District Manager

Wendy's
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 12/27/2023 CLOSED ON 1/27/2024

What are the responsibilities and job description for the District Manager position at Wendy's?

Must have drive thru experience to be considered

SUMMARY:

An exciting, well-established franchisee of a national fast food chain is seeking an individual with strong operations and business acumen, coupled with a demonstrated record of accomplishment and leadership development necessary to foster the growth and leadership of the organization.

The District Manager will lead and assist in analyzing, planning, researching, and development of company operational sales objectives and strategic plans. Analyze and track key financial/operational data to derive meaningful business insights and report to management team on positive and negative results of the analysis and how to replicate successes and strengthen weaknesses.

  • Present weekly financial/operational updates at management meetings.
  • Coordinate with franchisee and area supervisors to develop market business plans (e.g. targets, action steps, measurement), which will be applied to the new stores as well.
  • Drive management to develop and execute Local Store Marketing (LSM) initiatives.
  • Provide management team with constructive and actionable feedback on methods that can be easily replicated.
  • Work with senior management to improve professional, developmental, and career-track mentoring to GMs, AMs and MITs.
  • Empower GMs and AMs to take full accountability for store performance and determine where accountability may be lacking.
  • Work with the GM of each restaurant and guide them to Drive Achievement of Goals and improvement of Operational Metrics established in the balanced score card.
  • Advise management on identifying and diagnosing most important ongoing operational gaps in underperforming stores and ensure managers learn to avoid these in establishing the new stores.

REQUIREMENTS:

5 years of increasingly responsible restaurant operations management experience including multi-unit experience with a QSR brand. Extensive experience in performance measurement, P & L analysis, training and maintaining managers. Proven track record of qualitative analytical skills and problem solving as well as organizational skills. The candidate will encompass the following specific behaviors:

  • Displays drive & initiative.
  • Has a clear plan of action to get work done.
  • Raises the bar on performance continuously.
  • Gets the best out of people.
  • Drives ongoing learning & development.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s Degree is preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $78,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Relocation assistance
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday
  • On call
  • Weekends as needed

Experience:

  • Restaurant management: 5 years (Required)
  • Multi-unit management: 5 years (Required)
  • Quick service & fast food restaurant: 4 years (Required)

Work Location: On the road

Salary : $70,000 - $78,000

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