Franchise Operations Manager

Hours: Full-time

Contract Type: Permanent

Reports to: Operations Director

Salary: Up to £45,000 per year

Black Sheep Coffee are looking for a Franchise Operations Manager to join the Operations team in London to support our ambitious growth plans. As a Franchise Operations Manager, you will be joining a fast-growing business with a rewarding and dynamic culture and get to be a part of an inspired and expanding team. The right candidate will have plenty of opportunity to progress within the company.

We don’t complicate things here at Black Sheep Coffee… We’re offering the chance to work with some of the best people and our teams simply love what they do.

The Role…

Reporting directly into the Operations Director you will be accountable for all franchised shops acting as a business development manager supporting their sales growth, operational performance, marketing, people development and succession planning, health and safety and customer experience.

• Act as the main point of contact for all franchisees and conduct quarterly business review meetings
• Understand each sites individual sales patterns and have a plan in place to achieve growth for each
• Keep informed of local competitors, new openings, their opening hours and trading patterns to develop plans to counter any impact
• Take ownership of the P&L and make time to understand reports, the impact on profitability
• Own and drive the communications cascade to all franchise partners
• Ensure that you have a strategy for continuous improvement across all stores
• Act as a Mystery shopper with surprise visits across all trading periods (Morning, Afternoon, Evenings & Weekends
• Foster a strong sense of teamwork across the team & wider support office ‘one team one dream’ values across Black Sheep Coffee
• Encourage franchisee partners to build engagement between their teams and customers through the Black Sheep app and loyalty schemes

About you…

• An innovative and conceptual thinker, passionate in all that you do
• An exceptional communicator and team player
• Experience of working across and motivating multiple stakeholders, and managing multiple stores
• Project management skills
• Strong commercial understanding
• Must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience within the specialty coffee or hospitality sector

The Perks

We are a relatively young company with a very ambitious future. You will be paid competitively and of course, can have as much free coffee and tea as you can drink as well as a great discount on our coffee beans, merch, booze & food items in store.

We work hard and we play hard too. Our summer and Christmas parties are not to be missed!

About Black Sheep Coffee…

Founded by Eirik & Gabriel, university flat mates, who quit their jobs to #LEAVETHEHERD and embark on exciting coffee journey. Their mission is to challenge the establishment, take down the big corporate brands, and rid the world of boring, average tasting coffee.

Black Sheep Coffee is the only retail coffee company in the world to serve 100% specialty grade Robusta Coffee in a market dominated by Arabica. We buy coffee directly at the plantations ensuring the picking, drying and washing process adheres to the strictest of guidelines for a sustainable model that protects the environment, and everyone involved.

All our venues boast an immersive urban experience combined with music and arts and an after-work scene where coffee inspired cocktails and local spirits come together.

Join us in leaving the herd behind and apply today!

#IND7