FLSA Classification: Exempt

Reports To: CEO

General Purpose: The Food Services Director is responsible for all culinary activities within the kitchens at each store location. Responsibilities include training, planning, costing, overseeing and managing all aspects of the department and the staff.

Work Schedule: 50 hours per week, weekend work required.

Why Work for Us: Langenstein’s has recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. We know that to achieve this, we have had an amazing team of people working for us. We offer competitive wages, 401(k), and medical insurance. We are closed for 5 major holidays and our stores are not open late because we understand the importance of family time.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Excellent customer service
• Team Leadership, accountability, coaching, mentoring
• Represent the company on social and live media
• Coordinate items for ad placement
• Oversee & help develop the Commissary Kitchen
• Ensure that food quality, freshness, and presentation meet Corporate & food safety standards.
• Ensure recipes are followed and utilized at each location without deviations.
• Develop and test new recipes and dishes
• Determine product selection
• Maximize profitability
• Marketing, visual displays in stores and at events
• Develop and implement an order guide
• Monitor return logs at each location and investigate the reason for the return
• Collaborate with the Kitchen Managers and Store Managers to ensure sell-through and product mix is appropriate for each location
• Control shrink and repurpose items in recipes for sell-through
• Communicate any departmental concerns to the CEO
• Maintain consistency in food quality standards
• Ensure all equipment is functioning properly
• Analyze and control product transfers
• Know product availability, preparation, storage and nutritional aspects.
• Ensure the quality, palatability and presentation
• Perform Team Member duties as required to run the department
• Follow and comply with established procedures, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and adhere to safe work practices.
• Understanding and practicing company safety rules and notifying the CEO of any potential hazard immediately.
• Evaluate product quality and move damaged/unsalable and returnable products from case to the preparation area, reprocessing the merchandise into a salable form or marking the product down in price.
• Use the proper case opening and product stacking techniques to prevent damage to product.
• Remove trash from the aisle or product preparation area and operate the baler.
• Maintain Gold Star health certification
• Communicate with the CEO on problems and recommendations for change.
• Perform miscellaneous tasks assigned by the CEO, substituting for absent workers and performing any additional tasks necessary to provide products and services to customers during peak periods of business.

Required Education / Experience:

• Work and education history demonstrating stability
• 5 years of kitchen leadership experience
• Ability to effectively communicate and establish working relationships with other departments and personnel.
• Basic mathematical skills required
• Experience, understanding, and knowledge of operations in a food service business/industry
• Merchandising Experience
• Basic reading and writing ability; able to read instructions, merchandising labels, order codes, numbers, reports, printed paper invoices and order forms.
• Must be a self-starter who can demonstrate initiative in planning, work ethic, and make independent decisions based on sound judgment.

Physical Demands

• Work on tile or concrete standing for extended periods of time
• Lift a maximum of 50 lbs. from 6 inches to 84 inches, overhead
• Move a maximum of 50 lbs. up to 15 yards
• Use maintenance and product transportation equipment
• Reach forward and/or down with both hands up to 36 inches
• Handle labels, signs or tags, case cutter or utility knife, grasp and handle wet, iced, cold, metal, paper, plastic products, cardboard, packaging, and debris.
• Bend and Twist at the waist while reaching and holding items
• Climb on ladders, racks, cases, shelving, and stairs up to three feet in height.
• Balance on wet, slick, dirty and debris strewn floors.

Work Environment

• Inside work with extreme variations in heat/cold/dust/humidity from the backdoor, compressor, cooler and freezer. While performing the duties of this job, the team member frequently works near moving mechanical parts.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $72,800.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Ability to Relocate:

• Metairie, LA 70005: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person