Sweetgreen

District Manager

Sweetgreen • $115K — $125K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Hospitality & Recreation
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of restaurant experience; 3+ years in multi-unit management
  • Proven ability to manage both new store openings and existing performance simultaneously
  • Strong communication skills to engage and motivate teams
  • Highly organized and adaptable in fast-paced environments
  • 2+ years in managing both front and back of house operations
  • Disciplined in identifying and solving operational issues promptly
  • Knowledge of restaurant regulations including safety and food regulations
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
  • Reflects sweetgreen's values: energetic, self-motivated, and service-oriented.

Responsibilities

  • Develop internal succession plans and cultivate management talent
  • Coach recruitment of high-potential candidates aligned with sweetgreen's profile
  • Drive continuous performance improvement across key metrics
  • Meet/exceed annual P&L objectives focusing on sales and productivity
  • Enhance customer connections through community marketing and technology initiatives
  • Train and inspire locations to uphold sweetgreen's operational standards
  • Lead head coach development through goal-setting and coaching
  • Establish cross-functional partnerships to enhance store performance
  • Foster a positive, competitive team environment sharing best practices
  • Develop community connections to strengthen brand presence.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary with 20% bonus potential
  • Stock options offered
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible Paid Time Off plan
  • 401k program available
  • Paid family leave for new parents
  • Complimentary meals of greens
  • Free merchandise from sweetgreen
  • Opportunity to impact people's lives through food
  • Collaborative team supporting core values and personal development
  • Clearly defined career advancement opportunities.
Full Job Description
The Area Leader has the following core responsibilities
  • 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.
  • Developing and coaching an understanding of the sweetgreen profile and driving recruitment of high-potential internal and external talent.
  • Driving continuous performance improvement focusing on leading indicators and established key metrics. Candidate will be balanced in their approach focusing on people, financial, and customer experience metrics equally.
  • Meeting/exceeding annual P&L objectives with a primary focus on top-line sales, productivity, and production management.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fostering a positive, team-oriented environment with a healthy competitive spirit that ensures the sharing of best practices and a commitment to goal achievement.
  • Fostering and growing strong community connections within each restaurant neighborhood by leading head coaches to develop brand ambassadors and maximizing sweetgreen community-based programs.

About You (minimum requirements)
  • 5+ years of prior restaurant experience with 3+ years of multi-unit management.
  • 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.
  • Strong communication skills that engage people in a genuine, authentic way. Proactively connects to the team to drive behavior and results.
  • Highly organized, able to multi-task, and easily adapts and respond to change.
  • 2+ years of experience in both front of house and back of house/kitchen operation management.
  • 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.
  • Demonstrated management of applicable restaurant regulatory areas, including: employee safety; HAACP; wage + hour; immigration; food safety.
  • Proficient computer skills in the Microsoft Office suite.
  • Personal characteristics reflective of sweetgreen: high-energy, action oriented, self-motivated, positive and humble attitude, service-focused, flexible, fun-loving personality, and ethical with a high degree of integrity.
  • Belief in and passion for the sweetlife and sweetgreen's core values.


About our sweetlife:
  • Competitive base salary + 20% bonus potential
  • Stock options
  • Medical, dental + vision insurance plans to suit your and your family's needs
  • Flexible PTO plan
  • 401k program
  • Paid family leave; we believe in fully supporting new parents
  • Complimentary greens
  • Free sweetgreen swag
  • An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and by connecting them to real food
  • A collaborative team of people who live our core values and have your back
  • A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally


Salary range for this role:

Starting salary range based on experience

$115,000-$125,000 USD

About Sweetgreen

Sweetgreen is a fast casual restaurant chain that was founded in 2007 by Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Neman, and Nathaniel Ru. The company is known for its healthy and sustainable food options, and has over 100 locations across the United States. Sweetgreen has partnerships with local farmers and suppliers to source its ingredients, and has a strong focus on community and social responsibility. The company has raised over $478 million in funding from investors such as Fidelity Investments and T. Rowe Price, and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Learn more about Sweetgreen
Size
4,000 employees
Industry
Food & Beverages
Founded
2007
* Ladders Estimates

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