Food Service Manager - Aramark Student Nutrition

Aramark Student Nutrition provides food and nutrition services to over 350 school districts in the U.S. It offers public and private education institutions a variety of dining options including breakfast and lunch programs, after-school snacks, catering, nutrition education and retail operations. We partner with schools to create culinary experiences that propel students to success. Our goal is to provide healthy, nutritional meals with a stellar dining experience for our communities. For more information on Aramark's Student Nutrition food service programs, please visit Aramark Student Nutrition .

As a Food Service Site Manager you will plan, guide and execute contracted services for a single client and/or a client outlet normally generating up to a $1M in revenue to meet operating and financial goals, client objectives, and customer needs.

Depending on the client, services are primarily food service but can occasionally include facility support, custodial services, and more. The Food Service Site Manager is a key operations leader responsible for developing and executing service solutions to meet customer needs and tastes.

Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

• Use Aramark's coaching model to engage and develop team members to their fullest potential.

• Reward and recognize employees

• Ensure individual and team performance meets objectives and client expectations

• Plan and lead daily team briefings

• Identify client needs and communicate operational progress

• Ensure the completion and maintenance of P&L statements

• Deliver client and company financial targets

• Adopt all Aramark processes and systems, understand performance metrics, data, order and inventory trends; educate teams on key levers to improve margins

• Bring value through efficient operations, appropriate cost controls, and profit management

• Follow the Operational Excellence fundamentals by meeting and maintaining food and labor initiatives

• Maintain a safe and healthy environment for clients, customers and employees

• Follow all applicable policies, rules and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to safety, health, wage and hour

Qualifications

In order to be prepared for this role, qualified candidates will possess:

• Bachelor's degree level education highly preferred in an area of Food Service, Hospitality, Facilities, or Business Management.

• Prior experience in the service industry, contract services, or hospitality environment, including managing teams is required.

• Strong interpersonal, analysis, and decision-making skills.

This role may have physical demands including, but not limited to, lifting, bending, pushing, pulling and/or extended walking and standing. This role may also require uniforms and/or usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). 

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