Department Manager

Department Manager – McDonald's Franchisee

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This job posting is for a position in a restaurant owned and operated by an independent franchisee and not McDonald’s USA. This franchisee owns a license to use McDonald’s logos and food products, for example, when running the restaurant. However, this franchisee is a separate company and a separate employer from McDonald’s USA. If you are hired for the job described in this posting, the franchisee will be your employer, not McDonald’s USA.

Only the franchisee is responsible for employment matters at the restaurant, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing, and scheduling employees. McDonald’s USA has no control over employment matters at the restaurant. McDonald’s USA will not receive a copy of your employment application and will have no involvement in any employment decisions, including whether you receive an interview for the job or whether you are hired.

The Team for Me – Our people want to say YES — to working with energy and purpose, finding new talent, providing coaching and direction, honing their leadership skills, and helping to run a business that serves up delicious food and feel-good moments. Does this sound like you? You’ll fit right in.

The Company for Me – From here, you can go further than you thought possible. Reach your goals and build your future with college tuition assistance, valuable job training, and retirement benefits.

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Managers lead shifts every week, ensuring a fast, accurate, friendly customer experience. Some managers also lead Departments. General duties include:

• Managing assigned Systems, such as Training, Food Safety, and Inventory Management; setting goals; delegating tasks; following up; and reporting results.
• Guest Service Department Manager: ensuring Crew and Managers deliver a great customer experience, executing sales promotions, training service staff, and maintaining organized Front Counter, McCafé, and Drive-Thru areas.
• Kitchen Department Manager: ensuring high-quality, safe, and timely food delivery, controlling food cost, and training kitchen staff on production procedures, including new menu items.
• People Department Manager: hiring qualified crew, training them, scheduling to meet sales and profit goals, and motivating crew throughout their tenure.

• Previous managerial experience preferred, ideally within a restaurant, retail, or hospitality environment.
• Positive team player, flexible schedule, enthusiastic, and able to thrive in a fast-paced McDonald’s environment.
• Must be 18 years or older to be a manager in our corporate-owned and operated restaurants.

• 5-10 days paid vacation.
• Education through Archways to Opportunity, including opportunities to earn a high school degree, college tuition assistance, and English classes.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Short- and long-term disability, life and accident insurance.
• Employee resource connection.
• Work more, earn more.
• 401k available after 1 year.
• Up to $4,800 in bonus per year.

This job posting contains some information about what it is like to work in a McDonald’s restaurant, but it is not a complete job description. People who work in a McDonald’s restaurant perform a number of different tasks every day, and this posting does not list all of the essential functions of this job.

By applying to this position, I understand that I am applying to work at a restaurant that is owned and operated by an independent franchisee, not McDonald’s USA. I understand that this franchisee is a separate company and a separate employer from McDonald’s USA. Any information I provide in this application will be submitted only to the independent franchisee, who is the only company responsible for employment matters at this restaurant.

I recognize that the independent franchisee alone will make all decisions concerning employment matters, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing and scheduling. By applying for a job at a franchisee-operated restaurant, I understand that the information I provide will be forwarded to the franchisee organization in order for that organization to reach out to me and process and evaluate my application.

I acknowledge that McDonald’s USA will not receive a copy of my employment application and will have no involvement in any employment decisions regarding me, including whether I receive an interview or whether I am hired. I understand that I need to contact the franchise organization for information about its privacy practices.