Area Manager, Blank Street
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Coffee chain
Job no longer available
Coffee chain
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity & Bonus Program
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To become the defining food and beverage brands of our generation.
Role
Who you are
- You must be able to work independently, while also thriving in a team environment
- We’re looking for dynamic leaders that will motivate and inspire our teams in the Cafes to fulfill and represent Blank Street’s goals and vision
- The right person for this role is a proven operator who takes pride in giving amazing hospitality experiences and influencing their team to do the same
- You thrive for opportunities to serve your community and make a big local impact
- You are customer centric and believe in quality product through flawless execution
- You empower your team to give customers exactly what they need, every day, in their way
- You excel in high growth environments, thrive under pressure, are highly organized, and can handle competing priorities
- 3-4 years of experience managing and leading operations in high growth hospitality/consumer brands
- Experience in multi-unit or multi-department management
- Track record scaling and managing hospitality teams
- Track record managing inventory and supply chain ordering
- Experience working in a unionized environment is a plus
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Hands on and highly action-oriented
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to perform under pressure and time constraints
- Deep knowledge and interest in specialty coffee
What the job involves
- As a Multi-Unit General Manager at Blank Street, your primary responsibility will be to build a world-class business and team within your neighborhood across many verticals
- You’ll oversee and be held accountable to 4-5 Blank Street locations
- We want our team to become part of the community’s infrastructure, serving customers with passion, care, and precision
- Be a champion of your stores financial performance, finding ways to grow your store AOV, meet sales goals through creative initiatives and gain team buy in to share the same vision
- Owning the development and growth of your teams, while also taking care of any performance related issues to support your Assistant General Managers in maintaining a world-class team
- Develop meaningful ties with neighborhood businesses and people to help grow local brand loyalty and goodwill
- Maintain operational excellence in the way of store environment, cleanliness and brand expectations, achieving company standard scores and above via our auditing platform
- Responsible for the timely recruitment of super star talent for backfills, additional staff needed for seasonal peak sales trends or for new store openings in hand with our people team
- All schedules and timecards completed according to state and local law
- Uphold the company standard NPS scores, celebrating the positives with your teams and immediately actioning on feedback to improve
- Own all ordering, vendor relations, waste management, inventory counts and general compliance of our Inventory Management System
- Ensure all locations under your leadership meet quality audit standards
- Own celebrating positive customer feedback and investigating any and all negative comments to ensure we are listening and adjusting where necessary
- Own the underlying P&L of each individual store under your management. Constantly diagnose areas of improvement and come up with creative solutions to drive better performance while ensuring you are operating within labor budgets
- Full Time: 45 hours per week, 5 days of availability required and must be available to work 2 peak days (usually weekend days, weekend as described as Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
Our take
More people deserve great coffee and Blank Street strives to make this possible. Blank Street’s formula involves technology enabled, micro-footprint brick-and-mortar spaces which operate at a cheap price meaning they can produce excellent coffee, also, at a reasonable price.
What started as one electric-powered coffee cart in 2020 has expanded to over 90 locations across the US and the UK. Blank Street wants to serve coffee cheaper than Starbucks but tastier than Dunkin’ Donuts – its main competitors – and has done so with automation, specifically Eversys espresso makers that can produce 700 drinks an hour.
The chain has received mighty financing too, including from real estate tycoon Tishman Speyer as well as from General Catalyst Partners and Tiger Global Management. This brand is certainly making its mark as its growth has remained at an impressive rate, especially following its entrance into the thriving coffee shop market in the UK.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2023
$20m
EARLY VC
Oct 2021
$25m
SERIES A
Total funding: $52m
Company HQ
South Williamsburg, NY
Leadership
Issam Freiha
(Co-Founder & CEO)Issam co-founded Blank Street in 2020 alongside Vinay. Previously, he was a Partner at Reshape Ventures and Graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Economics & Statistics.
Vinay Menda
(Co-Founder & President)Vinay graduated from NYU Stern School of Business with a Bachelor's Degree in Finance in 2015. And he is currently a Managing Partner at Reshape Ventures.
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