Area Manager

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Responsibilities

• Leading multiple restaurants simultaneously
• Coaching Restaurant Managers to ensure that store gains market share and achieve customer, people, and profit objectives
• Drive customer excellence, facilities management, HR management, financial management, Informational management, 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
• Regular Restaurant visits
• Period 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 new restaurants
• Build and align and develop team according to company goals
• Business annual planning (budget for the region)
• Ensure that stores are profitable
• Manage the local store marketing done by the Managers
• Handle suppliers where necessary
• Handle escalated customer complaints
• Head Office inspections to ensure store is 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 - Fast Food or Restaurant Franchise managing multiple stores at the same time (8 stores minimum) (preferably Mc, Donald’s Burger King or KFC)
• Micros/GAAP POS experience
• Valid Driver's license
• Own reliable transport
• Must be able to travel extensively
• Only SA Citizens will be considered