General Manager - Buffalo Wild Wings | SC Wings, LLC : Job Details

The General Manager is responsible for the overall operation of their assigned restaurant, ensuring the overall integrity of the Buffalo Wild Wings brand. Key responsibility areas include team performance, increased sales and profitability, effective cost controls, and development, training and retention of key Team Members and Managers. The General Manager is responsible to work actively to ensure the restaurant meets financial and operating goals.

• Responsible for creating, implementing and executing the overall business staff plan, ensuring proper staffing levels are maintained to build sales.
• Oversees the human resource management function, ensuring 100% compliance in all areas of laws, company policies, guidelines and procedures.
• Ensures all employee benefits are communicated to all Team Members.
• Provides performance feedback and recognition to all managers and hourly Team Members on an ongoing and timely basis to include manager one-on-ones and performance reviews.
• Holds all hourly and management team members accountable for contributing to team and company objectives.
• Creates and maintains an open door policy with managers and Team Members inspiring open and honest communication, consistency of standards and appreciation for contributions and suggestions.
• Provides direction to management team for performance management of team members.
• Effectively trains and develops managers (specifically Assistant Manager). Creates and delivers action and development plans for managers. Ensures any development plans for hourly Team Members are delivered effectively by managers.
• Conducts informative, focused weekly manager meetings.
• Models effective shift meetings; builds camaraderie; and solicits feedback. Ensures all managers are holding effective pre-shift meetings.
• Ensures effective communication occurs to all managers and Team Members.

• Models hospitality skills/behaviors, including regular interaction and engagement with guests.
• Ensures guest satisfaction, inspires guest loyalty and ensures responsible alcohol service, through effective shift execution.
• Effectively handles guest complaints during shifts, turning unsatisfied guests into satisfied guests.

• Utilizes all compliance systems, manager tools and procedures both in a timely manner, and with integrity (including but not limited to CSP/SOP's, restroom checks, ticket tracker, line checks, guest check audits) to ensure proper shift execution.
• Conducts administrative manager functions as needed (entering invoices, end of day procedures, etc).
• Maintains high cleanliness standards, holds Team Members accountable for adherence to daily, weekly and monthly cleaning schedules.
• Helps to ensure adherence to ServSafe Alcohol, Food and HACCP standards, with specific responsibility for Food and HACCP.
• Assists in the rollout of new company programs, policies and procedures as requested.

• Creates, develops and implements an effective local store marketing plan within budgeted parameters.
• Ensures acceptable overall labor results; approves all department schedules to ensure acceptable overall labor results and guest satisfaction.
• Maintains utility conservation and creates awareness, teaches managers how to control utility costs.
• Develops budgets.
• Reconciles profit and loss statements, calculates results, conducts analysis and communicates results to management team.
• Establishes daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly sales goals/forecasts to meet or exceed budgeted expectations.
• Conducts quarterly business planning.
• Meets or exceeds budgeted profit goals, reacts to trends, trouble-shoots problem areas.
• Effectively breaks down sales and profit goals ensuring Manager understanding. Ensures managers understand how to achieve maximum bonus potential.
• Assigns each manager P&L line-item responsibility, coaches managers on how to attain agreed upon goals.
• Completes all other assigned duties or tasks.

• Education: High School or equivalent. Coursework in restaurant management preferred.
• 4 plus years prior professional experience in restaurant management required, or equivalent BWW experience.
• Must possess proper food handlers and alcohol dispensing certifications (if required by law).
• Valid driver's license.
• Periodic travel to management meetings, an annual convention and training as needed.
• Knowledge of labor laws, health codes, safe food handling and sanitation, responsible alcohol service, safety and security systems and procedures, computer operations.
• Good people management skills, communication and listening skills. Must be flexible and adaptable to change.
• Demonstrated time management and organizational skills.
• Must be self-motivated, detail oriented and have a passion for teaching others.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including days, nights, weekends and holidays.
• The physical demands for this position require the individual to sit, stand, bend, lift up to 50 pounds, and move intermittently during working hours. These physical requirements may be accomplished with or without reasonable accommodations. The duties of this position may change from time to time. Buffalo Wild Wings reserves the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of Buffalo Wild Wings or its managers. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.