What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Manager position at Blaze Pizza - Riverside Plaza Dr?
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If you love operating successful restaurants, developing teams, and creating memorable Guest experiences, come work for Blaze.
About the Role:
The General Manager (GM) position plays an integral role in contributing to the success of our company-owned restaurants through positive Guest experiences, food safety, product quality, and overall restaurant excellence. Additionally, the GM provides overall leadership by building a team of unmatched talent to deliver excellent product quality and industry-breaking Guest service in every interaction; every shift. The GM leads by example in maximizing profitability and business growth through the use of brand standards and operations excellence tools to ensure business results are achieved.
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates leadership skills that positively reinforce the Blaze Pizza culture, communicates clearly with the collaborative mindset to resolve conflict, problem-solve, and influence behavior
- Recruits and equips employees to deliver great Guest interactions and delivers consistent product quality
- Leads performance conversations and uses coaching practices to develop Managers and Team Members
- Builds a healthy performance management bench of capable Managers and Team Members
- Ensures local health and safety codes, and company safety and security policies are met
- Controls day-to-day operations (scheduling labor, ordering food and supplies, etc.) to successfully support a $1.5mm – $2.5mm restaurant
- Ensures safe restaurant environment conditions are met which puts Guest safety as a priority
- Monitors restaurant Speed with Service (SWS) and OLO performance to meet performance targets
- Serves as a role model in resolving Guest feedback and works to exceed Guest service standards
- Determine root causes of Guest dissatisfaction and coaches team with feedback and resolution techniques
- Analyzes sales, labor, inventory and other resources on a continual basis and coaches on corrective action to meet or achieve margin and sales growth targets
- Ensures that facilities and equipment, including maintenance and property are maintained to Blaze Pizza standards; coordinates facility upgrades or equipment replacement with corporate office
- Controls P&L by following cash/security procedures, maintaining inventory, managing labor, reviewing financial statements/reports, and taking action
- Reviews and prioritizes store capital expenditure requests
Do you have what it takes?
- Positive and energetic self-starter, with a passion for leadership
- Basic business math and accounting skills
- Strong analytical, and decision-making skills
- 3-5 years of restaurant operations management experience in Quick Service, Casual Dining including responsibility for Profit & Loss
- Proven skills in employee and guest satisfaction and financial performance
- Basic computer literacy and data analytics knowledge
- Demonstrated track record in the manager selection, coaching, and development
- Good oral/written communication skills with exceptional team-building experience
- High School diploma; college degree (a plus)
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive Pay, Bonuses, and Profit Sharing
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Vacation
- Flexible Work Schedule
- An opportunity for development, both professionally and personally
Learn More About Us:
- USA Today – “Is this America’s Best Fast-Food Pizza?”
- Business Insider – “These 25 Companies are Revolutionizing Retail”
- Bloomberg – “LeBron James-Backed Pizza Chain to Expand Outside North America”
- Business Insider – “How a pizza shop backed by LeBron James became the fastest growing restaurant chain ever"