General Manager

Better Buzz Coffee Company

$79K — $86K *
Norco, CA 92860In-Person
Hospitality & Recreation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3 years of general management experience in a high-volume coffee or fast casual setting
  • Food Safety Certification
  • Open availability for all shifts, including holidays
  • Proven ability to meet key performance indicators
  • People-first leadership mindset
  • Business-ownership mentality, with a competitive spirit
  • Resilient, adaptable, and committed to operational excellence

Responsibilities

  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing café team
  • Deliver exceptional guest experiences and resolve concerns with empathy
  • Manage café operations to meet financial and operational targets
  • Champion training for brand initiatives and promotions
  • Ensure compliance with food safety and sanitation standards
  • Communicate clearly with team and partners on performance and strategy
  • Maintain a safe environment for team and guests

Benefits

  • Opportunities for career growth and advancement
  • Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
  • 401K with company match
  • Paid time off and paid training
  • Monthly bonus potential based on performance
  • Work with a dynamic team of coffee enthusiasts
  • Join a rapidly growing and innovative brand
Full Job Description

Our new coffee shop will land here:

Better Buzz Coffee

1255 Hamner Ave.

Norco, CA 92201

 

We seek those that have:

  • a people-first leadership mindset
  • a business-ownership mentality
  • the ability to meet & execute our key performance indicators
  • commitment to operational excellence
  • resiliency, endurance, adaptability
  • 3 years of prior General Manager Experience in a similar high-volume, high-velocity environment
  • competitive spirit - you want to win every transaction, every day, every shift and do better tomorrow

We are committed to providing outstanding guest service to our community while fostering a fun and upbeat work environment for our team. We are always pushing forward, growing and improving to ensure we are the absolute best we can be. Leaders who are excited to challenge themselves and grow will find great opportunities with Better Buzz Coffee!  We are nimble and always in motion!

 

Better Buzz Coffee offers a unique food and drink menu at each of our locations.  A fan-favorite is our The Best Drink Ever, which is the drink that made us a household name in San Diego, CA. 

 

The General Manager is the most senior leader within a Better Buzz café and is accountable for delivering consistent, brand-defining guest experience, building and developing a high-performing team, and operating a profitable, compliant business. The General Manager spends the majority of their time leading the team and managing café operations.  The General Manager executes goals, solves problems, leads with integrity and sound judgment, and serves as an example of excellence for guests, team members, and the wider Better Buzz community.

 

Everyday, in every cafe, we inspire our team and our community to rise early, dream big, have fun and maximize their human potential! We are on a relentless pursuit to elevate the coffee experience and our General Managers are responsible for upholding this mission statement  on a daily basis.

 

Our chosen candidate will train for 8 weeks in a nearby training store. Post training, you will assist in an open market and wait to be awarded a store. Our General Managers need open availability and are expected to work a 45 hour work week. 

 

This position pays hourly at a range of $32.00-$35.00/hour based off of a 45hr work week. This hourly rate translates to a pay range of roughly $79,000 - $86,000 annually based on hours worked. Our General Managers can earn a significant monthly bonus to add to you earnings.  

 

PERKS OF WORKING AT BETTER BUZZ:

  • Work with an amazing team of coffee enthusiasts
  • Work with a quickly growing brand
  • Opportunities for career growth and advancement
  • Full benefits packages available including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401K with a match
  • Paid time off
  • Paid training
  • MONTHLY Bonus potential once awarded a location
Responsibilities Leadership & Team Development
  • Build, lead, and develop a team of Assistant General Managers, Lead Shift Supervisors, Shift Supervisors, and Team Ambassadors and Baristas who embody the Better Buzz culture
  • Act with integrity, honesty and knowledge to promote the Company’s culture, values and mission
  • Source, interview, hire, and onboard new team members through the company applicant tracking system; identify and develop internal talent for promotion
  • Address all team concerns with urgency, fairness, clarity, strength and compassion
  • Champion a workplace environment free of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, and ensure all mandated trainings 
Guest Experience & Brand Standards
  • Lead the team to deliver exceptional guest experience
  • Resolve guest concerns professionally and recover the experience with empathy and urgency
  • Champion training and readiness for all brand initiatives, promotions, and seasonal campaigns
Operations & Financial Performance
  • Operate the café to meet or exceed financial targets, (Ex. sales, labor, food cost, and waste targets, etc.
  • Build and post accurate, compliant team schedules in advance; manage labor to forecast and team availability
  • Manage to given metrics, identify gaps, build plans to close gaps, cascades plans to team to execute
  • Drive overall sales through consistent modelling of hospitable service and upselling
  • Promote adherence to overall speed of service, fulfillment and drive-thru time
  • Maintain a high level of guest feedback scores
  • Ensure all meal and rest breaks are taken and properly recorded in accordance with state law
  • Lead and ensure proper inventory (Ex. pars, ordering, receiving, rotation, storage, and waste tracking, etc.)
  • Maintain cash handling integrity and follow loss prevention protocols
Compliance, Safety & Wellbeing
  • Maintain food safety and sanitation standards in line with ANSI certified Manager certification and county health requirements
  • Comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, including state specific wage and hour, scheduling, and leave requirements
  • Complete and document required incident reporting, including workplace injury, harassment complaints, and communicable disease notifications under AB 685
  • Maintain a safe physical environment for guests and team members and promote a culture of psychological safety
Communication & Partnership
  • Partner with the District Manager on team coaching, business performance, and people strategy
  • Communicate clearly and respectfully with The Hive (Better Buzz Support Center), vendors, and cross-functional partners
Qualifications

Required:

 

  • 3 years of prior general management experience in a similar high-velocity, high-volume coffee or fast casual environment
  • Manager Food Safety Certification
  • Open availability - days, nights, weekends, holidays
  • 45 hours of work per week

Preferred:

  • Associates Degree
  • Drive-Thru experience
  • New location opening experience

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