Senior Director, Dining Services (Multi-Hospital)

Compass Group USA; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Life Insurance/ AD

Retirement Plan

Flexible Time Off

Holiday Time Off

Personal Leave

Employee Assistance Program

FSAs

Job summary

Morrison Healthcare, a Compass Healthcare company, seeks a System Director of Dining Services to lead multiple Food & Nutrition Services across acute care hospitals. This senior role ensures patient dining quality, retail operations, and contract management within a defined geography.

The position requires strategic leadership, financial acumen, and the ability to align service delivery with client expectations while maintaining clinical and food safety standards across sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Services Technology/Management or related field; or AA degree plus seven years of directly related experience.
• Minimum of seven plus years of hospital or adult home/care experience preferred
• Nine plus years of direct foodservice operational management experience with inventory and purchasing knowledge and control
• Strong knowledge of food and catering trends with a focus on quality, production, sanitation, food cost controls, and presentation
• Previous P&L accountability or contract-managed service experience is desirable
• Strong supervisory, leadership, management and coaching skills
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to communicate on various levels to include management, client, customer and associate levels
• Excellent financial, budgetary, accounting and computational skills
• Proficient computer skills to include; various computer programs, Microsoft Office programs, e-mail and the Internet
• Certified Dietary Manager certificate or Registered Dietitian preferred

Responsibilities

• Ensures client, customer service/satisfaction with efficient cost effective management meeting and exceeding stated expectations at all sites
• Manages all foodservice-related activities, including patient care, non-patient care (retail, cafeteria, catering etc), quality improvement, sanitation, infection control, and all hospital-related activities at all sites
• Oversees systems and processes to ensure the strategic and operational objectives of the client for the system are met.
• Visits patients on an assigned nursing unit or area and helps ensure that every patient is visited by a member of the management or professional team at least once during their hospital stay.
• Leads team of Directors within the system
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

P&L accountability

Communication

Supervisory skills

Team building

Strategic leadership

Foodservice knowledge

Contract management

Education

B.S. in Food Services Technology/Management or related field

A.A. degree + 7 years related experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Hospital information systems

Job description

Morrison Healthcare, a Compass Healthcare company, seeks a System Director of Dining Services to lead multiple Food & Nutrition Services across acute care hospitals. This senior role ensures patient dining quality, retail operations, and contract management within a defined geography.

The position requires strategic leadership, financial acumen, and the ability to align service delivery with client expectations while maintaining clinical and food safety standards across sites.