Operations Manager

Papa Johns; Manhattan (KS); On-site; USD 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Papa John's is seeking a dedicated shift manager in Kansas to lead daily restaurant operations. You will oversee hiring, onboarding, training, and performance of team members and delivery drivers, ensuring quality products and customer service.

Within a high-volume setting, you will implement procedures, manage schedules and corrective actions, and report to the General Manager. This role offers opportunities to develop staff, uphold safety standards, and drive store success.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality products by training staff to meet Papa John’s standards.
• Supervise shift team, ensure staffing, and coach for performance.
• Contribute to sales goals with customer service and cash controls.
• In absence of GM, oversee restaurant operations to ensure high quality and service.

Job description

What’s Unique About You Is What Makes Us Better! Diversity is our strength and competitive advantage. Bring your flavor to the Papa John's team today!

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.
• Everybody loves pizza, which means they also love the people who are behind the scenes working to deliver it. This is complex and challenging work – but let’s face it – it’s also pizza! If you want a fulfilling career with a company that’s always moving forward, we’re the right place.

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