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Dining Manager

American Dining Creations
Leawood, KS Full Time
POSTED ON 1/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/4/2026
Pay: - Pay varies by location

Responsibilities

  • Manage the cafes’ daily meal service, events, operations, finance, and catering.
  • Oversee catering arrangements for meetings, events, and dining services.
  • Ensure a safe, secure, and healthy facility environment by enforcing sanitation standards and procedures.
  • Maintain café satisfaction by monitoring, evaluating, and auditing food, beverage, and service offerings, initiate improvements as necessary.
  • Provide strategic leadership by hiring, training, and developing staff, managing work schedules, and creating and retaining a cohesive team of associates.
  • Assist with special corporate projects or events as required.
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in culinary, hospitality, business administration, or a related field is preferred.
  • Over 6 years of experience as a food service manager, general manager or chef manager.
  • Exceptional culinary skills in diverse cuisines, menu development, and efficient kitchen management.
  • Excellent customer service skills with daily interactions with customers and clients.
  • Strong understanding of employee and client relations.
  • Preferred experience in corporate business dining, restaurant, or general food & beverage.
  • Experience in hotels, corporate dining, education services, or large convention facilities is advantageous.

About Us

American Dining Creations is a division of American Food & Vending and one of the largest privately held hospitality service partners in the United States.

At American Dining Creations, we recognize that all corporate and education dining partners are unique. We pride ourselves on creating programs and providing dining services with the strength of a national program and the flexibility and innovation of an industry leader.

We pair superior culinary offerings with outstanding management practices, providing every client with the highest operation standards and flexibility and responding quickly with creative menus, comprehensive concepts, and top-notch service.

Our full range of dining and catering amenities elevates the guest experience by providing outstanding and memorable dining solutions for students, guests, and faculty. 

We currently operate nationwide dining accounts, employing over 2,000 people and serving hundreds of thousands daily. Our services include full café dining emphasizing our Fresh Difference culinary philosophy, mobile ordering, catering, events and our grab-and-go program, My Fresh Market. We stand committed to providing true partnership, customization, and 24/7 support.

American Dining Creations Offers

  • Weekly Pay
  • 401K with company match
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Eligible employees offered Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision Plans, FSA/HSA
  • Ongoing training and development programs
  • Bonus programs for eligible positions

American Food & Vending is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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