Dining Services Manager

NEXDINE Hospitality; Hutchinson (KS); On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

NEXDINE Hospitality in Hutchinson, KS seeks a Food Services Supervisor to help manage the café operations, ensure timely service and high standards. You will oversee budgeting, vendor relations, and staff development to deliver a consistently exceptional dining experience.

The role emphasizes food quality, presentation, client relations, and compliance with safety standards, with weekly direct deposit pay and full-time scheduling.

Qualifications

• 2 years of food service experience.
• Strong background in culinary arts.
• Experience in restaurants, hotels, corporate dining, education, military, health care, and/or related food service operations.
• Knowledge of food and catering trends with focus on quality, production, sanitation, food cost controls, and presentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to interact with management, clients, customers and staff.
• Financial, budgetary, accounting and computational skills.
• MS Office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Internet.
• ServSafe Certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain vendor relationships and ensure quality standards.
• Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas for conformance to standards.
• Arrange equipment purchases or repairs.
• Purchase food and supplies to ensure efficient operation and quality control.
• Determine production schedules and staffing to meet service delivery and payroll needs.
• Uphold safety, sanitation, and uniform guidelines; monitor productivity.
• Record production or operational data as required.
• Manage client relationships to sustain satisfaction and retention.
• Oversee culinary operations and ensure high quality of all food products.

Skills

Food service experience

Culinary arts

Restaurant/hospitality operations

Food trends & costs

Communication skills

Budgeting & accounting

MS Office proficiency

ServSafe certification

Job description

Who We Are:

NEXDINE Hospitality’s family of brands provides dining, hospitality, fitness center and facility management services to businesses, independent schools, higher education, senior living, and hospitals nationwide. We put our people first to deliver finely tailored, expertly managed programs. The NEXDINE Experience is responsive, transparent, and authentic. Learn more at www.NEXDINE.com.

Job Details

Position: Food Services Supervisor

Location: Hutchinson, KS

Schedule: Full time

Pay Rate: $18-20/hr

Pay Frequency: Weekly - Direct Deposit

What We Offer You:

• Generous Compensation & Benefits Package

• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Company-Paid Life Insurance

• 401(k) Savings Plan

• Paid Time Off: Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Career Growth Opportunities

• Various Employee Perks and Rewards

Job Summary:

The Food Services Supervisor reports to the General Manager and is responsible for assisting with the management of the café to meet customer needs. Assist with oversight of financial operations to meet product delivery standards, service, and presentation standards. Assist with maintaining excellent client relationships. May apply culinary techniques to food preparation and oversee the final presentation and service of food.

Essential Functions

Operations

• Responsible for maintaining vendor relationships.

• Inspect supplies, equipment, or work areas to ensure conformance to established standards.

• Arrange for equipment purchases or repairs.

• Purchasing of all food or other supplies needed to ensure efficient operation ensuring quality control practices are in place for receiving all products.

• May determine production schedules and staff requirements necessary to ensure timely delivery of services, including all essential functions of payroll processing.

• Ensure company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation, uniform guidelines, and productivity are maintained.

• Compile and record production or operational data on specified forms.

• Manage client relationships to maintain client satisfaction and account retention.

Financial

• Assist with management of department controllable expenses (P&L) including food costs, labor, supplies, uniforms and equipment, specific to budgetary guidelines.

• May assist in budgetary process.

• May assign prices to menu items, based on food, labor, and overhead costs.

• Responsible for inventory management.

• May assist with submission of financial reporting to the corporate office per NexDine guidelines.

• May assist operations in financial recordkeeping.

People

• Responsible for people management to include, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, termination, review process, and management of unit staff.

• May instruct, train and supervise employees on essential job functions.

• Provide excellent customer service to include being attentive, approachable, greeting and thanking customers.

Culinary

• May assist with the oversight of culinary operations. Responsible for the quality of all food products and ensure that standards are met.

• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications:

• 2 years of food service experience.

• Strong background in culinary arts

• Experience in restaurants, hotels, corporate dining, education, military, health care, and/or related food service operations.

• Some knowledge of food and catering trends with a focus on quality, production, sanitation, food cost controls, and presentation.

• Communication skills both written and verbal and ability to communicate with management, client, customer and associate levels.

• Financial, budgetary, accounting and computational skills.

• Computer skills and knowledge of MS Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and internet.

• ServSafe Certification is preferred.