Field Ops Lead: Kitchen Teams & Budgets

Upper Crust Food Service; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Upper Crust Food Service is seeking an Area Manager to lead kitchen teams across a subregion, ensuring menu quality, budget discipline, and strong on-site presence. This role demands field leadership, relationship building with partners, and rapid decision-making under pressure.

You will travel and manage food safety, labor costs, and event catering while maintaining high standards across multiple sites. If you thrive in the field and enjoy accountability, we want to talk.

Qualifications

• Real experience running food service operations and leading teams.
• Comfort with budgets, costs, and the discipline it takes 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.

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 safety

Field presence

Job description

Upper Crust Food Service is seeking an Area Manager to lead kitchen teams across a subregion, ensuring menu quality, budget discipline, and strong on-site presence. This role demands field leadership, relationship building with partners, and rapid decision-making under pressure.

You will travel and manage food safety, labor costs, and event catering while maintaining high standards across multiple sites. If you thrive in the field and enjoy accountability, we want to talk.