General Manager

The Nothing Bundt Cakes (NbC) Bakery Manager creates the highest-quality cakes, a warm, welcoming environment, and a superior guest experience. The Bakery Manager shares in team leadership and collaborates with the Asst. Bakery Manager in driving sales and profitability, executing day-to-day responsibilities, and ensuring that all aspects of the bakery operation comply with NbC standards. This role serves as an important carrier of the NbC culture to reinforce core values and bring our brand to life for our team members and guests.

We bake and sell cakes - our job every day is to "Bring the Joy" to our guests.

Accountabilities/Duties:

• Prioritizes the guest experience, models superior guest engagement and fosters a positive work environment.

• Leads all aspects of the guest experience, cake production, brand and merchandise presentation, work environment, P&L management, and inventory control.

• Leads in recruiting, selecting and training team members, directing daily work responsibilities, and providing performance feedback and coaching.

• Ensures NbC product, service, bakery environment, and visual merchandising standards are consistently upheld and that all bakery operations adhere to food and health safety standards and NbC policies and procedures.

• Executes operational and administrative responsibilities, which may include cake production plans, productivity goal setting, team scheduling, supply ordering, sales and labor reporting, basic accounting and expense control procedures, and payroll processing.

• Manages special-order fulfillment via web and email for individual guests and corporate accounts as well as large, complex orders and deliveries.

• Facilitates the opening and closing of the bakery, including cash-drawer balancing and bank deposits.

• Contributes to marketing strategy execution in the local community by helping to coordinate and participating in special, brand-building events.

• Maintains hands-on knowledge of all bakery roles and steps in regularly to perform various responsibilities as business needs dictate.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrates an unwavering guest focus and strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, empower and motivate a team and communicate effectively in both oral and written form.

• Has the ability to delegate tasks, communicate clear expectations, direct others' work and manage performance.

• Is highly organized and resourceful, can balance multiple priorities and demonstrates strong follow-up skills.

• Possesses strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to accurately assess situations and identify issues, develop possible solutions and take the appropriate courses of action.

• Demonstrates strong learning agility, with a passion to grow and excel.

Job Location is primarily at our Mission Viejo bakery but the position also involves shifts and oversight at our Costa Mesa location and ongoing occasional shifts are our Manhattan Beach and Torrance locations. We believe in investing in our leadership team and working with the other leaders in the business is a great way to do that.

Work Availability:

Must have the flexibility to work various shifts, including early mornings, evenings, weekends and holidays, based on changing business demands.

Experience at McDonald's, Starbucks, Trader Joe's, Chic-Fil-A, and other fast food concepts is helpful.