Backyard Bowls- Store Manager

Backyard Bowls – Downtown Santa Barbara Store Manager

Are you passionate about creating a nutritious environment that produces a high quality, sustainable product and supports healthy, active lifestyles? Do you long to be a part of a food brand recognized for the excellence and consistency of its offering? Are you looking for an opportunity to become a leader in hospitality, and be mentored by a conscientious management team looking to help grow your career?

If so, Backyard Bowls has a role for you…

Backyard Bowls is a revolutionary eatery with a decade of success, specializing in acai bowls, hot porridges, grain bowls, and smoothies, and we are seeking a Location Manager to help lead our Santa Barbara, California café.

What You’ll Do:

- Embody the Backyard Bowls Core Values, which include:

- Take pride in your work

- Respect one another

- The customer is your real boss-treat them that way!

- Communication is key

- Quality is king, never compromise

- Quality Product- We believe at our core that our product is superior to any other acai bowl on the market. It is our key differentiating factor, and maintaining that quality, consistently, is our greatest strength.

- Quality Work- Only with extreme workplace efficiency can we maintain high quality, and at the same time healthy, sustainable, product in an environment that support a healthy work/life balance

- Quality Relationships- Team, customers, community, and vendors.

- Enjoy your work and have fun!

- Build a passionate, high-performing retail team, capable of operating without you

- Mentor a core group of store “Leads” to autonomously manage the retail team

- Maintain all aspects of the physical premises allowing smooth operation by the team

- Constantly work to refine process and procedures so that expectations are crystal clear

- Step in wherever needed, working shifts, serving bowls, supporting team improvement

- Ensure your location is the epitome of great hospitality toward our guests, and find new and creative ways to connect more deeply with our community

- Learn to drive exceptional financial performance through strong operational management, supreme organization and personal efficiency, quality control, and creative and beneficial local marketing initiatives

Who You Must Be:

- A team player focused only on the collective success of the group and the operation

- Incredibly self-aware, exuding warmth, and focused on the experience we’re creating

- Historically successful in each previous experience with increasing responsibility

- Honest and trustworthy to your absolute core

- Flexible in your ability to constantly jump between the big picture and granular details

- Masterful in your communication, with an ability to commend and correct with ease

- Undaunted by change, new challenges, learning and growth in your skills

- Hungry for an opportunity to grow with our company as we expand regional operations

What We Hope You Bring:

- 1-2 years’ experience managing a retail food operation

- College degree a plus, but not required

- A great attitude that will be infectious

- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills that will set the tone for success

- A sense of humor and ability to connect deeply with the team and our customers

What You’ll Receive:

- Competitive pay, including a strong base salary and profit-sharing opportunities

- Benefits and perks that help maintain a fantastic work-life balance

- The ability to work in a well-design, hip, refreshing physical environment

- A chance to manage a group of fantastic individuals who share your core values

- An opportunity to become a leader at a well-regarded, quickly growing company'

Benefit Conditions:

• Waiting period may apply
• Only full-time employees eligible

This Job Is:

• A good fit for applicants with gaps in their resume, or who have been out of the workforce for the past 6 months or more
• Open to applicants who do not have a college diploma

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.50 - $30.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Shift:

• Day shift

Weekly day range:

• Weekends as needed

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Supervising Experience: 2 years (Preferred)
• Customer Service: 3 years (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Santa Barbara, CA 93101: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person