Site Lead - K12 (7854)

Genuine Foods; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 27,552 - 28,929; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Holiday pay

Medical, dental and vision benefits

Career Growth

Job summary

Genuine Foods is hiring a Site Lead in New Orleans to supervise and manage meal service in schools, ensuring quality and adherence to recipes. This full-time position involves preparing meals, leading a team, and maintaining food safety standards.

The ideal candidate has supervisory experience in food service, a passion for enhancing student well-being, and excellent customer service skills. The position offers benefits such as paid time off and medical coverage.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of food or customer service supervisor experience.
• Proven track record of being organized, dependable and self-motivated.
• Interest in and committed to Genuine Foods' mission.

Responsibilities

• Leads daily meal preparation and service.
• Manages food service associates and ensures adherence to procedures.
• Completes production records for meal compliance.

Skills

Team building

Customer service orientation

Organizational skills

Job description

Job Location: LA - Homer Plessy FQ-LRSH - New Orleans, LA 70116

Position Type: Full-Time Hourly

Salary Range: $20.00 - $21.00 Hourly

Job Category: Operations - Food Service

About Genuine Foods

At Genuine Foods we create nourishing food environments at schools and workplaces through great‑tasting and wholesome meals, made from genuine ingredients. We are a growing social enterprise that uses food to enhance health, productivity and happiness. We believe that fresh, scratch‑made food together with unparalleled service and meaningful enrichment programs can transform lives and build community. Food service management is what we do, but what we achieve together with our customers, our partners and our dedicated team goes beyond the plate.

About this Position

The Site Lead is a critical role in the company. As a fundamental member of our team, the Site Lead is in charge at an elementary, middle school, or high school site. This person will be responsible for executing the daily menu to company recipe specifications and the operations of a school site to company standards. Main responsibilities will be: preparing exciting and engaging meals, leading a team of cooks and preps, managing daily prep and administration of each meal. The ideal candidate enjoys working in a fast‑paced environment, has the desire to work with students and educators, and has a superior customer service orientation.

Essential Responsibilities

• Leads the daily preparation and service for breakfast, snack, and/or lunch.
• Executing meals in accordance with the daily menu and recipe standards.
• On‑time service in accordance with the minute‑by‑minute school schedule for the location.
• Manages food service associates as direct reports and ensures they are following procedures, clocking in on time and providing excellent customer service.
• Completes accurate National School Lunch‑compliant production records that track what was served for each meal and documents daily meal components, presentation, etc.
• Accountable for their school’s financial performance e.g., effective inventory management, food waste management etc.
• Receives deliveries and diligently checks all deliveries of products for quality and accuracy before signing to accept, alerts appropriate parties of any discrepancies.
• Ensures all food safety practices are being followed including proper rotation, food waste, and inventory management protocols.
• Takes daily physical inventory & place orders accordingly.
• Maintains standards as outlined by the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene for a food safe environment and reports immediately any issues such as equipment or facilities related.
• Serves as the face of Genuine Foods. Warmly and respectfully greets and interacts with students, teachers and parents. Encourages students to try new foods.
• Reports to the field manager and culinary and operations directors and performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of food or customer service supervisor experience/training in a mid‑high volume food service facility or restaurant.
• Creative problem‑solver who brings passion, enthusiasm and fresh ideas.
• Proven track record of being organized, dependable and self‑motivated.
• Team builder and ability to successfully manage and develop a team.
• Able to work independently and have the capacity to manage up and down.
• Able to climb stairs and lift up 50 lbs.
• Interest in and committed to Genuine Foods’ mission to use food to help students enhance their minds, bodies and happiness.
• Must be able to work in a school environment amongst kids grades K‑12.

Benefits and Perks

• Paid Time Off
• Holiday pay
• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• Career Growth