Retail Food Service Location Manager

ARAMARK; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

ARAMARK is seeking a dining operations leader to develop and execute on-site dining solutions that meet client needs and tastes. The role manages multiple venues, oversees food service, and drives performance against client expectations and financial targets.

The ideal candidate has extensive management experience in retail or food service, strong communication and leadership skills, and a commitment to safety and sanitation standards. Relocation not required.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 4 years of experience.
• Requires 1-3 years of experience in a management role.
• Previous experience in retail required.
• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• Requires occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lb.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service using Aramark's standard service model.

Responsibilities

• Leverages Aramark's coaching model to engage and develop team members to their fullest potential.
• Ensures individual and team performance meets objectives and client expectations.
• Ensures safety and sanitation standards in all operations.
• Maintains effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships.
• Identifies client needs and communicates operational progress.
• Ensures the completion and maintenance of profit and loss statements.
• Deliver client and company financial targets.
• Adopts all Aramark processes and systems, understand performance metrics, data, order and inventory trends; educate teams on key levers to improve margins.
• Creates value through efficient operations, appropriate cost controls, and profit management.
• Complies with the Operational Excellence fundamentals by meeting and maintaining food and labor initiatives.
• Ensures entire team is trained and able to execute.
• Supervises team regarding production, quality and control.
• Maintains a safe and healthy environment for clients, customers and employees.
• Primarily responsible for food service at an assigned retail food location.
• Assists manager in establishing and maintaining systems and procedures for the ordering, receiving, storing, preparing and serving of food & related products, as well as menu planning & development.
• Ensures that requirements for appropriate sanitation and safety levels in respective areas are met.
• Directly supervises two or more employees with responsibility for hiring, discipline, performance reviews and initiating pay increases.
• Assists in location forecast and accounting.
• Conducts period inventory; performs other functions such as maintaining records to comply with ARAMARK, government and accrediting agency standards.
• Coordinates activities with other internal departments.
• Interfaces with vendors and key service users within client organization.
• Manages Front of House (Cafeteria, Food Court, Quick Service) dining operations.
• Develops and implements retail services plans to improve service, quality and profitability of service areas-
• Maintain effective working relationships with other departments to provide a unified retail experience for customers -

Skills

Management experience

Team leadership

Customer service

Communication skills

Food safety

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

ARAMARK is seeking a dining operations leader to develop and execute on-site dining solutions that meet client needs and tastes. The role manages multiple venues, oversees food service, and drives performance against client expectations and financial targets.

The ideal candidate has extensive management experience in retail or food service, strong communication and leadership skills, and a commitment to safety and sanitation standards. Relocation not required.