Area Leader

Area Leader

Requirements

• 5+ years of prior restaurant experience with 3+ years of multi-unit management.
• Strong communication skills that engage people in a genuine, authentic way. Proactively connects to the team to drive behavior and results.
• Highly organized, able to multi-task, and easily adapts and respond to change.
• 2+ years of experience in both front of house and back of house/kitchen operation management.
• Disciplined approach to priority setting with the ability to identify the root cause of store operations and people opportunities, and move quickly to improve performance.
• Demonstrated management of applicable restaurant regulatory areas, including: employee safety; HAACP; wage + hour; immigration; food safety.
• Proficient computer skills in the Microsoft Office suite.
• Personal characteristics reflective of sweetgreen: high-energy, action oriented, self-motivated, positive and humble attitude, service-focused, flexible, fun-loving personality, and ethical with a high degree of integrity.
• Belief in and passion for the sweetlife and sweetgreen’s core values.

Responsibilities

• Developing internal succession plan and a deep bench of managers at all levels of store operations by developing head coaches and the ability to identify ‘raw’ talent.
• Developing and coaching an understanding of the sweetgreen profile and driving recruitment of high-potential internal and external talent.
• Driving continuous performance improvement focusing on leading indicators and established key metrics.
• Meeting/exceeding annual P&L objectives with a primary focus on top-line sales, productivity, and production management.
• Driving top-line sales performance by fostering customer connections through community marketing, throughput and technology initiatives, new product launches and an in-depth merchandising mentality.
• Training, coaching, and inspiring all locations to deliver exceptional customer experiences and high quality culinary operations ensuring a commitment to sweetgreen’s operational policies and procedures.
• Leading head coach development both personally and professionally through goal setting, coaching and feedback, and an innate understanding of what makes people tick, always connecting development to improved performance.
• Developing strong cross-functional partnerships that ensure the right support is provided to the stores to improve performance and remove barriers to focusing on the customer, people, and results.
• Fostering a positive, team-oriented environment with a healthy competitive spirit that ensures the sharing of best practices and a commitment to goal achievement.
• Fostering and growing strong community connections within each restaurant neighborhood by leading head coaches to develop brand ambassadors and maximizing sweetgreen community-based programs.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.