Restaurant Strategy and Operations Manager

What are we looking for in our Restaurant Strategy and Operations Manager?

Pride Global/Russell Tobin is currently seeking a Restaurant Strategy and Operations Manager to support one of our global delivery platform clients in the San Francisco, CA area. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a dynamic team and gain valuable experience with the potential to convert for the right candidate. Apply today for consideration!

Job Title: Restaurant Strategy and Operations Manager

Pay Rate: $55.00-58.00/hour (based on experience)

Duration: 12-month contract

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 40 hours/week,

Location: Remote | Candidates Must Be Willing to Travel

As a Restaurant Strategy and Operations Manager, you will drive the strategy and development of our supply chain function. You'll help define distributor partners, identify manufacturers, and enable processes needed to scale brands nationally. This includes building and executing playbooks to scale multiple licenses and working with cross-functional teams on go-to-market strategies.

Why You're Excited About This Opportunity:

• Strategize: Build strategies for enabling food distribution nationally through partnerships with distributors and manufacturers.
• Implement: Drive go-to-market planning and execution for new licenses to bring concepts to market.
• Analyze: Build models to define supply chain success, monitor product KPIs, and support cross-functional teams.
• Influence: Work cross-functionally with Culinary Development & Sales teams to land key initiatives.

Why We're Excited About You:

• Self-starter: You have a bias towards action and thrive in a fast-paced, changing work environment.
• Naturally curious: You seek ways to innovate and improve.
• Gritty: You roll up your sleeves to make things successful.
• Relationship-builder: You can influence and motivate people across various job functions.
• Problem solver: You translate high-level goals into actionable plans.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in strategy/business development/operations/technology/consulting or related fields.
• Experience within the restaurant/food and beverage manufacturing industry a PLUS!
• Supply Chain experience is helpful
• SQL experience and modeling within MS Excel required.
• Proven track record of leading highly cross-functional initiatives and hitting goals in a complex, fast-moving environment.
• Expert interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent analytical thinker who can deliver actionable recommendations from complex datasets.

ABOUT US:

Russell Tobin is a leading minority-owned professional and technical recruitment and staffing advisory organization.

We are comprised of specialized practices focusing on a variety of skill sets and industries. Having a depth and breadth of industry expertise, our subject matter experts are able to provide tailored and swift sourcing solutions to fulfill client hiring needs. In other words, we connect top talent with companies.

As a certified minority-owned business, Pride Global and its affiliates - including Russell Tobin, Pride Health, and Pride Now - are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.

Russell Tobin offers eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.

Rate/Salary: $55-$58/hr