District Manager; Colorado

LaMar’s Donuts & Coffee

Multi Unit Operations Leadership | Fast Luxe Café Concept

LaMar’s Donuts & Coffee

Multi Unit Operations Leadership | Fast Luxe Café Concept

Location:

Colorado (Travel Required)

Employment Type:

Full Time | Exempt

Reports To:

Area Manager / President of Operations

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LaMar’s Donuts & Coffee is a nationally recognized premium donut and espresso brand redefining the category through products made fresh daily and handcrafted. With upcoming café remodels featuring elevated design and exceptional hospitality, LaMar’s continues to accelerate both corporate and franchise growth. We are seeking experienced District Managers to lead multiple locations with a strong balance of operational discipline, people development, and brand excellence.

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The District Manager (DM) is responsible for the overall performance of multiple LaMar’s Donuts & Coffee locations within an assigned territory. This role ensures consistent execution of product quality and brand standards, financial performance, team development, guest experience, and cleanliness standards across all locations.

The ideal candidate is a hands on, field based leader who works side by side with assigned locations and has a proven track record managing three or more units, driving key performance indicators (KPIs), coaching General Managers, developing management teams, and scaling systems in a fast growth restaurant or café environment.

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• Oversee three locations (corporate and/or franchise) within an assigned district
• Ensure consistent execution of LaMar’s Core Values, Brand Standards, product quality, cleanliness and service standards, recipes, service model, and café presentation
• Conduct regular store visits, audits, and performance reviews
• Serve as the primary operational liaison between store leadership and corporate headquarters

• Recruit, train, coach, and mentor General Managers, Assistant Managers, and Shift Managers
• Build strong leadership benches and succession plans for management teams across all locations
• Drive accountability through performance scorecards and structured coaching
• Foster a culture of hospitality, craftsmanship, and ownership

• Own district level profit and loss (P&L) performance and results
• Drive sales growth, labor optimization, cost of goods sold (COGS) control, and EBITDA targets
• Monitor and improve KPIs, including:
• Sales and traffic growth
• Labor percentage
• Food and paper costs
• Guest satisfaction scores
• Health and safety compliance
• Partner with Finance and Operations teams to execute corrective action plans

• Ensure compliance with:
• Food safety and sanitation standards
• Local, state, and federal labor laws
• Franchise system requirements, where applicable
• Support new store openings, remodels, and market launches
• Implement corporate initiatives, systems, and technology upgrades

• Serve as an operational advisor to franchisees within the assigned district
• Support and enforce franchise compliance, performance improvement, and growth readiness
• Uphold LaMar’s premium, gourmet, artisan brand positioning and guest promise

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• Five or more years of multi unit restaurant or café leadership experience
• Proven success managing three to fifteen or more locations
• Strong P&L ownership and financial acumen
• Experience in fast paced fast casual, QSR, coffee, bakery, or fast luxe concepts
• Ability to travel extensively within the assigned district, area, region, and multi state locations
• Strong leadership, communication, and coaching skills

• Experience working within a franchise environment
• Background in coffee, bakery, or scratch made food concepts
• Experience supporting new store openings and rapid growth
• Data driven mindset with comfort using dashboards, KPIs, and POS systems
• Open availability for 24 hour, seven day operations, including the…