Café District Manager – Corner Market Café
Potential Bonus Opportunities based on store volume, location, and experience
In compliance with state law.
You must be 18 years or older to apply.
Lead People. Build Teams. Create Great Café Experiences.
At Corner Market Café, we believe great cafés start with great people.
We are looking for an energetic, people-focused Café District Manager who enjoys developing leaders, building strong teams, and creating cafés that guests want to come back to.
As a District Manager, you will lead multiple café locations and work closely with Café Managers and their teams to create an environment where people feel supported, guests feel welcomed, and the business performs at its best.
This is a hands-on, field-based leadership role. You will spend your time in the cafés, getting to know your teams, coaching leaders, recognizing great work, solving problems, and helping each location continuously improve.
If you enjoy leading people, building relationships, creating energy, developing managers, and delivering great guest experiences, this could be the opportunity for you.
Position Summary
The Café District Manager is responsible for the overall performance of multiple Corner Market Café locations.
This role leads through people by developing strong Café Managers and leadership teams while ensuring each café delivers an exceptional guest experience and consistently meets company standards.
The District Manager is responsible for sales, profitability, staffing, labor, training, food safety, compliance, operational execution, and team development across the district.
The ideal candidate is visible, approachable, energetic, accountable, and comfortable working alongside their teams in a fast-paced café environment.
What You'll Do
Build Great Teams
- Recruit, develop, coach, and retain strong Café Managers and leadership teams.
- Build relationships with managers and team members and understand what helps them succeed.
- Provide regular coaching, feedback, and recognition.
- Set clear expectations while giving managers the tools and support needed to meet them.
- Develop leaders who can build strong, engaged café teams.
- Recognize great performance and celebrate team accomplishments.
- Address performance concerns quickly, fairly, and professionally.
Create Great Guest Experiences
- Ensure every café delivers friendly, welcoming, and consistent service.
- Spend time in cafés interacting with guests and team members.
- Coach managers on hospitality, speed of service, product quality, and guest recovery.
- Identify opportunities to improve the guest experience.
- Help create an energetic, welcoming environment that reflects the Corner Market Café brand.
Drive Café Performance
- Oversee the day-to-day performance of multiple café locations.
- Drive sales, profitability, productivity, and operational performance.
- Review P&L and key performance metrics and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Develop action plans and follow through on results.
- Manage labor, staffing, scheduling, waste, inventory, and other controllable expenses.
- Ensure cafés are properly staffed to meet customer demand.
- Monitor recruiting, retention, and staffing needs throughout the district.
Be Present in the Field
- Conduct regular visits to assigned cafés.
- Observe operations and provide real-time coaching.
- Work alongside café teams when needed.
- Conduct store visits, audits, and performance reviews.
- Follow up on opportunities identified during visits.
- Maintain strong communication with Café Managers and senior leadership.
Maintain Operational Excellence
- Ensure company standards and procedures are consistently followed.
- Maintain food safety, sanitation, cleanliness, and quality standards.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and applicable regulations.
- Monitor cash handling, inventory, ordering, and loss-prevention practices.
- Identify operational challenges and implement solutions.
- Partner with Recruiting, Training, HR, Marketing, and Operations to support café performance.
- Implement process improvements that improve efficiency, team performance, and guest experience.
What We're Looking For
- Previous multi-unit restaurant, café, convenience retail, hospitality, or similar management experience preferred.
- Strong leadership and people-development skills.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to coach managers while holding leaders accountable.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to understand business metrics and take appropriate action.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong customer-service mindset.
- Comfortable spending significant time working in the field.
- Ability to travel frequently between assigned café locations.
- Flexible availability, including weekends and holidays as business needs require.
- ServSafe certification or ability to obtain certification preferred/required based on company requirements.
Position Contingencies
Candidates must consent to a criminal background check and be willing to submit to a drug test.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to lift 50+ pounds regularly.
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
- Ability to bend, lift, reach, and perform repetitive motions.
- Ability to safely operate kitchen and café equipment.
- Ability to safely work with cleaning chemicals and equipment.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced café environment.
- Ability to travel frequently between café locations.
Behavior Expectations
Maintain a positive and professional work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner that promotes strong working relationships with guests, coworkers, management, vendors, and business partners.
All employees must work successfully with and for others without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
This job description reflects the general duties and responsibilities of the position but is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job tasks. Duties and responsibilities may be modified or assigned based on business needs.