General Manager - Fast Food

General Manager We are not your everyday fast food franchisee. We care! We are a growing Jimmy John’s franchisee looking for General Managers to help manage our team while ensuring fresh sandwiches and a clean store. At Jimmy John’s, you will find yourself as part of a culture that offers competitive wages and benefits, opportunities for advancement and growth, along with one fun place to work. We don’t just do fast food; we do food… FAST! As a General Manager, you are key to our business. You will manage all functions of the restaurant to ensure fast, accurate, world‑class customer service and the fulfillment of orders with high‑quality products while ensuring restaurant profitability, cleanliness, and organization. You will achieve sales goals, develop your employees, maintain retention, and ensure all systems are efficiently in place. Duties and Responsibilities Manage a staff of Assistant Managers and approximately 3‑15 employees depending on location. Assigns, oversees, and evaluates work for compliance. Manage hiring, training, evaluating, discipline, and termination of employees. Provide on‑the‑job training and coaching for new employees. Delegate, and be responsible for, the ordering, receipt, storage, and issuing of all food, labor, equipment, cleaning, and paper supplies for the unit to ensure a minimum loss from waste or theft. Assist in the supervision, preparation, sales, and service of food. Forecast food items by estimating what amount of each food item will be consumed per shift. Supervise food preparation and service operations while on duty. Assist team members during rush periods to ensure restaurant efficiency. Assist team members by greeting customers, taking orders, using the cash register, assembling orders, and checking for completeness and accuracy. Ensure that every customer receives world‑class customer service. Complete daily food preparations including meat and vegetable slicing, portioning, and rotating products. Execute systems and procedures with 100% integrity and completeness. Complete daily, weekly, and periodic paperwork with accuracy. Control inventory by using weekly inventory systems and maintain regular inventory ordering schedules. Conduct weekly manager meetings. Audit systems and procedures as well as end‑of‑shift paperwork. Complete preventative maintenance and upkeep on store equipment and supplies. Be responsible for 100% of the cash drawers during the shift. Manage deposits and change orders per Deposit Operating Procedure. Perform other related duties as required. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Work Environment Ability to use basic math, addition, subtraction, and understand basic fractions. Required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, talk, listen, close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and lift up to 50 pounds. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties the employee is occasionally exposed to mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is moderate. What’s in it for you? Competitive salary that is dependent upon experience. Top performing General Managers may earn 13 periodic, metric‑based bonuses on store performance. Benefits including PPO Medical, PPO Dental, and Vision. Paid time off (PTO). Employee meal benefit program. Career advancement opportunities such as becoming an Area Manager or Director of Operations. Becoming a leader in the industry Career development programs that provide mentorship and support through your immediate supervisor and HR department. Increase pride and ownership of your own location or area. Develop and increase leadership and management skills as well as experience. Become an Area Manager or Director of Operations with a fast‑growing organization. Must be at least 18 years of age, have reliable transportation, and be willing to work overtime, holidays, weekends, and days off as business dictates. Must have the physical stamina to work 50‑80 hours per week. #J-18808-Ljbffr