Cashier - Full and Part time - 3rd shift

About Mendocino Farms
At Mendocino Farms, we do a lot more than just sell sandwiches and salads. We are a fast-casual restaurant brand on a mission to bring people together through fresh, culinary-driven food and unmatched hospitality. As we continue our aggressive growth trajectory across new and existing markets, we are seeking a dynamic, analytical, and hands-on leader to elevate our total rewards structure.
The [Title] will serve as a key strategic partner to the [Reports To] and executive leadership team, leading the company's corporate talent pipelines, executive sourcing strategies, and high-volume selection infrastructure. This role bridges the gap between executive-level talent management strategy and day-to-day recruiting operations. You will ensure our talent attraction frameworks remain highly competitive to attract and retain top corporate leaders and a highly engaged restaurant crew.
As a key leader in the [Department] team, you will translate the VP's broad talent lifecycle and workforce strategy into practical recruitment pipelines and headcount planning metrics, while directly managing and developing the recruiting team and external search partners to ensure flawless execution of candidate vetting, applicant tracking, and onboarding workflows.
Executive Sourcing & Talent Pipeline Strategy

Aesthetic Architecture: Operationalize and maintain competitive multi-channel employer branding standards, candidate experience frameworks, and hiring guidelines across all corporate and field divisions.
Administer and analyze localized sourcing pipelines, diverse candidate generation networks, and executive leadership pipelines to drive strong corporate and restaurant staffing levels.
Market Trends: Conduct annual compensation-market data feedback loops, competitive talent analytics, and internal recruitment process reviews to ensure Mendocino Farms remains an employer of choice.

Content Production: Collaborate with the VP of Talent Management to evaluate, negotiate, and optimize comprehensive recruitment marketing spend, programmatic job boards, and interview assessment tools.
Supervise the internal recruiting team in executing seasonal hiring initiatives, day-to-day applicant tracking system (ATS) hygiene, local networking events, and background check pipelines.
Serve as the primary point of contact for staffing agencies, executive search firms, and recruitment software vendors to resolve complex contract escalations and manage cost-effective procurement.

Partner with HR Operations to optimize ATS modules (Workday/UKG Recruiting), customer relationship management (CRM) workflows, and automated pipeline communications.
Data Analytics: Build dashboards and reports tracking time-to-fill metrics, cost-per-hire analytics, pipeline conversion rates, and early-turnover talent correlations to inform leadership decisions.
Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all recruiting practices strictly comply with local, state, and federal labor laws (including EEOC guidelines, Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, FCRA background check laws, and state-specific salary history/pay transparency mandates). Directly oversee immigration/visa hiring requirements, offer letter templates, and auditing guidelines.

Operates with high emotional intelligence (EQ) to ensure compensation plans respect and uplift the hourly restaurant crew.
Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborates seamlessly across the People Team, Payroll, Finance, and regional Operations leaders to keep total rewards transparent and aligned.
Rigorous Multi-State Compliance Auditing: Drives continuous improvement in legal governance. Proactively builds systems to protect the organization from risk, with a heavy emphasis on navigating strict, evolving California and Massachusetts labor laws (including CA Wage Orders, MA Fair Wage Fair Tips Act, Paid Family Medical Leave, and state-specific pay transparency mandates).
Never settles for manual or broken administrative workarounds. Constantly reviews data architectures and optimizes system configurations (Workday/UKG) to eliminate processing errors and automate workflows.
Audits complex data sets, billing reports, and payroll outputs to catch anomalies early and implement lasting, systemic fixes.
Simplifies dense, intimidating benefits and compensation data into clear, human-centric explanations that corporate leaders and restaurant teams can easily grasp.
Vigilant Governance: Treats complex regulatory tasks, ERISA requirements, ACA reporting, and annual audits not as checkboxes, but as opportunities to establish operational excellence.
Recognizes that competitive pay and accessible healthcare are fundamental to helping team members bring their best selves to work. Designs structures that champion the overall financial, physical, and emotional health of our workforce.
Analytical and Commercial Acumen: Balances hospitality-driven intentions with strong financial literacy. Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
Proven experience in the restaurant , retail , or hospitality industries managing high-volume, multi-state hourly and salaried populations.
Advanced proficiency in modern HRIS platforms (Workday or UKG preferred) and expert-level Microsoft Excel capabilities.

Competitive Salary, Bonus, and Equity

~ Mendocino Farms is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. HIRING IMMEDIATELY at Mendocino Farms!

NOW HIRING CASHIERS!

Restaurant Team Member - Cashiers: Takes orders at the register and guides our guests through the menu.
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance*

• Flexible scheduling
• Employee assistance program
• English at Work classes - Learn English at work!
• Parking & Transit Reimbursement*
• Free and delicious Mendo Meals on every shift!
• All Mendo Team Members are paid on a bi-weekly basis

Full-time AND Part-time hours available
We are seeking individuals who can work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays
An overwhelming desire to help people!
We were founded with the vision to offer so much more than food, and since 2005, we've never let the spark of happiness go out! Food is our love language! CONFIDENTIAL - FOR HR USE ONLY
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