Field Operations Area Manager: Lead Kitchens & Budgets

Upper Crust Food Service, LLC; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Upper Crust Food Service is seeking an Area Manager to lead field operations across your subregion, recruit and grow teams, ensure menu quality, budget adherence, and strong partner relationships.

This on-site role requires travel and a hands-on leader who upholds food safety and high standards. You’ll be in the field, building trust with partners and delivering memorable dining experiences.

Qualifications

• Real experience running food service operations and leading teams.
• Comfort with budgets, costs, and the discipline to hold the line.
• A track record of building partner relationships that result in trust and renewals.
• Sharp judgment when a shift falls apart at 6 AM.
• Willingness to be in the field, that’s where this work happens.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of chefs, frontline staff, and support roles across your subregion.
• Own menu quality, spec sheet adherence, and the creative bar every kitchen is held to.
• Manage budget and spend; food, labor, and the non-food items most people overlook.
• Build trust with on-site partners through consistent presence and proactive communication.
• Execute special events that partners remember; tailgates, parent weekends, holiday dinners.
• Uphold food safety, sanitation, and allergen standards without exception.
• Respond to staffing emergencies like the whole operation depends on it. Because it does.

Skills

Team leadership

Budget management

Food service ops

On-site presence

Partner relationships

Job description

Upper Crust Food Service is seeking an Area Manager to lead field operations across your subregion, recruit and grow teams, ensure menu quality, budget adherence, and strong partner relationships.

This on-site role requires travel and a hands-on leader who upholds food safety and high standards. You’ll be in the field, building trust with partners and delivering memorable dining experiences.