Ability to travel regularly among all five restaurants.