Restaurant Area Leader

CAVA; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k enrollment with company contrib

Paid sick leave

Parental leave

Casual work environment

Ground floor of growing brand

Job summary

CAVA is seeking an Area Leader for Coastal Virginia Garden to direct operations and supervise 8-10 Restaurant General Managers. You will translate strategy into daily actions, coach leaders, and drive guest experience and profitability.

This hands-on role emphasizes strong communication, analytical decision-making, and leadership by example within a casual, growth-oriented environment. Benefits include a 401k plan and leave policies.

Qualifications

• Hands-on management style; lead by example.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Analytical skills to identify trends and make decisions.
• Proficient in PC and MS Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Lead the GM leadership team to support and enable growth goals.
• Uphold the standards and reputation of the CAVA Brand while enhancing guest and team member experience and profitability.
• Translate business strategy into day-to-day execution with coaching and feedback for GMs.
• Oversee restaurant P&L planning, preparation and performance analysis in the assigned area.
• Execute programs introduced to the field.
• Develop internal leaders and attract external high-potential talent.
• Guide Operations leaders to connect metrics with business processes and continuous improvement strategies.
• Foster a culture of high performance and accountability.
• Identify objectives and systems to improve consistency and synergy across restaurants.
• Partner with peers to ensure market-wide consistency.

Skills

Hands-on management

Communication skills

Analytical skills

PC and MS Office proficiency

Job description

At CAVA, we make it deliciously simple to eat well and feel good every day. We are guided by a Mediterranean heritage that’s been perfecting how to eat and live for four thousand years. We prioritize authenticity, curiosity and the pursuit of excellence in everything we do. We are working towards something big, together.

We foster a culture built on five core values:

• Generosity First, Always: We lead with kindness. Our best work happens when we act in service of others.
• Constant Curiosity: We are eager to learn, grow, and explore beyond the obvious.
• Act with Agility: We welcome change; it’s the only constant. We embrace, adjust, adapt.
• Passion for Positivity: We greet each day with warmth and possibility.
• Collective Ambition: We have high aspirations that are achieved when we work together with a shared purpose.

The Area Leader is responsible for providing direction and executing operational processes and procedures for our Coastal Virginia Garden. This multi-unit leader will be expected to provide oversight and development of their direct reports, approximately 8-10 Restaurant General Managers, while working in cooperation with other functional leaders to ensure CAVA remains profitable.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the General Manager (GM) leadership team to support and enable the growth goals for the company.
• Ensure that each GM upholds the standards and reputation of the CAVA Brand, while enhancing Guest and Team Member experience, as well as profitability.
• Translate the overall business strategy into day-to-day execution, providing coaching and feedback to the GMs.
• Oversight of the planning, preparation and performance analysis of all restaurant P & L’s in the assigned area of responsibility.
• Execute on all programs introduced to the field.
• Build organizational talent by promoting the development of internal leaders, as well as championing the identification and attraction of high potential external candidates.
• Provide guidance to Operations leaders to help them connect the metrics to business processes and focus on continuous improvement strategies to achieve business objectives.
• Cultivate a culture of high performance and accountability
• Identify objectives and systems to improve consistency and synergy throughout our restaurants.
• Partner with peer Area Leader’s to ensure consistency between markets.

The Qualifications

• Must believe in a hands-on managing style and be willing to lead by example
• Excellent written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills to identify trends, make operational decisions and solve problems
• Knowledgeable of and have the ability to use a PC and MS Office Suite proficiently

We’ve got you covered. Here are just some of the benefits available to support center team members:

• 401k enrollment with company contribution
• Paid sick leave, parental leave, and community service leave
• Casual work environment
• The opportunity to be on the ground floor of a rapidly growing brand