General Manager

McDonald's; De Forest (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

McDonald’s is seeking a General Manager for a high-volume restaurant operated by an independent franchisee. You will lead a team, set goals, and drive quality, service, and cleanliness to meet standards.

Ideal candidates have GM experience in quick service or hospitality, are 18+, and can coach Assistant and Shift Managers, hire, and schedule staff. This role emphasizes strong leadership and guest satisfaction.

Qualifications

• The General Manager runs a profitable restaurant and meets quality standards.
• Leads Assistant Managers, providing coaching and direction to improve.
• May hire and develop Assistant and Shift Managers to build the team.
• Ideal candidates have GM experience in high-volume locations; quick-service background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Run a profitable restaurant while maintaining quality, service and cleanliness.
• Lead a team of managers and staff with coaching and clear goals.
• Hire, develop and schedule managers to ensure future leadership.
• Drive guest satisfaction through effective operations and teamwork.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Goal setting

Hiring

Job description

This job posting is for a position in a restaurant owned and operated by an independent franchisee and not McDonald’s USA. This franchisee owns a license to use McDonald’s logos and food products, for example, when running the restaurant. However, this franchisee is a separate company and a separate employer from McDonald’s USA. If you are hired for the job described in this posting, the franchisee will be your employer, not McDonald’s USA. Only the franchisee is responsible for employment matters at the restaurant, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervisions, staffing, and scheduling employees. McDonald’s USA has no control over employment matters at the restaurant. McDonald’s USA will not receive a copy of your employment application and it will have no involvement in any employment decisions, including whether you receive an interview for the job or whether you are hired.

Description

McDonald’s Works for Me.

I’m going places. I want a satisfying career with good benefits and great opportunities for advancement. I have a lot to offer and I want to grow.

The Job for Me – Get a job that inspires your best and moves you forward. Choose your hours. Pursue your education. Build your skills and be yourself.

The Team for Me – Our people want to say YES — to working with energy and purpose, finding new talent, providing coaching and direction, honing their leadership skills, and helping to run a business that serves up delicious food and feel-good moments. Does this sound like you? You’ll fit right in.

The Company for Me – From here, you can go further than you thought possible. Reach your goals and build your future with college tuition assistance, valuable job training, and retirement benefits.

Requirements

The General Manager is responsible for running a profitable restaurant and for making sure the restaurant meets McDonald’s critical customer standards of Quality, Service, and Cleanliness. These standards are high, so this is a big job! The General Manager works with his/her leader to set the restaurant’s goals and creates a plan to achieve the goals.

To meet restaurant goals, the General Manager doesn’t work alone. He or she leads a team of Assistant Managers that has specific responsibilities in the restaurant. This means helping the Assistant Managers to set their own goals, following up on their progress, and providing coaching and direction to improve.

The General Manager may also be responsible for hiring and developing Assistant and Shift Managers to make sure that the restaurant has the right team to lead into the future.

Ideal candidates should have previous General Manager experience running high volume locations. A background in quick service restaurants is strongly desired, or experience in hospitality or retail. You must be 18 years or older to be a manager in our corporate owned and operated restaurants.

This job posting contains some information about what it is like to work in a McDonald’s restaurant, but it is not a complete job description. People who work in a McDonald’s restaurant perform a number of different tasks every day, and this posting does not list all of the essential functions of this job.

By applying to this position, I understand that I am applying to work at a restaurant that is owned and operated by an independent franchisee, not McDonald’s USA. I understand that this franchisee is a separate company and a separate employer from McDonald’s USA. Any information I provide in this application will be submitted only to the independent franchisee, who is the only company responsible for employment matters at this restaurant. I recognize that the independent franchisee alone will make all decisions concerning employment matters, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing and scheduling. By applying for a job at a franchisee operated restaurant, I understand that the information I provide will be forwarded to the franchisee organization in order for that organization to reach out to me and process and evaluate my application. I acknowledge that McDonald’s USA will not receive a copy of my employment application and will have no involvement in any employment decisions regarding me, including whether I receive an interview or whether I am hired to work for the franchisee. I understand that I need to contact the franchise organization for information about its privacy practices.