Restaurant Regional Manager

You oversee 5-15 restaurant locations, which means you spend your life in a car driving between stores, reading P&L statements, and having the same conversation about food costs with every general manager. When a location is thriving, you take credit. When it's failing, you're the one corporate calls at 6 AM. The salary is real, but so is the ulcer.

What you'll actually do

• 01Visit 2-3 locations per day and pretend you didn't notice the walk-in is a mess
• 02Review P&L statements for each location and ask uncomfortable questions about food costs
• 03Coach general managers who are either burned out, new, or both
• 04Handle escalated customer complaints that made it past the store level
• 05Lead quarterly business reviews with senior leadership and present your numbers
• 06Recruit and develop general managers — the hardest hire in the restaurant industry
• 07Drive 300 miles a week and expense gas station coffee as a 'business meal'

Career Path

Where this role sits in the bigger picture — and where it can take you.