Floating Chef Manager

Elior Group; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Elior Group's Corporate Chefs unit in Waltham, MA seeks a floating Food Service Manager to oversee multiple district dining operations. Travel across the Waltham area and surrounding accounts, ensuring service excellence and adherence to client contracts.

This coverage role supports the district with flexibility in daily stations and events, maintaining continuity for staff and clients. Responsibilities include daily unit operations, food safety, cost control, and staff communication, with a

Qualifications

• Demonstrated institutional, hotel, or restaurant culinary skills to include large quantity production.
• Must have 3-5 years of culinary management experience.
• Strong leadership, oral and written communication skills are required.
• A proven track record of successfully controlling costs and managing annual budgets.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the execution of service quality by maintaining highest level of delivery.
• Fulfills contractual obligations to the client.
• Maintains client relationships and client satisfaction for food services to ensure account retention.
• Ensures All corporate processes and rules are followed at all times
• Communicates with staff and management to maintain continuity and to help provide solutions.
• Directs/performs daily function of unit operations to ensure accounts are on point.
• Oversees/performs the preparation, portioning, garnishing, presentation and safe storage of food.
• Ensures that kitchen, equipment, storage facilities and dining room meet standards and cleaning lists are followed
• Establishes a safe work environment for employees. Manager provides safety-related training and equipment maintenance and by ensuring compliance with Elior safety and loss prevention programs and with standards when required.

Skills

Culinary management

Leadership

Budget management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in institutional management / hotel & restaurant management

Job description

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Job Reference Number: 40105
Employment Type:Full-Time,Onsite
Segment: Dining & Events
Brand: Corporate-Chefs
Location: Waltham, Massachusetts (US-MA)

The Role at a glance:

This is a floating Food Service Manager opening for District food service units to ensure client satisfaction and retention for the Company. This is a traveling position as there is a large geography to cover in the Waltham area. Implements business practices, upholds Company Policies, and works within the scope of each unit’s contract. Contributes to account revenue and operating profit contribution through the implementation of services and creation of opportunities for growth.

Provides daily supervision and operation for multi-functional food service areas including (but not limited to): Catering, Deli, Salad bar, Grill, Entrée/hot foods, FOH & Cashier.

This is a coverage position requiring persons to help support the entire district. The task of the day could be anything from covering a station to special events to running a one-person unit. Unit hours of operations vary, so there is some slight differential in starting times between units. The expectation is you will support business without interruption to staff and clients. We always stay until the whole of the job is complete.

This role is typically Monday-Friday, covering corporate dining accounts.

What you'll be doing:

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the execution of service quality by maintaining highest level of delivery.
• Fulfills contractual obligations to the client.
• Maintains client relationships and client satisfaction for food services to ensure account retention.
• Ensures All corporate processes and rules are followed at all times
• Communicates with staff and management to maintain continuity and to help provide solutions

Duties:

• Directs/performs daily function of unit operations to ensure accounts are on point.
• Oversees/performs the preparation, portioning, garnishing, presentation and safe storage of food.
• Ensures that kitchen, equipment, storage facilities and dining room meet standards and cleaning lists are followed
• Establishes a safe work environment for employees. Manager provides safety-related training and equipment maintenance and by ensuring compliance with Elior safety and loss prevention programs and with standards when required.

What we're looking for:

Must-haves:

• Demonstrated institutional, hotel, or restaurant culinary skills to include large quantity production.
• Must have 3- 5 years of culinary management experience.
• Strong leadership, oral and written communication skills are required.
• A proven track record of successfully controlling costs and managing annual budgets.

Nice-to-haves:

• Bachelor's degree in institutional management, nutrition, dietetics, or hotel and restaurant management, certification by a recognized culinary institution or an equivalent combination of education and experience is necessary.

Compensation Data

• Medical (FT Employees)
• Vision
• Voluntary UNUM offering for Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity
• Discount Program
• Commuter Benefits (Parking and Transit)
• EAP
• 401k
• Sick Time
• Holiday Pay (9 paid holidays)
• Tuition Reimbursement (FT Employees)
• Paid Time Off

About Corporate Chefs:

Offering foodservice management services to businesses across 17 states and the District of Columbia, Corporate Chefs is an on-site restaurant company that works to provide excellent dining solutions to our clients. With over 30 years of industry experience, we pride ourselves on cooking every meal from scratch, sourcing our ingredients locally, and focusing on the health and wellbeing of our clients.

About Elior North America:

Elior North America is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.We are committed to diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. We take pride in supporting the development of our employees and their skills at all levels and in fostering an environment of growth.

At Elior North America, we are committed to offering growth and advancement opportunities for all of our employees. The valuable skills and experience you’ve gained with Elior will propel you further in your career, whether with our corporate office or one of our brand segments.

Disclaimer: This job description can be revised by management as needed.

Nearest Major Market: Waltham
Nearest Secondary Market: Boston