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Area Manager - from a branded restaurant background
Table service restaurant/coffee concept with delivery & takeaway
Location: Covering around 15-20 sites across the South including London, Greater London & South of London.
Salary: Up to around £40,000 depending on experience
Benefits: Excellentbonus, company car, travel expenses, free parking, laptop, mobile, various benefits & progression.
Great opportunity with an exciting growing branded group.
Successful expanding branded restaurant company is looking for an experienced Area Manager to lead managed & franchised operations to provide a fantastic customer experience at all times.
With popular restaurants throughout the UK, the company have a quality branded offering that is very popular.
The role itself is to oversee around 15 operations of varying sizes across the South with a good work/life balance and time spent in sites as well as in the office & working from home.
The Area Manager role will be responsible for providing operational support, doing regular business reviews with managers & franchisees & 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 to develop & mentor managers & franchisees, making timely decisions whilst ensuring the highest of standards in both guest satisfaction & product quality.
Regular reviews of financial & store performance will be done via on site 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 multiple sites.
Must have a background of working for a quality branded restaurant or coffee operator with a reputation for strong processes & excellent training & ideally table service.
Strong leadership skills the ability to mentor and set goals, motivate your teams and work closely with other areas of the business to open new sites & make your area a continued success.
Transparent, knowledgeable with strong integrity.
Based within Greater or Outer London or surrounding areas.
The ability to recruit, train, motivate & support your managers & their teams, identifying 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 & 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 in the past is an advantage though not essential.
The desire to get on & develop your career with a successful, expanding company.
Whats on Offer ?
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.
The in a great fun environment & for a company that really values its people.
Salary & package:
The starting salary for this role is up to around £40,000 plus company benefits, including bonus, laptop, mobile, expenses, 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.
