Operations Manager

Papa John's International; Belton (MO); On-site; USD 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Papa John’s International is seeking a restaurant shift supervisor in Belton, Missouri. This role oversees shift management, hiring, onboarding, training, and performance of restaurant team members and delivery drivers, reporting to the General Manager.

It involves staffing, coaching, discipline, and ensuring high-quality products and customer service. The position requires leading a high-volume, high-complexity restaurant with a focus on safety, food quality, and compliance, including

Qualifications

• Supervise restaurant team members and delivery drivers; manage performance and discipline.
• Ensure staffing aligns with projected sales and provide coaching to exceed customer expectations.
• Communicate quality standards and policies to staff; enforce uniform and appearance guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality products by building a system of quality with team members and tools.
• Ensure food safety certs are up to date for all team members and maintain clean, safe restaurant.
• Supervise shifts and act as GM in absence to ensure high quality products and customer service.
• Contribute to sales goals through prompt, friendly service and effective cash controls.

Skills

Shift management

Team leadership

Hiring & onboarding

Training & development

Customer service

Job description

This role has primary responsibility for shift management, hiring/firing, onboarding, training, development, corrective action, and managing performance of restaurant team members and delivery drivers. Restaurant team members and delivery drivers directly report to this position. This position is assigned to high volume and/or high complexity restaurants and reports to the restaurant General Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide quality products to our customers by building a system of quality with team members, which ensures each delivered product meets Papa John’s standards and accurately reflects the customer’s order. Communicate, train, and promote quality standards to team members by utilizing all available tools including Operations Manual and Team Member Handbook.

Ensure food safety certifications are up to date for all team members and manage Company’s assets by ensuring restaurant is clean and meets safety and security standards at all times.

Supervise work activities of all non-exempt restaurant team members, including shift leaders, in-store team members and delivery drivers during assigned work schedule. In absence of General Manager, responsible for all functions of a Papa John’s restaurant to ensure high quality products and customer service. Actively recruit customer focused team members, maintain adequate staffing levels according to projected sales, properly orient and train team members to exceed customer expectations, ensure shift compliance with uniform and appearance standards, and communicate performance expectations to direct reports. Document performance issues and take appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including termination. Effectively coach and develop team members; and support an atmosphere of teamwork, energy and fun.

Contribute to the achievement of sales goals by providing prompt and friendly customer service through team member training on products and sales execution. Contribute to and execute plans to resolve unfavorable trends and enhance profits of restaurant. Execute shift level financial controls and cash management responsibilities.

It is the policy of Papa John’s to provide equal employment opportunities for all applicants and team members without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status or civil partnership, national or ethnic origin, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, uniformed service (as defined by 10 U.S.C. §101 (a)(5)), protected disability status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, or gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by statute or law.