Job Description

Job Location: Little Rock, AR 72209
Position Type: Full TimeA Fourjay District Leader is responsible for the overall performance multiple Wendy’s  restaurants. District Leaders work through the General Managers at each of their assigned stores to achieve overall company goals around food safety, crew and guest safety, sales growth, profitability, restaurant cleanliness, food cost controls, adequate and quality staffing, training, etc. The primary way that a District Leader achieves these goals is by recruiting, screening, hiring, training, and retaining high quality General and Subordinate Managers. The District Leader’s primary tool to drive results is by leading through their people and by exerting their influencing on store-level management.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job:
- Manage, direct, coach, and train a group of General Managers.
- Recruit, interview, hire, promote, discipline, and terminate General Managers and Assistant Managers in accordance with the Company’s Policies and Procedures.
- Monitor each store’s operational and financial performance and take corrective action as necessary.
- Perform regular inspections on stores, document findings, follow up on issues.
- Ensure all activities in the restaurant are consistent with established food safety standards as dictated by Wendy’s Corporate, local health departments, and all other Wendy’s standards.
- Immediately address food safety issues with restaurant leadership and line staff. Immediately report significant food safety issues or other hazards to senior management.
- Set the standard in restaurants by clearly communicating company priorities and expectations to the restaurants and by helping General Managers translate those priorities into specific actions plans.
- Hold restaurant General Managers accountable with all standards by regularly visiting stores and spending sufficient time to observe the condition of the store and then correcting problems.
- 80% - 90% of a District Leader’s typical week will be spent inside stores.

Qualifications

Qualifications Guidelines:
- Ability to read, analyze, create and interpret general business memos and documents
- Excellent written, verbal and group communication skills
- Ability to add, subtract, divide and use fractions, percentages, ratios, and convert units of measurement
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to make good decisions and adapt to changing situations
- Good computer skills including being proficient in Word and Excel. Ability to learn and use other software as required
- Managerial, supervisory, leadership, and customer service experience
- High school diploma or G.E.D.
- Driver’s License, a good driving record, and have access/ability to drive a motor vehicle
- Must be 21 years or older