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If you are looking to make a positive impact in the Horn Lake, MS community through hospitality and inspire our team to deliver excellent service, then our restaurant is a perfect opportunity for you! We are seeking a high-level leader who can take ownership of an area of the restaurant (front counter, kitchen, or drive-thru). This role involves modeling in restaurant operations alongside team members, overseeing systems, and maintaining a team roster through hiring, scheduling, and training. Performance expectations are high, and this role is challenging. It is also a great opportunity to develop your leadership capacity and advance your career while also receiving an industry-leading wage and excellent benefits.

Our Core Values are: Grit, Humility, Ownership, Stewardship, and Tenacity. Which of these core values do you connect most with? We are seeking a passionate individual to join us in helping lead, shape, and grow from within.

Previous experience at a Chick-fil-A restaurant is a plus but not required.

Applicants must have previous experience leading others in a professional manner and environment.

During this training process, you can land between a Team Member Trainer, Team Lead, or Higher.

Looking for leaders who can work in one of the following shifts:

Kitchen Leadership Trainee Day shift are responsible for Breakfast and Lunch

 Shift: 5:30 am to 4 pm

Kitchen Leadership Trainee Night shift are responsible for the Afternoon and Evening shift

Shift: 2:00 pm to close

• Achieving the desired results with food production and safety
• Coaching the behaviors and results of all Team Members

Those behaviors include:

• Sense of Urgency that creates surprisingly fast Speed of Service
• Attention to detail ensures that preparation and production procedures are followed
• Execution of systems that ensure a refreshingly clean environment
• Maintaining a work environment that ensures and promotes food safety
• Vigilant attention to the organization and appearance of your assigned area 

Benefits:

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

1 Employee Meal per shift

Behavior Characteristics:

• Average 45 hours per week in the restaurant
• Focus on systematically and effectively communicating all related goals and success factors to Team Members
• Combine critical thinking and practical leadership to create a culture of innovation
• Effectively coach and give direction
• Intentionally and methodically grow and nurture relationships with the staff
• Be able to connect with a multicultural team
• Align hiring, training, daily practices, and evaluation practices with the Vision of the organization and the Thematic Goal for the year
• Enthusiastically and passionately lead your team

As a Restaurant Leader, you will:

• Demonstrate a passion for the business and for managing the overall operations
• Find, train, develop, and recognize the best people
• Manage daily activities to ensure guests receive excellent customer service
• Demonstrate a strong awareness and concern for food quality and safety
• Adjust to multiple demands and shifting priorities
• Manage guest experience during your shift.
• Manage the costs of what's used during the production of your shift

Our Expectations of You

Character

• Take ownership of assigned shifts and complete all required tasks
• Be on time and offer your best at every shift
• Work with a sense of urgency
• Prioritize the needs of guests and the team before your own
• Read and abide by everything outlined in the team member handbook

Competency

• Set the example and uphold our standards of service among the team
• Arrange a team according to strengths, delegate tasks, and hold team members accountable
• Ensure team members complete daily food quality checks and cleaning tasks
• Coordinate kitchen operations to prepare catering orders alongside daily operations
• Possesses excellent verbal, written, and electronic communication skills
• Stand for periods up to 5 hours and lift objects as heavy as 50 lbs
• Be attentive to details and “the little things” 

Chemistry

• Motivate and inspire others to do their best work
• Lead the team in carrying out our mission: Be Better, Be Second!
• Embody and help team members embody our values: Positivity, Growth, Ownership, Ambition, and Leadership.
• Resolve conflicts quickly and professionally.

Looking for leaders who can work in one of the following shifts:

FOH Leadership Development In-Training Day Shift are responsible for Breakfast and Lunch

 Shift: 5:45 am to 4 pm

FOH Leadership Development In-Training Night Shift are responsible for the Afternoon and Evening shift

Shift: 2:00 pm to close

Applicants must have previous experience leading others in a professional manner and environment.

• Achieving the desired results with food production and safety
• Coaching the behaviors and results of all Team Members

Those behaviors include:

• Sense of Urgency that creates surprisingly fast Speed of Service
• Attention to detail ensures that preparation and production procedures are followed
• Execution of systems that ensure a refreshingly clean environment
• Maintaining a work environment that ensures and promotes food safety
• Vigilant attention to the organization and appearance of your assigned area 

Benefits:

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Employee Meals

Behavior Characteristics:

• Average 45 hours per week in the restaurant
• Focus on systematically and effectively communicating all related goals and success factors to Team Members
• Combine critical thinking and practical leadership to create a culture of innovation
• Effectively coach and give direction
• Intentionally and methodically grow and nurture relationships with the staff
• Be able to connect with a multicultural team
• Align hiring, training, daily practices, and evaluation practices with the Vision of the organization and the Thematic Goal for the year
• Enthusiastically and passionately lead your team

As a Restaurant Leader, you will:

• Demonstrate a passion for the business and for managing the overall operations
• Find, train, develop, and recognize the best people
• Manage daily activities to ensure guests receive excellent customer service
• Demonstrate a strong awareness and concern for food quality and safety
• Adjust to multiple demands and shifting priorities

Our Expectations of You

Character

• Take ownership of assigned shifts and complete all required tasks
• Be on time and offer your best at every shift
• Work with a sense of urgency
• Prioritize the needs of guests and the team before your own
• Read and abide by everything outlined in the team member handbook

Competency

• Set the example and uphold our standards of service among the team
• Arrange a team according to strengths, delegate tasks, and hold team members accountable
• Ensure team members complete daily food quality checks and cleaning tasks
• Coordinate kitchen operations to prepare catering orders alongside daily operations
• Possesses excellent verbal, written, and electronic communication skills
• Stand for periods up to 5 hours and lift objects as heavy as 50 lbs
• Be attentive to details and “the little things” 

Chemistry

• Motivate and inspire others to do their best work
• Lead the team in carrying out our mission: Be Better, Be Second!
• Embody and help team members embody our values: Positivity, Growth, Ownership, Ambition, and Leadership.
• Resolve conflicts quickly and professionally.

*Conditional based on restaurant and team member performance

Contingent on tenure and role in the restaurant

If you schedule an interview and fail to appear, it will be reported to unemployment as a no-show, and you may lose your benefits. Please do not apply if you do not plan to attend an interview.

Working at a Chick-fil-A® restaurant is more than a job – it’s an opportunity for teamwork and leadership development in a positive, people-focused environment. Most Chick-fil-A restaurants are locally owned and operated by independent, franchised Operators who invest in the future of their Team Members and give back to their communities.

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