***To Apply EMAIL us at [email protected] with your resume and details about your café/coffee experience.***
Operations Manager — Sunset Roasters
Part-Time | San Francisco, CA | 20–25 hrs/week | $26–30/hr DOE
To Apply
Email us at [email protected] with your resume and details about your café/coffee experience.
About Sunset Roasters
Sunset Roasters is a small, family-owned coffee roastery and mobile coffee truck/tent based in San Francisco's Sunset District. We roast our own beans and serve the neighborhood at 2 farmers markets a week, bringing fresh, high-quality coffee straight to our community. As we grow, we're looking for the right person to help us run day-to-day operations with the same care and craft we put into every cup.
About the Role
We're a hands-on, family-run business, and we need a hands-on partner to help us manage it. This role is for someone who can step in and run operations at our daily coffee truck, our Sunday farmers market service, catering events and manage our small team, and help us build the systems and standards that let us grow without losing what makes Sunset Roasters special.
What You'll Own
- Staffing & Scheduling: Build and manage the weekly schedule for our 2 Sunday farmers market days plus the normal Tuesday-Saturday operations.
- Hiring & Firing: Source, interview, and recommend candidates, and manage day-to-day staff performance; final hiring and termination decisions are made together with the owners
- Standards & SOPs: Help create and document standard operating procedures — drink recipes, van/tent setup and breakdown, cleanliness and food safety standards, cash handling — and train the team to follow them consistently
- Quality Control: Be the person on the ground who upholds our standards and coaches the team when things slip
- Market Day Operations: Be present and hands-on at our farmers markets, running service and handling issues as they come up
- Inventory & Ordering: Track supply levels (beans, milk, cups, etc.) and help coordinate ordering so we're never short or over-stocked
What You Bring
- 2+ years of café or coffee shop management experience — you've run a shift, a location, or a team, not just worked one
- Real experience hiring, training, and managing staff performance (final hiring/firing decisions here are made jointly with the owners)
- Strong organizational skills — you can build a system from scratch and make it stick
- Comfort writing clear, usable SOPs and training materials
- Reliable availability for our 2 weekly farmers market days, plus flexible hours for admin and prep work during Tuesday-Saturday Operations.
- Food handler's certification (or willingness to get one before starting)
- Solid barista skills — you should be comfortable behind the espresso machine, not just managing from the sidelines
- Ongoing Physical Mobility, able to lift stock and rearrange storage.
- Must be able to life 25lbs with ease.
- Positive attitude is a must, desire to provide excellent service and uplift a team
Nice to Have
- Experience in mobile food/beverage operations (truck, van, cart, pop-up)
- Familiarity with POS and basic inventory tools
- Existing ties to the Sunset District or SF farmers market community
Why Sunset Roasters
We're a small, family-run operation — you'll work directly with the owners, have real input into how we operate, and see the direct impact of the systems you build. This isn't a corporate management role; it's a chance to help shape a growing local business from the inside.
Compensation & Structure
- $26–30/hour, based on experience (may start at $24–26/hr for an initial 60–90 day trial period)
- 20–25 hours/week, centered around our 2 weekly farmers market days plus scheduled admin/prep time
- Room to grow in hours and responsibility as the role proves out
***To Apply EMAIL us at [email protected] with your resume and details about your café/coffee experience.***
Pay: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Paid time off
- Paid training
Location:
- San Francisco, CA 94122 (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
