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Area Coach in Joliet, IL | Taco Bell Careers
Area Coach Summary: As an Area Coach at Team Lyders, youll oversee the operations of 6-9 Taco Bell locations with total sales averaging 10-12M+. You will lead by driving operational excellence, managing and developing managers, improving processes, setting goals, and ensuring safety and compliance. This role will help you develop into a key leader at Team Lyders, empowering your career growth while making a significant impact on our restaurant operations.
What is Team Lyders?
Team Lyders operates over 200 Taco Bell locations across the Mid-West, committed to exceptional customer experiences and empowering team members to grow. We foster a positive work culture, value leadership, and strive for operational excellence. Join us to advance your career, make an impact, and grow with a team dedicated to success in the communities we serve!
Job Description:
- Drive Operational Excellence: Lead 6-9 Taco Bell locations, driving operational success across each unit.
- Work alongside managers to meet and exceed profit and flow-thru objectives.
- Utilize reports to identify opportunities for growth and process improvements.
- Ensure the highest standards of health, safety, security, and OSHA compliance.
- Provide direction for operational procedures, driving consistency and operational focus across all units.
- Develop and Support Managers: Train, coach, and mentor managers at various levels, fostering their development and operational excellence.
- Lead the hiring process, ensuring the right talent is selected for each location.
- Monitor staffing levels to ensure all locations are fully staffed, anticipating seasonal sales fluctuations.
- Address employee relations issues proactively, providing needed assistance for resolution.
- Recognize and Motivate Teams: Lead recognition and motivation efforts to ensure a positive and engaging workplace culture.
- Drive efforts to maintain a safe working environment for all employees and customers.
- Financial and Performance Oversight: Partner with managers to drive sales, ensuring year-over-year improvements.
- Monitor and manage P&L statements, budget control, and optimize labor and inventory costs.
- Ensure proper repairs and maintenance are executed and tracked across the district.
Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience.
- 1-2 years of high-volume, multi-unit operational management experience, preferably in a Fortune 500 or similar environment.
- Proven ability to develop and mentor managerial employees, driving customer satisfaction, financial performance, and employee satisfaction.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills.
- Solid understanding of business math, accounting, and decision-making processes.
- Experience driving team engagement, operational excellence, and process improvement.
- Required drivers license and willingness to travel within your market.
- Physical Demands:
- Regularly required to: Remain standing for long periods of time, talk and hear, verbally expressing ideas and important instructions, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, perceive attributes of objects and materials, frequently required to: Walk about, maintain balance while walking, standing, crouching, or running, occasionally required to: Climb stairs or ladders, twist the upper torso, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
Work Environment:
- The employee is regularly exposed to both indoor and outdoor conditions with a moderate noise level.
- Indoor conditions may also include exposure to heat, cold, water, cleaning chemicals, grease, and oil.
Salary and Benefits:
- Salary: $70,000 - $90,000 per year
- Date Posted: 02/26/2026
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Location:
- 125 S. Larkin Ave., Joliet, IL, United States
Career Area:
- Restaurant Management
- Job ID: #P1-1902117-1
- Company: Taco Bell
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