SUMMARY
Assist the General Manager in managing all functions of a Papa John's restaurant to ensure high quality products and customer service are delivered to ensure restaurant profitability. This is accomplished by being a team-oriented leader, making quality decisions, and instilling pride and accountability in team members. Other responsibilities include the management of operations including the execution of all Company policies, procedures, programs, and systems. Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and ethical business practices.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Provide quality products to our customers by ensuring each delivered product meets Papa John's standards and accurately reflects the customer's order. Professionally and promptly respond to all customer concerns or issues. Solicit customer feedback, share feedback with team, and use feedback to improve restaurant operations and build brand loyalty. Communicate, train and promote quality standards to team members by utilizing all available tools including Operations Manual and Team Member Handbook, and ULEARN.

Actively recruit customer-focused team members, maintain adequate staffing levels according to projected sales, properly orient and train team members to exceed customer expectations, ensure compliance with uniform and appearance standards, and communicate action, up to and including termination. Ensure entire team is quality and customer-focused and build an atmosphere of teamwork, energy, and fun.

Manage sales goals against budget and prior year by providing prompt and friendly customer service; building check averages through team member product training and sales execution. Seek additional sales through traditional and non-traditional methods by executing creative local restaurant marketing and creating a positive presence in the community.

Manage profit goals by managing against budget and prior year; ensure food, labor, and other controllable costs stay within budget, and correct deviations from budget by accurately utilizing the PROFIT System and other tools. Execute administrative and cash management duties. Plan and manage adequate inventory levels using the restaurant's computerized inventory system and other tools to meet sales demands and minimize loss. Manage company's assets by ensuring the restaurant is clean, fully equipped and all equipment operates properly, ensure restaurant meets safety and security standards at all times.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

COMPETENCIES are classified as the work habits, attitudes, personal characteristics, and behaviors that reflect how a person accomplishes the duties and responsibilities of his/her job.

Attention to Detail: Follows established guidelines and procedures to ensure accuracy; gets work right despite pressing deadlines; concentrates on routine work details and organizes and maintains a system of records; is alert and aware of surroundings and carefully monitors technical equipment or processes.

Customer Focused: Commits to meeting the needs and expectations of the organization's internal and external customers; builds and maintains a customer base; delivers a high level of customer service; searches continually for ways to increase customer satisfaction (i.e., customer feedback).

Developing Others: Directs and motivates others; provides timely and specific feedback; changes coaching style to fit individual needs; assesses strengths and development needs of team members and provides opportunities for growth.

Flexibility: Adapts and changes course of action when appropriate; effectively transitions from task to task; deals well with unresolved situations, frequent change, delays, or unexpected events; maintains objectives amidst shifting priorities.

Initiative: Takes action proactively; addresses issues or opportunities without supervision; focuses on desired results and accomplishments; demonstrates clear purpose, enthusiasm, and a “can-do” attitude.

Managing Execution: Manages multiple projects and effectively prioritizes tasks, responsibilities, and goals; uses goals to guide actions and creates detailed action plans; organizes and schedules people and tasks; utilizes resources effectively to meet goals.

Teamwork: Works cooperatively with others to accomplish business goals and objectives; asks others for their ideas and opinions; supports team's decisions; contributes to the team's efforts.

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

Cash management skills

Basic accounting including invoice reconciliation, debit and credit review

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High School diploma or GED

Successful and stable employment history with supervisory experience.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is required to use hands repetitively, stand for prolonged periods, walk, grasp firmly/strongly and simply/lightly with hands, and use fine finger dexterity. The team member is frequently required to bend over, twist, reach above shoulder level, crouch or stoop, kneel, repetitively use feet, and use head and neck in a twisting or static motion and to look up and/or down, and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Occasionally, the team member is required to sit, climb, balance, push and/or pull, and lift and/or move over 51 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is required to work outdoors in various temperatures, in a noisy environment, near moving mechanical parts, with dangerous equipment or sharp tools, and around fumes, odors, dust, or toxic chemicals.

Additional Information

Must be 18 years of age or older

Must have reliable transportation

At time of hire, the expectation is that this team member will work more than 30 hours per week

Must be able to work long hours, scheduled or unscheduled, which is likely to include nights, weekends, and as emergencies arise

Ability to lead others with no supervision

Ability to successfully perform the job duties of all positions in the restaurant, including delivery

Must be 100% complete on all ULEARN modules including each LTO module

Must be both ROC and AROC certified

Must be able to train any team member on any and all positions in the restaurant

Must be complete on any Market and/or municipality required certifications

Work with phones, computers, fax machines and copiers

Must have a valid U.S. driver's license, acceptable motor vehicle record and criminal background check, proof of insurance and satisfactory vehicle

Bilingual in certain markets