What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food & Beverage Plaza Director position at Applegreen?
Applegreen – Food & Beverage Plaza Director – Lawn Travel Plaza
Competitive Pay ($65K - $70k) and Great Benefits!
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Applegreen is one of the largest Ireland retailers continuing to serve communities, offering quality, choice, and convenience, always!
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Food & Beverage Plaza Director
Summary:
The Food & Beverage Plaza Director is responsible for directing, planning, and managing a travel plaza with moderately difficult operations as determined by revenue level, labor, union involvement, landlord relations, geographic span of responsibility, number of concepts, DBE Subtenants, and joint ventures. This position is accountable for achieving the site’s financial goals, and performs all other responsibilities as directed by the business or as assigned by Management. This is an exempt position and typically reports to the District Director of Plaza Operations.
Essential Functions:
- Oversees the daily operations of the travel plaza location and ensures delivery of the highest level of quality, service, sanitation, and customer relations
- Facilitates the development and implementation of the annual budget, financial forecasts, and other business goals, and leads plaza management to ensure budgeted sales and profit goals are achieved
- Directs plaza management to ensure compliance with applicable company standards, policies, practices, and objectives
- Evaluates operations and seeks opportunities to continuously improve service
- Develops, maintains, and fosters growth of brand and joint venture partner relationships
- Oversee the hiring, training, and terminations requiring bold decision-making and leadership skills.
- Authorizes hiring, terminations, advancement, promotion, or any other status change of plaza associates
- Serves as a resource to others in resolution of complex problems and issues
- Ensuring operational efficiency in every location
Requirements:
- Requires a High School diploma or general education development (GED) diploma, bachelor’s degree in the field of Hospitality or Restaurant Management or equivalent work experience.
- Requires at least 5 years of management experience or management of a high volume, Food and Beverage operation.
- Requires a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, PeopleSoft Financials, Dashboard, Labor Pro, XBR and Micros POS system
- Requires excellent time and project management skills, as well as demonstrated presentation skills
- Demonstrates knowledge of product, quality, and operations standards
- Demonstrates the ability to communicate with diverse groups of associates, managers, brand partners, and the public in a variety of settings and situations.
- Requires the ability to speak, read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and policy documents.
- Requires the ability to lift or push objects weighing up to 40 lbs.
Why join Applegreen? We offer…
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Schedule
- Paid Time Off
- Referral $$ Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Discounted Meals
- Pet Insurance
- Education Reimbursement
- Payactiv
Established in Ireland in 1992, Applegreen is a convenience food and beverage retailer and operator of gas fillings stations and travel plazas with a major presence in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the USA. We partner with a large number of high-quality international brands in each market including Starbucks, Burger King, Nathans, Dunkin Donut, Subway, Popeyes, KFC, Shake Shack, 7-Eleven, Panda Express, Chick-Fil-A, in addition to our own proprietary Bakewell brand.
In 2021, Applegreen has been awarded a 33-year lease for the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of the 27 motorway service areas on the New York State Thruway with the first sites became operational in July. In July 2021 Applegreen also completed the acquisition of 60 travel plazas from HMS Host.
