Catering Supervisor

Quest Food Management Services; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Food Management Services in Indianapolis is seeking a Catering Operations Leader to oversee catering, safety, and sanitation for Quest accounts and support the Food Service Director in staff development and event execution.

You will lead a catering team, manage back office tasks, ensure policy compliance, and strive to exceed client expectations while introducing fresh concepts for events.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and client management skills.
• Solid knowledge of financials.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Responsible for meeting and maintaining state and local certification requirements.
• High attention to detail assuring all events are executed exceeding client expectations.
• Organizational skills, menu costing, financial knowledge and team leadership are imperative.

Responsibilities

• Cascades the vision of Quest Food Management Services ensuring the Quest vision, values and founding principles are effectively communicated, understood and practiced.
• Demonstrates commitment to Quest vision, values and missions through actions on a daily basis.
• Responsible for booking, planning, execution and billing of all Catered events for unit.
• Assists the Food Service Director in training and development of the staff by indentifying and grooming next level leaders.
• Will lead a catering staff and oversee all safety and sanitation as it pertains to the account.
• Maintains the back office including mealtime entry, menu costing, client invoicing and ADP payroll.
• Adheres to all Corporate deadlines in regards to Mealtime, invoices, payroll, and EOM
• Continuously measures customer satisfaction levels through feedback, and resolve any issues immediately.
• Consistently maintains professional communication with the client through emails, phone calls, and personal interaction.
• Maintains Quest high standards with customer service and exceeding our client’s expectations.
• Consistently thrives to introduce new and exciting concepts to keep the catering fresh and exciting.
• Maintains all SOP standards
• Maintains all HACCP standards
• Performs other duties as required.

Skills

Communication

Client management

Leadership

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Team leadership

MS Office

Financial knowledge

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Position Summary

Responsible for overseeing catering, safety, and sanitation for Quest accounts, assisting the Food Service Director in training and development of the staff, and helping generate, schedule and execute all catering events. As a leader on the Quest team, you will lead by example and maintain a professional and reputable work environment by enforcing policy and best practices that brings out a positive employment brand.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Cascades the vision of Quest Food Management Services ensuring the Quest vision, values and founding principles are effectively communicated, understood and practiced.
• Demonstrates commitment to Quest vision, values and missions through actions on a daily basis.
• Responsible for booking, planning, execution and billing of all Catered events for unit.
• Assists the Food Service Director in training and development of the staff by indentifying and grooming next level leaders. As Quest continues to grow this will be achieved by team leadership, skill development, 30/60/90 reviews and career paths with timelines.
• Will lead a catering staff and oversee all safety and sanitation as it pertains to the account.
• Maintains the back office including mealtime entry, menu costing, client invoicing and ADP payroll.
• Adheres to all Corporate deadlines in regards to Mealtime, invoices, payroll, and EOM
• Continuously measures customer satisfaction levels through feedback, and resolve any issues immediately.
• Consistently maintains professional communication with the client through emails, phone calls, and personal interaction.
• Maintains Quest high standards with customer service and exceeding our client’s expectations.
• Consistently thrives to introduce new and exciting concepts to keep the catering fresh and exciting.
• Maintains all SOP standards
• Maintains all HACCP standards
• Performs other duties as required.

Job Requirements and Qualifications

• Education and Experience
  • Minimum of three years of food service or catering experience and prior experience in a lead role
  • Strong communication and client management skills
  • Solid knowledge of financials
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • Responsible for meeting and maintaining state and local certification requirements
  • High attention to detail assuring all events are executed exceeding client expectations
  • Organizational skills, menu costing, financial knowledge and team leadership are imperative
• Essential Qualifications
  • Demonstrated ability to consistently communicate a clear understanding of internal and external customer expectations and adapt as appropriate to exceed their needs
  • Proven ability to focus attention on determining what can be done to make progress
  • Proven skill to anticipate the needs of coworkers and proactively assist them to meet a common goal
  • Demonstrated ability to understand and determine priorities, effectively manage time and develop work plans in order to accomplish tasks and/or projects