Traveling Culinary Manager – District Dining Lead

Elior Group; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Elior Group's Corporate Chefs unit in Waltham, MA seeks a floating Food Service Manager to oversee multiple district dining operations. Travel across the Waltham area and surrounding accounts, ensuring service excellence and adherence to client contracts.

This coverage role supports the district with flexibility in daily stations and events, maintaining continuity for staff and clients. Responsibilities include daily unit operations, food safety, cost control, and staff communication, with a

Qualifications

• Demonstrated institutional, hotel, or restaurant culinary skills to include large quantity production.
• Must have 3-5 years of culinary management experience.
• Strong leadership, oral and written communication skills are required.
• A proven track record of successfully controlling costs and managing annual budgets.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the execution of service quality by maintaining highest level of delivery.
• Fulfills contractual obligations to the client.
• Maintains client relationships and client satisfaction for food services to ensure account retention.
• Ensures All corporate processes and rules are followed at all times
• Communicates with staff and management to maintain continuity and to help provide solutions.
• Directs/performs daily function of unit operations to ensure accounts are on point.
• Oversees/performs the preparation, portioning, garnishing, presentation and safe storage of food.
• Ensures that kitchen, equipment, storage facilities and dining room meet standards and cleaning lists are followed
• Establishes a safe work environment for employees. Manager provides safety-related training and equipment maintenance and by ensuring compliance with Elior safety and loss prevention programs and with standards when required.

Skills

Culinary management

Leadership

Budget management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in institutional management / hotel & restaurant management

Job description

Elior Group's Corporate Chefs unit in Waltham, MA seeks a floating Food Service Manager to oversee multiple district dining operations. Travel across the Waltham area and surrounding accounts, ensuring service excellence and adherence to client contracts.

This coverage role supports the district with flexibility in daily stations and events, maintaining continuity for staff and clients. Responsibilities include daily unit operations, food safety, cost control, and staff communication, with a