Field Operations Manager (Northern California)
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Field Operations Manager (Northern California)
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This range is provided by The Wendy's Company. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range
$100,000.00/yr - $170,000.00/yr
Additional compensation types
Annual Bonus
When our square shaped burgers made their first sizzle on the scene more than 50 years ago, people knew our approach wasnt like any other. Same goes for the way we support our employees. Our culture of openness, flexibility, and inclusiveness allows everybody to flourish in their own way. If youre looking for a career where you can be part of the action as we continue to grow our iconic brand - We got you!
The Field Operations Manager role will provide leadership and accountability to the Franchise business results of an assigned geographical group of Franchise restaurants ranging from 110-140 restaurants to deliver on operational execution, brand standards, customer experience, customer count growth and increase market share at the restaurant level. This role will work within locations and with operators (District Managers, Director Area Operations and VP of Operations) to better improve guest experience, sales growth and business results to enhance four-wall EBITDA growth. Consistently demonstrate Wendys values and leadership behaviors to build positive business relationships with key partners including field leadership teams, Franchise Owner/Operators, QA partners, and functional partners in order to drive the primary goal of sales & profit growth, new restaurant growth, and an excellent customer experience.
The selected Candidate can sit in and around the surrounding areas of San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Stockton, or Modesto.
Responsibilities
Operations Performance Ownership
- Conducts Wendys Done Right Visits in an assigned geographical territory of approximately 120 Wendys locations. Partnering with above restaurant leadership (District Managers, Directors of Area Operations and Vice President of Operations of Franchise Entities) to ensure the correct Wendys systems are implemented and properly leveraged to drive better customer experience, sales growth and profit growth at the restaurant level
- Leverages Model of Excellence scorecard to provide targeted coaching and training to deliver restaurant level improvement of key performance metrics including sales & profit growth; recruitment & training, EBITDAR, and guest experience
- Improves Franchisee capabilities using data driven insights and available resources, while leveraging Field Training Managers support & expertise, and best practices across business functions (e.g. marketing, finance, HR, etc)
- Conducts Quarterly Business Reviews and Growth Readiness Assessments with assigned franchisees owning between 1 and 5 Wendys locations. Accountable for driving their total business metrics compared to the Model of Excellence scorecard
Leadership Development Above Restaurant
- Provides Coaching and Training to Multi-Unit leaders (DM and above) in partnership with the franchisee leadership to ensure One Best Way adoption of systems and the Performance Management Cycle is consistently followed to ensure restaurants operate at the highest level
- Provides coaching and training to Multi-Unit leaders and Franchisees to ensure succession plans and bench development is in place
Training for Operational Excellence
- Partners with the Field Training Managers to identify and deliver in-restaurant training and development and ensures the organization is actively working on internal development and succession planning
- Accountable for driving individual restaurant operations excellence, as measured by customer feedback and internal evaluations; facilitate training and development on operations initiatives and ensure the organization is actively working on growth and development
- Takes appropriate actions, as needed, to enforce compliance with standards driving franchisee accountability to training standards
- Provides support to franchisees for all new restaurant openings in the territory
- Ensure restaurant teams are properly trained and ready to execute One Best Way prior to approving a restaurant to open
- Provides final assurance that the restaurant is constructed to Wendys standards including with required equipment and technology being in place prior to opening
- Attends the new restaurant opening providing on-site guidance and celebration
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Operations, Business Markets, and Management, Finance, Supply Chain or related field, preferred
- Minimum 5 years experience with increasing responsibility in operations management, including P&L management of multi-unit operations
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills with ability to communicate at various levels to convey ideas
- Ability to lead, influence and develop organizational capability as well as achieve results with a diverse group of stakeholders
- Builds strong relationships with teams across the organization to better establish strong lines of communication.
- Strong organizational skills, with the ability to balance relevant priorities
- Ability to translate and adapt numerical/financial information into actionable insights
Wendys was built on the premise, "Quality is our Recipe," which remains the guidepost of the Wendy's system. Today, Wendy's and its franchisees employ hundreds of thousands of people across more than 7,000 restaurants worldwide with a vision of becoming the world's most thriving and beloved restaurant brand.
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