General Manager

Mcdonald'S; Ottumwa (IA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10 days paid vacation

Education through Archways to Opp. (tu

Medical coverage

Life insurance

Job summary

McDonald’s in Ottumwa, IA is seeking a General Manager to lead a high-volume restaurant and uphold McDonald’s Quality, Service, and Cleanliness standards.

You will guide Department and Shift Managers, set goals, and drive performance while ensuring excellent guest experiences and profitable operations.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidates should have previous General Manager experience running high volume locations.
• Background in quick service restaurants or hospitality/retail is strongly desired.
• You must be 18 years or older to be a manager.
• Experience hiring and developing Department and Shift Managers to lead teams.

Responsibilities

• Run a profitable restaurant and meet McDonald’s critical customer standards of Quality, Service, and Cleanliness.
• Lead a team of Department Managers, set goals, follow up, and coach to improve departments.
• Hire and develop Department and Shift Managers to ensure the right leadership for the future.

Job description

Come join our Team! We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service within all of our locations. Joining our McFamily you will feel the welcome from all of our team members. Learning and growing into the role of General Manager will be an exciting adventure!

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.

Let’s talk. Make your move.

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 Department Managers that has specific responsibilities in the restaurant. This means helping the Department Managers to set their own goals, following up on their progress, and providing coaching and direction to improve their Departments. By improving the Departments, the restaurant improves!

The General Manager may also be responsible for hiring and developing Department 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.

Additional Info

Starting pay of $57,000, a General Manager at a McDonald’s restaurant is eligible for incredible benefits including:

• 10 days paid vacation
• Education through Archways to Opportunity including opportunities to earn a High School degree, college tuition assistance and English classes as a second language
• Medical coverage
• Life insurance

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.

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