REGIONAL MANAGER – NORTH REGION
(Francistown)
Retail Group (Pty) Ltd, is a subsidiary of Famous Brands Limited, Africa’s largest branded food service franchisor. Our portfolio consists of 5 Quick Service and Casual Dining brands represented by a network of 37 company-owned restaurants across Botswana. Our brands include Debonairs Pizza, Steers, Milky Lane, Wimpy and Mugg & Bean.
If you are a self-driven and skilled individual looking to build a career with a reputable, established employer, consider applying for a Regional Manager – North Stores role at Retail Group.
This great strategic career opportunity awaits an energetic Leader who is looking for a new career move in 2023! Make a fresh start and join Africa’s largest branded food service franchisor to lead, run and manage all our North cluster of stores (Francistown, Palapye, Maun, Kazungula, Serowe, Letlhakane) as if they were your own.
What’s Your Purpose
Reporting into our Group General Manager, you will be accountable to lead our northern team as you inspire, motivate and train your team members to building the North store clusters as a successful business entity. Within an agreed budget, you will be required to execute on strategies and systems to deliver on our mission of providing exceptional world class operational standards, image control and team support structure which will deliver maximum returns through all your stores.
What’s our Deal to You?
- An opportunity to work for Africa’s largest, reputable branded food service franchisor within Botswana
- Exposure to a working environment which will equip you with first-hand strategic and operational experience to one day run your own franchise operations
- A strong, supportive and experienced leadership team to guide/coach you all the way
- A unique culture built on a strong set of values of teamwork, growth, trust, care, fun and customer-led
- Competitive salary and perks on par with the best in the market
- A robust balanced scorecard incentive program
- 100% employer contribution towards your medical aid
- An opportunity to grow into various roles within the business as the Company continues to grow
Your Roles and Responsibilities include:
As an all-round strategic and operations focused individual, we would require you to deliver on (but not limited to) the following:
- Oversee the operations of all company owned quick service restaurants (QSR) in the North region
- Serve as the conduit between the MSO, the local food services supply chain and the company QSR network
- Ensure full compliance with approved current operations standards, laws, health and safety and other statutory regulations across the network
- Provide a full franchise system service to QSR company owned sites inclusive of operations, stock, training, locality marketing and business consulting
- Ensure the Company QSR fleet is managed and running at full capacity at all times
- Ensure suitable staffing at all sites as per the company QSR head count report
- Effective management of all operational costs to within prescribed budgets
- Achievement of approved monthly and annual budgeted sales and profitability targets
- Achievement of scorecard KPI’s
- Be a role mode for leadership and mentorship of all Company QSR operations team
- Assist with ad-hoc IR and HR related issues
- Identify training needs and coordinate activities with the training department to achieve business targets
- Development and management of an annual business plan and budget for the company QSR network
Your Secret Recipe to Our Future Success?
- This roll calls for a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting with a minimum of seven years’ experience with a multinational food services franchisor in either a General Manager or Operations Manager position essential
- A masters degree and two years with a multiple restaurant brand operation , will be ideal and strengthen your application.
- Experience in strategic planning and execution, coupled with the skill to examine, re-engineer and implement new operational procedures.
- Through analyzing and interpreting financial data, you are able to develop financial plans and manage resources.
- Your professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills is essential to interact with all levels of our community as you motivate teams and simultaneously manage several products at one time.
- Computer literacy on MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint (to develop and deliver presentations), email and internet is essential
- Self-motivated, with the ability to work with minimal supervision as you willingly work flexible schedules and prepared to travel (valid drivers’ license and passport)
If you are hungry to commit to a new and challenging career in 2023, committed to working in our exciting and fast-paced environment then don’t miss out on this opportunity to apply by Friday, the 23rd of December 2022.
