General Manager - Food Service

Job Description

Aramark Healthcare+ is searching for a General Manager of Food Service to oversee the Food Department and all Food Related Operations for a large, acute care facility in Fort Lauderdale, FL. As a General Manager you will plan, manage, and guide multiple contracted services for a client normally generating $2-15M+ in revenue to meet operating and financial goals, client objectives, and customer needs.

Our General Managers are capable operations managers who lead a team to provide excellent service to our clients. With knowledge of the client?s business, positive relationship building skills, financial savvy, and a focus on safety, our team makes a difference every day.

Job Responsibilities

• Delivers strong operational performance by executing against Aramark Healthcare and regulatory agency standards and programs, continually monitoring operations, and completing assessments and necessary action plans to provide optimal food quality and meal service, and drive patient and customer satisfaction.

• Ensures compliance to food safety, sanitation, and overall workplace safety standards.

• Interacts with Client Management and maintains effective client and customer relations at all levels of client organization, including conducting rounding. Identifies Aramark service expansion opportunities.

• Provides overall direction and manages performance for all Food Service Managers, Supervisors and front line employees, ensuring employee development, engagement and compliance with human resource related policies and standards, including conducting applicable rounding.

• Directs, staffs, and trains food service department regarding food presentation, quality, cost control, and cash handling.

• Develops operational component forecasts and is able to explain variances. Responsible for component's accounting functions.

• Ensures compliance with all contract obligations.

At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.

Qualifications

In order to be prepared for this leadership role, qualified candidates will possess:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• The ability to focus on client and customer services, entrepreneurship and building and growing a strong business is essential to success in this role.

• Savvy interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with clients, senior management, and Aramark support staff.

• Comfortable reading, understanding, and implementing contractual requirements, including identifying opportunities within contract terms and conditions to address operational issues.

• Requiring experience as a General Manager of Food Service or Food Service Director experience in a high-volume site.

• Proven ability leading through other managers.

• Experience in creating and managing a department budget, financial controls and analysis.

• Experience crafting product sales strategies and implementing operational programs and initiatives.

• Strong computer skills with Microsoft Office to include conducting Power Point Presentations.

• Note: This client location requires working on site to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before start date.

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About Aramark

Our Mission

Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.

At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

About Aramark

The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at ~~~ or connect with us on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter .