District Manager

<p><strong>The Area Leader has the following core responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Developing internal succession plan and a deep bench of managers at all levels of store operations by developing head coaches and the ability to identify “raw” talent. Candidate will have a clear understanding of how to move capability and performance and a sense of urgency to do so.</li> <li>Developing and coaching an understanding of the sweetgreen profile and driving recruitment of high-potential internal and external talent.</li> <li>Driving continuous performance improvement focusing on leading indicators and established key metrics.&nbsp; Candidate will be balanced in their approach focusing on people, financial, and customer experience metrics equally.</li> <li>Meeting/exceeding annual P&amp;L objectives with a primary focus on top-line sales, productivity, and production management.</li> <li>Driving top-line sales performance by fostering customer connections through community marketing, throughput and technology initiatives, new product launches and an in-depth merchandising mentality.</li> <li>Training, coaching, and inspiring all locations to deliver exceptional customer experiences and high quality culinary operations ensuring a commitment to sweetgreen’s operational policies and procedures.</li> <li>Leading head coach development both personally and professionally through goal setting, coaching and feedback, and an innate understanding of what makes people tick, always connecting development to improved performance.</li> <li>Developing strong cross-functional partnerships that ensure the right support is provided to the stores to improve performance and remove barriers to focusing on the customer, people, and results.</li> <li>Fostering a positive, team-oriented environment with a healthy competitive spirit that ensures the sharing of best practices and a commitment to goal achievement.</li> <li>Fostering and growing strong community connections within each restaurant neighborhood by leading head coaches to develop brand ambassadors and maximizing sweetgreen community-based programs.</li> </ul> <p><strong><br>About You (minimum requirements)</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years of prior restaurant experience with 3+ years of multi-unit management.</li> <li>Proven experience balancing focus on new store openings and existing business performance: can manage multiple projects, delegates freely with quality follow and drive new store support and project management.</li> <li>Strong communication skills that engage people in a genuine, authentic way.&nbsp; Proactively connects to the team to drive behavior and results.</li> <li>Highly organized, able to multi-task, and easily adapts and respond to change.</li> <li>2+ years of experience in both front of house and back of house/kitchen operation management.</li> <li>Disciplined approach to priority setting with the ability to identify the root cause of store operations and people opportunities, and move quickly to improve performance.</li> <li>Demonstrated management of applicable restaurant regulatory areas, including: employee safety; HAACP; wage + hour; immigration; food safety.</li> <li>Proficient computer skills in the Microsoft Office suite.</li> <li>Personal characteristics reflective of sweetgreen: high-energy, action oriented, self-motivated, positive&nbsp;and humble attitude, service-focused, flexible, fun-loving personality, and ethical with a high degree of integrity.</li> <li>Belief in and passion for the sweetlife and sweetgreen’s core values.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About our sweetlife:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Competitive base salary + 20% bonus potential</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stock options</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Medical, dental + vision insurance plans to suit your and your family's needs</span></li> <li