General Manager

Gelati Celesti Ice Cream; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Gelati Celesti Ice Cream is expanding its Richmond region and seeks a General Manager to lead the store team. You will oversee daily operations, mentor scoopers, and ensure exceptional guest experiences.

The role emphasizes budgeting, inventory control, health and safety, and hiring. Ideal candidates have at least 2 years of retail management, reliable transportation, and flexibility across day, night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

Qualifications

• 2 years of Management experience in a retail environment.
• Must have reliable transportation and flexible availability (daytime, nighttime, weekend, and holidays).
• Must be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, with constant moving, bending, lifting, reaching and turning during all shifts.
• Must be able to reach and grasp with hands, talk and hear from far away and in close proximity, taste and smell.
• Must be able to climb, balance, stoop, kneel and crouch while also being able to lift and move up to at least 30 pounds, but occasionally up to 50 pounds or more.

Responsibilities

• Leading a Team
• Responsible for following budgeted financial goals
• Ordering product and keeping accurate inventory while enforcing food safety regulations and health standards in a clean and organized work area
• Maintaining an effective and positive environment aware of changes, new menu items and procedures
• Hiring

Skills

Team leadership

Budgeting

Inventory management

Food safety

Health standards

Job description

About this position

Description: Gelati Celesti Ice Cream is growing and needs a talented general manager join our Richmond Region team!

What's in it for you?

This is a company in which you can truly make a difference. Because you will have a direct connection to the company owners, your ideas will matter! You'll have the opportunity to put those good ideas into practice and any concerns you have will be listened to and acted upon. Your hard work will be appreciated and recognized and we promise that you will enjoy leading the store team in serving Richmond's favorite ice cream. It will feel good to build and mentor a fabulous team of scoopers to create a moment of joy for our customers. And because of our aggressive growth, you'll have opportunities to further your career. We believe in a proper work/life balance and have a compensation plan that recognizes your importance and contributions to our company.

What's in it for us?

Our managers bring hospitality and leadership experience to our Company. We learn from their past experiences. The managers inspire the store employees to provide an extraordinary sense of hospitality with every customer touch-point. We believe in the power of teamwork and all managers work very effectively together. They use practical sense to manage the business side of the job (handling money, managing inventory, etc) and are fully engaged in the success of Gelati Celesti.

Responsibilities of the General Manager include but are not limited to:

• Leading a Team
• Responsible for following budgeted financial goals
• Ordering product and keeping accurate inventory while enforcing food safety regulations and health standards in a clean and organized work area
• Maintaining an effective and positive environment aware of changes, new menu items and procedures
• Hiring

Starting salary is $56,000 per year

Requirements:

• Ideal candidate will have 2 years of Management experience in a retail environment.
• Must have reliable transportation and flexible availability (daytime, nighttime, weekend, and holidays)
• Must be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, with constant moving, bending, lifting, reaching and turning during all shifts
• Must be able to reach and grasp with hands, talk and hear from far away and in close proximity, taste and smell
• Must be able to climb, balance, stoop, kneel and crouch while also being able to lift and move up to at least 30 pounds, but occasionally up to 50 pounds or more