Area Manager

Responsibilities:

• Leading multiple restaurants simultaneously
• Coaching Restaurant Managers to ensure that stores gain market share and achieve customer, people, and profit objectives
• Drive customer excellence, facilities management, financial management, informational management, and risk management
• Sales, marketing, and time management
• High visibility leadership and management
• Area manager success routine
• Daily store audits with weekly and monthly feedback to managers
• Periodic and quarterly store audit routine
• Attend Operations meetings and communicate with managers
• Assist managers to draw up SMART plans
• Following disciplinary procedures and chairing inquiries (presiding officer)
• Assist with the opening of new restaurants
• Build, align, and develop teams according to company goals
• Business annual planning (budget for the region)
• Ensure that stores are profitable
• Manage local store marketing done by the Managers
• Handle suppliers where necessary
• Head Office inspections to ensure stores are running operationally
• Succession planning, people planning, and benching staff for senior positions

Requirements:

• Business Management Diploma or Degree
• 3 years experience as an Area Manager in Fast Food or Restaurant Franchise managing multiple stores at the same time (8 stores minimum) (preferably McDonald's, Burger King, or KFC)