# Operations Manager

**Company:** [About Thyme](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/rHiNQ1CCQpThfKzp1TM55f.md)
**Location:** Cambridge, United States
**Workplace:** on site

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## Description

**Operations Manager, About Thyme** _Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA | Full-Time_

**About About Thyme**

About Thyme is a Lebanese street bakery opening in Harvard Square this summer. Saj sandwiches, labneh, matcha. Built around electric sajs, a 3 to 4 person team, and an anti-chain ethos. We're not trying to be the next fast casual chain. We're trying to build something people actually care about.

**The Role**

You'll be the operational core of the restaurant, reporting directly to the founder. That means owning day-to-day execution across front-of-house, back-of-house, inventory, scheduling, and vendor relationships. This is a hands-on role. You'll be on the floor as much as you'll be behind a laptop.

**What You'll Own**

-   Daily operations from open to close, keeping service fast, consistent, and to standard
-   Staff scheduling via 7shifts and frontline team management, hiring, onboarding, and accountability
-   Inventory management.
-   Vendor coordination with Sysco, Pro Dough, Arax, and others, placing orders and resolving issues
-   Toast POS oversight, daily reconciliation, reporting, and troubleshooting
-   Food cost and labor cost monitoring, with weekly reporting to the founder
-   Health, safety, and sanitation compliance with Cambridge Board of Health standards
-   Supporting a clean pre-opening sprint toward our July soft launch

**What We're Looking For**

-   3+ years of restaurant or food service operations experience in a QSR, fast-casual, or high-volume cafe environment
-   Experience managing a small team in a fast-paced setting
-   Comfort with restaurant tech, POS systems, scheduling tools, and inventory platforms
-   A problem-solver who notices what's broken and fixes it without being asked
-   Early-stage energy. You want to build, not just maintain.
-   Happy to get your hands dirty, literally and figuratively
-   Greater Boston based, or willing to relocate

**Nice to Have**

-   Experience opening a restaurant or concept from scratch
-   Familiarity with Middle Eastern or Mediterranean cuisine
-   ServSafe certification

**Compensation**

Competitive, commensurate with experience. Details discussed during the interview process.

_Full-Time · 1 Brattle Square, Harvard Square, Cambridge MA · Starting Summer 2026_