Restaurant General Manager

<p><strong>Be a part of something revolutionary!</strong></p> <p><strong>sweetgreen&nbsp;is a destination for simple, seasonal, healthy food &mdash; we&rsquo;re building healthier communities by connecting people with real food. Our food is delicious, healthy, and transparent, and we work with small + midsize farmers who think sustainability and grow great food.</strong></p>

Chicago, IL

sweetgreen

<h1>our story</h1> <p><strong>Founded in 2007, sweetgreen is a destination for simple, seasonal, healthy food. We believe the choices we make about what we eat, where it comes from and how it&rsquo;s prepared have a direct and powerful impact on the health of individuals, communities and the environment. That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;re building a transparent supply network, why we cook from scratch, and why we&rsquo;re building a community of people who support real food.</strong></p> <p><strong>We&rsquo;re in the business of feeding people, and we&rsquo;re out to change what that means.</strong></p> https://www.sweetgreen.com

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Full-Time

Competitive pay + Bonus Plan

Overview: <p><strong>Our General Managers are the Head Coaches of our teams! &nbsp;</strong></p> <p>If you love running a balanced business, growing a team and creating an excellent guest experience, come work at sweetgreen. We&rsquo;re looking for enthusiastic and ambitious individuals to lead our locations in&nbsp;Chicago.</p> <p>Every day in our stores, our teams make real food from scratch &mdash; you&rsquo;ll oversee a full-service BOH operation, as well as a quick-service FOH model. The Head Coach is the anchor of the store &mdash; you&rsquo;re an enthusiastic leader, a quick thinker, a problem-solver a skilled communicator and a motivator.</p> <p>We want sweetgreen to be a transformative place, and we pride ourselves on providing a clear career path with opportunities for leadership, personal growth and professional development. There&rsquo;s a reason we call it a &ldquo;Head Coach&rdquo; and not a &ldquo;General manager&rdquo; &ndash; we&rsquo;re inspired by John Wooden&rsquo;s approach to leadership.</p> <p><strong>What you&rsquo;ll get:</strong></p> <ul> <li>An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and by connecting them to real food</li> <li>To live the sweetlife and celebrate your passion + purpose</li> <li>A collaborative family of people who live our core values and have your back</li> <li>A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally</li> <li>Complimentary sweetgreen</li> <li>Flexible scheduling, because we respect the need for work/life harmony</li> <li>Competitive pay + bonus plan granted based on sales, labor + food costs</li> <li>Our annual Impact Retreat offsite</li> <li>Health, dental + vision insurance</li> <li>Free sweetgreen swag through our Shades of Green tenure program</li> </ul> <br />At sweetgreen, mothers, fathers, adoptive parents, foster parents, and others with new additions to their families will now receive 5 months fully paid leave. This move is rare for our industry and we hope this creates a conversation for other companies to join.
Responsibilities: <p><strong>What you&rsquo;ll do:</strong></p> <p>Here at sweetgreen, we have 6 core values &mdash; they embody our culture, spirit and dedication to doing what&rsquo;s right. They keep us aligned, influence how we lead, and help us make decisions about everything from the food we serve to the impact we have on our people. And they&rsquo;re the lens through which you&rsquo;ll build a successful business.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Win Win Win</strong>:&nbsp;Develop a team by identifying talent (community), building skill set through training (customer) + growing future company leaders (company)</li> <li><strong>Think Sustainably</strong>:&nbsp;Create systems that drive successful store and team performance</li> <li><strong>Keep it Real</strong>:&nbsp;Build meaningful relationships with your team and customers, rooted in authenticity &mdash; invest time to build trust</li> <li><strong>Add the Sweet Touch</strong>:&nbsp;Empower your team to create meaningful connections with each other and the guest every day.</li> <li><strong>Make an Impact</strong>:&nbsp;Inspire your team, own your business, and architect customer service experiences across all touch points</li> <li><strong>Live the Sweetlife</strong>:&nbsp;Celebrate your passion and your purpose</li> </ul>
Requirements: <p><strong>What you&rsquo;ve got:</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years&rsquo; in a restaurant management role, 2+ years in a General Manager role preferred&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience in fast casual restaurant chains (preferred)</li> <li>Managed and developed 25+ team members per shift</li> <li>P&amp;L, COGS, Developing Budgets, Financial Planning and Strategy, Decision Making, Process Improvement, Strategic Planning, Labor/Scheduling, Training &amp; Team Development, Quality Focus</li> <li>Experience in Food Safety + Planning</li> <li>Regional Manager&rsquo;s Food Safety Certification required (ServSafe Manager&rsquo;s Certification)</li> <li>Ability to coordinate multiple tasks such as food, beverage + labor cost while maintaining required standards of operation in daily restaurant activities</li> <li>Must possess good communication skills for dealing with diverse staff</li> <li>sweetgreen DNA: <ul> <li>Coachable: actively looks for feedback to grow and improve</li> <li>Self-starters: takes initiative, thinks of the big picture, relays store needs and communicates with the team</li> <li>Customer service-oriented: Passion for the guest experience, service driven</li> <li>Innovative: utilizes and designs business processes with the customer, community and company in mind</li> <li>Passionate about real food: appreciation for the greater mission of farm-to-table foods</li> <li>High-energy, and thrive in a fast-paced environment</li> </ul> </li> </ul>