General Manager - Aurora Illinois

Company: DND Groups
Location: Aurora, Illinois
Posted On: 01/24/2025

Location1224 Main Street, Fort Morgan, Colorado 80701DescriptionDND Groups is a privately held franchise management company and home to more than 62 quick services restaurants nationwide. Proudly representing 5 internationally recognized brands: Dairy Queen, Noodles & Co., Paris Baguette, Taco Johns, and Zaxby's. DND Groups was recently named one of the Top 200 Restaurant Groups by Nation's Restaurant. As a team, we are eager to bring aboard a growth-minded manager to lead our crew at this Dairy Queen location.Responsibilities

• Building and developing a trusted team. The general manager will guide, support, and bring out the best in their crew members and shift leaders.
• Maintaining a positive working relationship with all restaurant staff. Fostering and promoting a cooperative and pleasant working environment that will maximize employee morale, productivity, and efficiency will be paramount.
• Hiring, training, and developing shift managers and conducting formal employee performance reviews.
• Ensuring that the team is equipped to provide an excellent guest experience in all areas.
• Utilizing the restaurant's profit & loss to optimize sales and profit by analyzing COGS and taking corrective action if necessary.
• Maintaining inventory, projecting changes in demands throughout the year, and adjusting labor accordingly.
• Ensuring that the restaurant is properly staffed to drive sales volumes. Prepare crew members' schedules and approve schedules completed by assistant managers to meet staffing requirements and labor goals.
• Personally respond to customer complaints, taking prompt and appropriate action to resolve problems and ensure customer satisfaction, as well as taking the opportunity to identify areas for improvement as a team.
• Organizing and implementing local restaurant marketing as well as incorporating regional and national marketing promotions to increase restaurant sales.
• Exercising good judgment in decision-making and reporting issues to the district manager.Qualifications / Skills
  • Minimum of 3-5 years of restaurant management experience is required. Quick service restaurant experience strongly preferred.
  • High School diploma or equivalent required.
  • Candidates should have a strong sense of urgency, thrive under pressure, and have the ability to motivate their team in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong customer service skills, as well as the ability to adapt and engage with diverse crew members and a wide range of customers.
  • A proven track record of effective management, demonstrated by previous COGS and labor management.
  • Successful candidates will be detail-oriented and have the ability to oversee and balance all aspects of a fast-paced and dynamic restaurant.
  • Ability to stand for long periods and lift up to 50 pounds will be necessary.
  • A strong sense of ownership is critical. The right leader is available to their store in the manner a parent would be; far beyond their designated shift, a manager is available 24/7 to their store and crew or otherwise ensures that there is someone to adequately care for their team in their absence.Benefits and Compensation
    • Salary: $50,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year (based upon experience)
    • Healthcare benefits available
    • Paid vacation and holidaysEOE AA M/F/Veteran/DisabilityDND Groups ("DND") is an equal opportunity employer in every aspect of employment, including but not limited to selection, training, development, and promotion of the most qualified candidates and
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