Catering Director for Campus Events – Growth & Benefits

Careers Opportunities at AVI Foodsystems; Merrimack (NH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, and life insur

401(k) with generous company match

Paid vacations and holidays

Immense training and growth机会

Job summary

AVI Foodsystems is seeking an energetic Director of Catering for Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. This full-time leadership role focuses on coordinating catering activities, scheduling staff, and ensuring top-quality service for campus events.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years of catering management experience, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to manage budgets and equipment. Competitive compensation and opportunities for growth are offered.

Qualifications

• One to three years of management experience in the catering field.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and decision-making ability.
• Ability to lead, supervise, train and coordinate the catering team.
• Willingness and availability to work a flexible schedule.
• Multitask including an extensive understanding of customer service principles and service recovery.
• Operational knowledge of commercial kitchen equipment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications and catering billing systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates catering activities with client representative.
• Schedule catering associates and distribute workloads.
• Prepare pre-event and clean-up checklists.
• Ordering, receiving and inventory of supplies.
• Communicates with General Manager, Chef and other team members to ensure high quality products and service.
• Monitors care and operation of delivery vehicles.
• Drives Van and/or Box truck to or from Events as needed if Driver is unavailable.
• Follow-up on catered events.
• Monitors team member job performance.
• Financial management of catering activities through effective food, labor and supply controls.
• Works with Director of Special Events, Resident Director, General Manager, Client, and others as necessary regarding menu concepts and special events.
• Maintain accurate records of events to assist other team members and plan for future business.
• Any position or other duties as required and assigned

Skills

Management experience

Interpersonal skills

Decision-making

Multitasking

Service recovery

Tools

Microsoft Office

Catering billing systems

Job description

AVI Foodsystems is seeking an energetic Director of Catering for Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. This full-time leadership role focuses on coordinating catering activities, scheduling staff, and ensuring top-quality service for campus events.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years of catering management experience, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to manage budgets and equipment. Competitive compensation and opportunities for growth are offered.