Area Manager

Area Manager - from a branded restaurant/food pub/branded coffee background

Successful unique restaurant/coffee concept

Location: Covering around 15 sites across the Midlands

Salary: Up to around £38,000 (flexible depending on experience)

Benefits: Excellent bonus, company car, travel expenses, free parking, laptop, mobile, various benefits & progression.

Great opportunity with an exciting growing company that's going from strength to strength in the UK and internationally.

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY WITH A SOLID GROWING COMPANY

Due to their continued success & expansion, unique established & still growing concept restaurant company is looking for an experienced Area Manager to lead managed & franchised operations to provide a fantastic customer experience at all times.

With restaurants throughout the UK & new sites still earmarked to open this year both in the UK and internationally, the company have a unique quality offering that has meant continued success.

The role itself is to oversee around 15-18 operations of varying sizes across the Midlands & beyond with time spent in sites and some home/office based work.

The Area Manager role will be responsible for providing operational support for the operations, doing regular business reviews with each manager/franchisee, using logical, strategic & management skills to drive the sales, performance & standards for your stores as well as being involved in recruitment, training & performance management across your sites. The successful candidate will also work very closely with the New Openings Management Team to assist in the expansion, using your skills to drive sales, customer service as well as working with senior managers to ensure store audits are completed & standards are maintained in each site.

A large part of the role will be developing & mentoring managers & franchisees, making timely management decisions & ensuring the highest of standards in both guest satisfaction & product quality.

Areas of financial & store performance will be done via business review meetings & therefore the role will involve some travel

What are we looking for?

·The successful candidate will be a solid Area Manager with experience of running of multiple sites.

·Must have a background of working for a quality branded restaurant operator with a reputation for strong processes & excellent training.

·Strong leadership skills – the ability to mentor and set goals & objectives for franchisees, developing organisational capability, and modelling how the stores & company work together

·Integrity, honesty & knowledge & the ability to promote the company culture & values.

·The ability to recruit, train, motivate & support your managers & their teams, working closely with Store Managers to identify ways to maintain & improve service & performance in order to achieve & exceed budget.

·The ability to develop strategic & operational plans for stores, managing execution & measuring results. Constantly monitoring KPIs, labour, cost of sales, mystery shopper results, social media feedback, EHO visits etc.

·The ability to use management information tools & analyse financial reports to assess trends and address issues in franchisee store performance.

·Provide managers with guidance to coach, develop & build a strong team.

·An ‘ideas person’ – We are not looking for a ‘yes’ person & the company has an open-door policy, welcoming well thought out ideas & is open to suggestions of ways in which things can be improved.

· Personality is important & we are looking for someone with strong interpersonal & communication skills - the ability to empathise with managers and franchisees - culture fit is very important

·The ability to prioritise, plan & organise

·The ability to work independently to manage multiple stores.

·Great interpersonal skills , working ‘with’ your managers/franchisees with the ability to motivate more experienced managers as well as newer employees, gaining respect & commitment & ensuring all teams are supported & developed.

Experience of working with franchisees is an advantage though not essential

·The desire to ‘get on’ & develop your career with a successful, expanding company.

What’s on Offer ?

·The opportunity to gain secure employment.

·The opportunity to work develop your career into an area management role.

·The chance to develop your career with good solid progression & the ability to gain more responsibility, further restaurants & a bigger role.

·Regular salary reviews.

·Career longevity.

·The opportunity to work for a company that has continued to perform well with continued expansion

·The chance to make a difference & work for a company that welcomes your suggestions & ideas.

Salary & package:

The starting salary for this role is around £38,000 plus company benefits, including bonus, laptop, mobile, expenses, company car, free parking, fuel & travelling expenses as well as the chance to grow a career within a multi-site role

If you feel you have what it takes then please send your CV.