Shift Leader
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The Shift Leader role is an entry level leadership position with great opportunities for growth and advancement within our restaurant, including the opportunity to work towards ownership in your own Culver's restaurant, through the Culver's Mentee Program!CULVER'S SHIFT LEADER POSITIONJOB SUMMARY:Culver's Shift Leaders are natural leaders, and supreme role models for the entire True Blue Crew. They ensure that the restaurant runs efficiently every shift. They maintain excellent guest service and operational control. In doing so, they motivate and enable the True Blue Crew to serve in a way that reaches this goal: We genuinely care, so that every guest who chooses Culver's leaves happy.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:* Runs shifts effectively to ensure quality products, guest service, and restaurant cleanliness meet system standards.* Consistently ensures guests receive quality products in five minutes or less for in house orders and four minutes or less for drive thru orders.* Ensures proper product quality control, presentation and hold times according to the Operations Training Manual, Order Assembly.* Ensures shelf life, First In-First Out method of inventory rotation and tempering sheet is maintained accurately.* Performs restaurant opening and closing procedures effectively.* Routinely monitors and coaches team on safety best practices related to the Culver's hazard communication program and workplace safety.* Demonstrates and maintains a positive attitude among team members.* Empowers team to handle guest comments the Culver's way. * Ensures team is knowledgeable concerning products and guest service.* Demonstrates and ensures proper personal hygiene and food safety practices are maintained in the restaurant.* Demonstrates and ensures team is following the standards of uniforms and appearance.* Demonstrates proficiency on all restaurant positions.* Maintains and monitors food and labor costs* Administers team member breaks according to federal and state legal requirements.* Assists team members with mis-punches, voids, discounts, and other managerial POS functions.* Prepares and reviews daily reconciliation report against daily control totals from cash register system ensuring accuracy.* Runs financial report, counts afternoon drawers, enters drawer pickups and completes daily deposits.* Attends all manager and team member meetings.* Ensures team is cross-trained by the training team effectively.* Completes food inventory order accurately, using forecasts and projections based on current restaurant sales.* Delegates and ensures the accurate completion of the Quality Control/Safe Food Checklist and First In-First Out product rotation.* Delegates restaurant and equipment cleaning.* Demonstrates positive and effective role modeling for all team members through appearance and attitude.* Follows and encourages team to follow all restaurant policies and procedures consistently.* Ensures proper product waste documenting on every shift.* Uses radiant for cash counting procedures.* Runs daily POS labor reports.QUALIFICATIONSEducation:* High School Diploma or Equivalent Required* Preferred, but not required, College DegreeExperience:* Preferred experience in restaurant managerial or supervisory position* Guest-service experience preferredCharacteristics:(We care more about personal characteristics than experience or education. The position can be taught, but personal qualities are refined and unique)* Strong communication skills* Positive, contagious attitude* Effective leadership skills* Embrace constructive criticism* Willing to learn* Strong decision making skills* Good listener* Respectful, courteous, kind* Servant leaderPHYSICAL ABILITIES* Stands for long periods of time without sitting; Walks fast paced during shifts; Bends, reaches and stoops* Lift / carry 10 lbs or less Constantly* Lift / carry 11-20 lbs Constantly* Lift / carry 21-50 lbs Frequently* Lift / carry 51-100 lbs OccasionallyMANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP SUCCESS FACTORS* COMMUNICATION: Verbal, written, presentations to others; inclusive, honest, direct, timely; clear, concise; delivers ideas for solutions to problems.* CHANGE MANAGEMENT: Taking initiative, supportive of change; reacts quickly and appropriate; sets a good example as a role model in accepting change, executing change initiatives and following through to insure changes are effective.* DECISION MAKING & PROBLEM SOLVING: Uses judgment, common sense and sensitivity in addressing issues; gathers appropriate information and seeks input from cross functional team members; collaborates with others to insure that decisions are made with consideration for impact on others; makes timely and fair decisions; able to make tough decisions when necessary.* INNOVATION, CREATIVITY & VISION: Seeks new ways to improve efficiency, effectiveness, quality; achieves extra-ordinary results with ordinary resources.* PLANNING (short and long term): Organized and able to establish priorities, required resources; delivers the desired results; manages multiple deadlines and priorities; insures that planning involves cross-functional team members to assess impact of deadlines and utilization of resources.* ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: Builds effective relationships with both external (guests and vendors) and internal (team members) stakeholders, and between levels, teams and across functions. Supports and cooperates with other teams, negotiates and has the ability to influence others.* BUILDS AND SUSTAINS A HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM: Selects the right people for the right job. Develops team members, provides training and development to support their success; empowers team members to make decisions while minimizing risks; provides measurable feedback in a timely manner; retains valuable talent and builds the effectiveness of the team as a whole.* ACCOUNTABILITY: Walks the talk. Delivers results on time and at the quality level promised.WHY SHOULD YOU BECOME A MANAGER AT CULVER'S OF MEDFORD?Working at Culver's as a manager will not be just a job. It will be a lively, energetic, fun and rewarding career. It will consistently allow for your own personal growth, as you lead others in their own. You will be a vital part of Culver's of Medford.We will effectively train you in your leadership role at Culver's of Medford for approximately eight weeks. Therefore, you will be highly prepared to lead once your training is complete.This position may also offer numerous future opportunities, including, but not limited to:* Paid leadership and management training at the Culver's Support center in Sauk City, WI* Career opportunities for future advancement in our restaurant in Medford, and/or mentorship franchise opportunities as Lawrence Restaurants, LLC, expands!