On-Site Operations Leader — Commercial Food Production

SkyChefs; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SkyChefs in San Jose is seeking an Operations Manager for the Cold Food Department to lead frontline leadership and production teams, ensuring safe, high-quality meals for customers.

You will collaborate across departments, drive continuous improvement, and foster accountability, safety, and exceptional service while meeting daily production goals. Strong leadership and GMP knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.
• 3-5 years of food production experience in a supervisory or management role required.
• 1-3+ years of experience working in a food production or manufacturing environment.
• Experience in using and managing Variable Production Systems and schedules
• Strong presentation, communication, training and interpersonal skills
• Proven success in improving work processes and leading change in a complex, fast environment
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills
• Demonstrable record of understanding and meeting customer expectations
• Proven track record of understanding the drivers of product and labor cost variances
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Windows-based computer application

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize and manage a department with daily hours, schedules, productivity, quality and safety.
• Control department costs to budget through manpower planning and overtime usage.
• Ensure compliance with customer specs, FDA, HACCP, safety and environmental rules.
• Ensure on-time, accurate production in food/equipment preparation and catering.
• Investigate customer quality issues and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain positive relationships with internal and external customers.
• Attend daily operations briefing and support KPI reporting.
• Provide data for annual business planning and budgeting.

Skills

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Training skills

Interpersonal skills

Process improvement

Change management

Analytical thinking

Cost variance analysis

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent experience

Tools

Variable Production Systems

Production scheduling

Windows-based applications

Job description

SkyChefs in San Jose is seeking an Operations Manager for the Cold Food Department to lead frontline leadership and production teams, ensuring safe, high-quality meals for customers.

You will collaborate across departments, drive continuous improvement, and foster accountability, safety, and exceptional service while meeting daily production goals. Strong leadership and GMP knowledge are essential.