Senior Campus Catering Manager - Events & Menus

Compass Group USA; Windham (CT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

PTO

Job summary

Chartwells Higher Education in partnership with Eastern Connecticut State University in Windham, CT, seeks a Senior Catering Manager to lead university events, from coffee services to Presidential lunches, coordinating with the Executive Chef on menus and service excellence.

You will supervise all catering events, manage labor and food costs, maintain client relationships, and guide catering associates to deliver high-quality experiences on campus and off-campus.

Qualifications

• 4 years of food service experience including 2 years at the management level.
• Experience in restaurants, hotels, corporate dining, education, military, health care, and/or related food service operations.
• Catering experience is required.
• Some knowledge of food and catering trends with a focus on quality, production, sanitation, food cost controls, and presentation.
• Financial, budgetary, accounting, and computational skills.
• Proficient computer skills and knowledge of MS Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and the internet.

Responsibilities

• Supervises all catering events.
• Involved in catering events operations, including logistics, quality improvement, sanitation, and all facility-related activities.
• Works with the Chef in creating menus.
• Trains catering associates on service techniques, menu presentation, and customer service.
• Tracks and monitors the labor and food cost for each event.
• Communicates on various levels to include management, client, customer and associate levels; maintains excellent client relationships.
• Assists in the responsibility for all foodservice-related activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Food service experience

Management experience

Catering experience

Food cost controls

Sanitation knowledge

Menu development collaboration

Customer relations

Financial budgeting

MS Office

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Internet

Tools

MS Office

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Internet

Job description

Chartwells Higher Education in partnership with Eastern Connecticut State University in Windham, CT, seeks a Senior Catering Manager to lead university events, from coffee services to Presidential lunches, coordinating with the Executive Chef on menus and service excellence.

You will supervise all catering events, manage labor and food costs, maintain client relationships, and guide catering associates to deliver high-quality experiences on campus and off-campus.