New Cafe Opening Production Manager

Knowledge And Responsibilities

• Work closely with NCO General Manager in providing direction and clarity around best in class processes and procedures to operate at the highest level of effectiveness and efficiency, including ordering, inventory management, effective scheduling practices, and general leadership of the Back of House teams.
• Responsible for the production levels for the café, in partnership with the General Manager, to ensure that the café has the appropriate amount of quality product being produced, based on each day’s projected sales volume, while managing to sales and traffic trend.
• Determine if there is adequate staffing of the Back of House teams to ensure there is a fully staffed and trained team during the opening, or if there are gaps that need to be addressed. Partner with General Manager and District Manager if there are Back of House staffing or skills issues during opening.
• Works with General Manager on the scheduling of Back of House teams to ensure there is adequate coverage based on the needs of the business.
• Responsible for teaching the inventory management process for the café and how to manage to Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) goals.
• Responsible for teaching General Manager the end of Month Back of House inventory, per company guidelines.
• Responsible for teaching Back of House teams the process of ordering and receiving of shipments.
• Responsible for ensuring the entire café team is consistently adhering to sanitation and food safety standards.
• Provides coaching, feedback and recognition to ensure the Back of House teams are maintaining and executing to the highest standards of product quality and adherence to Paris Baguette’s mission, vision and brand values.
• Works closely with Training and Development and District Production teams to support the learning and development of all Back of House teams after the opening.

What You Need To Have

• At least, 5+ years of Restaurant experience, Bakery Café experience preferred.
• Flexible, adaptive, upbeat, open and visible management style, with a successful record of accomplishment of managing senior operations leaders across a large geographically decentralized portfolio.
• Passion for people! Dynamic and engaged leader who has a passion for empowering, inspiring, motivating & developing team members.
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills with the ability to effectively balance priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced, ever-changing, and highly entrepreneurial environment.
• Feedback is a gift! Ability to provide construction feedback and recognition to every member of the organization, to ensure we have an open and transparent culture of high performance standards.
• High emotional intelligence with the ability to work with, and manage diverse teams by being highly empathetic, intuitive, self-motivated and driven.
• Teams Win! Has to be a team player who fosters a collaborative and engaged teamwork environment.
• Being a Brand Ambassador, with an excellent knowledge of and commitment to Paris Baguette’s Mission, Vision, Brand Values and Culture.
• Loves of travel! Ability to commute to all current Corporate and Franchise locations, as well as proposed openings.