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Area Manager - Elkhorn

Pickleman's Cafe - Elkhorn - 1317 South 204th Street, Elkhorn, NE 68022

• $65,000-70,000/yr
• A fast paced, competitive yet fun work atmosphere
• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Bonuses from Managed Stores
• Unlimited PTO

• General Management in Fast Casual or Quick Service is highly recommended, Full Service Restaurant Management is great too. 
• Area Management in high volume restaurants is preferred. This is a growth opportunity with many stores opening in the region.

• An Area Manager answers directly to the store’s owner on a daily schedule.

• An Area Manager should live in the market and within 20 minutes of a majority of assigned stores. 

• Clean Pickleman’s collared shirt. Clean, well kept blue jeans, khaki shorts, or pants.
• Athletic style shoes. AM should be ready to make food and have a hat readily available.
• Facial hair should be kept neatly trimmed.

• To be done at a training store to be determined. Typical shifts from 8am to 6 pm, 9am to 7pm, and 5pm to 3am. Initial training will last up to 6 weeks and be conducted in between Omaha, NE and Lincoln, NE. After completion of initial training, an AM will work for a minimum of 6 months and up to one year as the General Manager at a designated location before the position will be fully assigned. During this time, an AM in training can expect a monthly evaluation to track progress and determine if AM is ready and qualified to become a full AM. After completion of the store management phase of training, an AM can expect to shadow the Owner and a Corporate Area Representative for 1 month in their assigned market.

• Mainly during football season and the College World Series, all management personnel in operations may be required to work on Fridays, Saturdays, and nights. Other special events may require you to work as part of your scheduled work week.

• In the event that an emergency arises in a store, you may be required to work in a particular location for 4 or 5 days per week for a few weeks to a few months. The Area Manager is in charge of every store and all operations; therefore this person is the last line of defense and will need to cover any shift necessary, under any circumstance. We will need to operate the location until we are able to find a suitable solution to maintain our operating standards.

• An AM plays an important role in providing opening support for new Pickleman’s locations in the market. Providing opening support is required for all new store openings  for a period of 10 consecutive days. It is our goal to have the opening support be shared between two or more management personnel. You may be required to travel to and stay at this location for up to 10 days if further than 1 hour from Omaha. 

• Usually 6 to 8 hours, coaching, team building, auditing, marketing, otherwise involved in operations/training/development of market locations and its management and staff.
• Usually 2 hours to complete reports/well/betters/action plans
• Usually about 1 hour for follow up phone calls regarding action plans which you are helping your team execute, and or other expense reports/ planning and organizing your work schedule and objectives and tactics.
• Be present in a store during all scheduled times except with approval by owner
• Execution of Area Manager daily log
• A minimum of 3 phone calls to other stores when not present

• Minimum scheduled work week of 45 hours.
• Be required to work 2-3 dinner shifts per week, 2-3 late night shifts per month. Typically these involve shifts of 3 hours.
• Update AM log daily and ensure upload to google drive
• Set up and help run weekly management meetings

• Work at least one Saturday or Sunday perform at least one store cleanliness audit and peak period evaluation per store assist stores in calculation and execution of food cost schedule filled out by the 7th day of current month for following months schedule
• Expenses turned into Controller by 5th day of month for previous month’s expenses (only when expenses are necessary)

• Assist owner in planned and unplanned visits to stores

• Attend Annual Franchise conference
• Conduct yearly review of store with owner and Franchise Director of Operations
• Attend Area Manager Refresher Course for 1 week