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Wingstop Restaurants

Runs quick-service chicken wing restaurants

General Manager - Palmetto

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Palmetto, FL, USA
In Person
Food Service & HospitalityFood & Beverage Operations Management

About the job

Requirements
  • A minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required.
  • Must be at least 18 years of age.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook, and the ability to adapt quickly to new systems.
  • At least five years of previous food service, retail, or restaurant supervisory experience.
  • Proficiency in analyzing restaurant profit and loss statements and overall financial performance.
  • Demonstrated ability to recruit and select team members.
  • Knowledge of labor laws.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Initiative and assertiveness.
  • Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
  • Strong leadership skills and the ability to manage, train, develop, and motivate a diverse, highly engaged crew.
  • Passion for hospitality and serving guests.
  • Ability and flexibility to work 50–60 hours per week, including mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
  • Ability to solve problems.
  • Ability to accept feedback and willingness to improve.
  • Ability to set goals, create action plans, and implement those plans.
  • Ability to measure performance subjectively and objectively.
  • Ability to cultivate an attractive culture within the restaurant.
  • Ability to represent the brand culture and mission to serve the World Flavor.
Responsibilities
  • Provide strategic and tactical leadership for the restaurant.
  • Maintain restaurant operations and drive results through people development, sales, and profit growth.
  • Hire, train, and develop team members.
  • Convey the company culture to the restaurant crew.
  • Staff the restaurant in a timely and efficient manner with a carefully selected team.
  • Ensure the restaurant environment is safe for team members and guests.
  • Oversee and ensure proper execution of orientation and onboarding.
  • Write, implement, or monitor shift leader development and performance plans.
  • Ensure performance plans are written and executed as needed.
  • Make final hiring and separation decisions for the restaurant and ensure proper procedures are followed for hiring, promotions, and separations.
  • Create team member schedules based on expected sales volumes, availability, payroll, and overtime costs.
  • Own the performance of the entire team.
  • Create the restaurant culture through respect, recognition, and reward.
  • Audit operations, provide feedback, and develop solutions for improvement.
  • Understand budget and cost trends affecting operations.
  • Create a business plan and perform financial analysis.
  • Control cash, property, products, and equipment.
  • Build sales and control labor and food costs.
  • Meet targets set by Operations Leadership and set goals to drive business metrics.
  • Maintain restaurant operational standards and requirements.
  • Identify and communicate maintenance problems to the Facilities Department.
  • Maintain facilities to company standards.
  • Ensure communication is passed from the District Manager to every restaurant team member.
  • Use company-provided tools to coach, mentor, and develop team members.
  • Leverage support from the Restaurant Support Center.
  • Ensure risk management issues follow company standards.
Desired Qualifications
  • Some college education is preferred.

About the company

Wingstop operates and franchises quick-service restaurants for guests seeking cooked-to-order chicken meals. Its menu includes classic and boneless wings, tenders and chicken sandwiches, with signature sauces, fries, sides, ranch and bleu cheese dips. Guests order in person, for carryout or delivery; Wingstop provides franchise partners with restaurant technology and brand support. Most locations are franchisee-operated; Wingstop Inc. also runs a smaller group and earns revenue from royalties, franchise and development fees, advertising contributions and company-owned restaurant sales. Wingstop began with its first restaurant in Garland, Texas, in 1994 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Dallas, TX

Founded

1994

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What believers are saying

  • Expansion adds operating scale: Wingstop's February 2026 results reported 493 net restaurant openings worldwide during 2025.
  • Employees have targeted support: Wingstop's Morrison Family Scholarship funds education, and its Team Member Foundation addresses unexpected hardship.
  • System sales grew quickly: Wingstop reported 25% compound annual growth over three years through December 2025.

What critics are saying

  • Existing restaurants lost sales: Wingstop's domestic same-store sales fell 7.5% in the July 2026 results, pressuring royalties.
  • Wing prices remain exposed: Wingstop's bone-in wings lack fixed-price markets and represented 19.7% of March 2026 company-restaurant sales costs.
  • Corporate teams face reorganization: Wingstop's April 2026 filing recorded charges for a realignment announced in January 2026.

What makes Wingstop Restaurants unique

  • Menu choice centers on flavor: Wingstop gives its chicken meals 12 signature flavors.
  • Kitchen operations share common technology: Wingstop completed Smart Kitchen installation in all 2,586 domestic restaurants by December 2025.
  • Sports marketing has a league-wide platform: Wingstop is the NBA's Official Chicken Partner.

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