Foodservice Operations & Development Manager

Job Location
:
Greater Bay Area, CA | 75% Travel 25% in Office
FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act): Exempt
Reporting Structure: Director of Fresh Food
Salary Range
: $110,000-$140,000 Annual

Vintners Distributors is the corporate arm that oversees West Coast Convenience, Eaton Foods, Eatswell, and Prohas Enterprises. Its portfolio includes Loop Neighborhood Market, Poppy Market, select Chevron locations, Krispy Krunchy Chicken, and other quick-service restaurant brands.

Vintners Distributors continues to expand and seek customer-focused individuals who want to make an impact. We are committed to delivering high-quality, better-for-you products and an exceptional store experience, guided by our core values:
People, Teamwork, Communication, Training, Results Matter, Fun, Customer-Centered, and Safety.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are driven by service, innovation, and teamwork, we invite you to join us in redefining convenience for our customers every day.

The Food service Operations & Development Manager will play a key role in shaping and growing our food service business, helping develop our own branded restaurant concepts and bringing new ideas to life—from concept planning and pilot testing to opening day and ongoing operations. Working directly with the Director of Fresh Food, this hands-on leader will help design, launch, and expand distinctive food service experiences across our growing network.

This position is responsible for leading operations across multiple food service and restaurant locations, developing strong teams, and delivering results in sales, profitability, food quality, food safety, and guest experience. The manager will also help build the operating foundation for continued growth, translating new concepts into practical workflows, effective training, clear SOPs, and consistent execution.

This is an opportunity for an experienced multi-unit food service leader who enjoys building something new, developing people, and taking ownership of both successful launches and day-to-day performance.

Experience opening new restaurant locations, launching food service concepts or programs, and translating ideas into successful daily operations strongly preferred.

• Lead and oversee daily operations for multiple food service and restaurant locations across greater California.
• Drive consistent execution of the company's Fast, Friendly, and clean service standards at every location.
• Recruit, hire, onboard, train, coach, and develop restaurant managers and team members.
• Conduct regular location visits, operational audits, and performance reviews to ensure compliance with company standards.
• Develop, document, implement, and continuously improve practical restaurant SOPs, training materials, checklists, operating routines, and accountability tools.
• Establish clear procedures for opening and closing, shift management, food preparation, production planning, food safety, sanitation, inventory, ordering, waste control, equipment care, and guest service.
• Apply proven QSR practices to build scalable systems that are easy to teach, measure, and execute across multiple restaurant concepts and locations.
• Test procedures in the field, gather team feedback, and revise standards to improve consistency, efficiency, food quality, and profitability.
• Ensure consistent execution of food quality, food safety, sanitation, merchandising, speed of service, hospitality, and customer service expectations.
• Monitor sales, labor, food cost, inventory, waste, and profitability metrics and implement action plans to improve performance.
• Support new restaurant openings, remodels, menu and program rollouts, equipment installations, and operational…