About this role
About the Role Market Manager for Corgi Cafe owns the day-to-day operations across multiple locations, preventing small issues from becoming leadership problems. You’ll coordinate repairs, maintenance, cleaning, pest control, signage, trash, and supply issues; escalate when needed, and roll up your sleeves to keep cafes safe, clean, and presentable. What You'll Do
- Own day-to-day operational problems across multiple cafe locations to maintain consistent performance.
- Coordinate repairs, maintenance, equipment issues, cleaning, pest control, signage, trash, and supply issues.
- Escalate serious issues quickly and clearly; be willing to do hands-on work when needed.
- Keep cafes operational, safe, and presentable; support Store Managers and multi-location teams in labor, inventory, waste, scheduling, training, and profitability.
- Read numbers and translate into action; communicate clearly with directness and low drama.
- Thrive in a startup environment with incomplete systems; be willing to work nights, weekends, early mornings, and emergencies. What We're Looking For
- 3 to 8+ years of multi-unit cafe, restaurant, retail, hospitality, or fast-casual operations experience.
- Experience managing Store Managers, Shift Leads, or multi-location teams.
- Strong understanding of labor, inventory, waste, scheduling, training, and store-level profitability.
- Hands-on leadership style; high standards for cleanliness, speed, product quality, and hospitality.
- Ability to read numbers and turn them into action.
- Strong communicator who can be direct without drama.
- Comfortable operating in a startup environment with incomplete systems.
- Willing to work nights, weekends, early mornings, and emergencies when needed.
- No ego.
- Must be willing to jump behind the bar, clean, move furniture, stock shelves, handle vendors, or solve whatever problem is in front of them.
- Ideal background: Market Manager, District Manager, Regional Manager, Area Manager, or Multi-Unit Manager at a fast-casual, cafe, juice, coffee, or hospitality brand.
- Experience at companies like Joe & The Juice, Blank Street, Starbucks, Blue Bottle, Sweetgreen, Cava, Chipotle, Pret, Philz, Equator, or a strong independent cafe group.
- Experience opening new locations is a major plus.
- Experience in high-volume urban stores is a major plus.
- Military, hospitality, or intense field-operations background is a plus.
- Traits that matter: High integrity, High urgency, Calm under pressure, Strong work ethic, Low drama, Direct communicator, Detail obsessed, Comfortable with chaos, Strong with people and numbers, Leads from the front, Takes ownership without waiting to be asked. Nice to Have
- Experience opening new locations is a major plus.
- Experience in high-volume urban stores is a major plus.
- Military, hospitality, or intense field-operations background is a plus. Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: $130,000 - $150,000 per year.
- Competitive base salary plus performance-based upside. Final compensation depends on experience, market, and scope of responsibility.