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Memphis, TN
Posted 2 days ago
Job ID: 655021
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As a General Manager with Aramark Correctional Services, you will lead and oversee multi-site food service operations within a correctional environment, typically supporting accounts generating $2M–$15M in annual revenue. This role is responsible for driving operational excellence, ensuring compliance, and delivering on client and contractual expectations in a highly structured and regulated setting.
You will serve as a key leader responsible for building strong teams, fostering accountability, and maintaining consistent execution across all locations. With a focus on safety, security, and process discipline, you will ensure high-quality service delivery while strengthening client relationships and supporting facility goals.
Applicants under consideration must be based in the West Tennessee area. This role has may require up to 75% travel within the West Tennessee region.
Why Aramark?
Qualifications
In order to be prepared for this leadership role, qualified candidates will possess:
Education
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 http://www.aramarkcareers.com or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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As a General Manager with Aramark Correctional Services, you will lead and oversee multi-site food service operations within a correctional environment, typically supporting accounts generating $2M–$15M in annual revenue. This role is responsible for driving operational excellence, ensuring compliance, and delivering on client and contractual expectations in a highly structured and regulated setting.
You will serve as a key leader responsible for building strong teams, fostering accountability, and maintaining consistent execution across all locations. With a focus on safety, security, and process discipline, you will ensure high-quality service delivery while strengthening client relationships and supporting facility goals.
Applicants under consideration must be based in the West Tennessee area. This role has may require up to 75% travel within the West Tennessee region.
Why Aramark?
- Mission-Driven Work: Help individuals build a better future
- Career Growth: Access to training, development, and advancement
- Inclusive Culture: Be part of a diverse and supportive team
- Competitive Benefits: Health, dental, vision, 401(k), and more
- Leads a team that provides operational expertise in contracted services while providing hands-on execution management of operations.
- Manages the client and community relationships at the location, continually assessing operations, and developing plans to provide optimal service and drive employee and customer satisfaction.
- Builds, develops, and leads a management team and staff capable of carrying out organizational objectives.
- Recommends methods, resources, and implementation for service improvement and growth based on understanding of operational needs, capabilities, & contractual obligations.
- In partnership with Finance, manages a budget and assists in the design of improvements to optimize financial performance and operational productivity.
- Manages compliance with all local, state and federal regulations and codes and maintains all associated records and reports.
- Ensures compliance with Aramark's standards of operation including safety standards and Aramark's Business Conduct Policy at all times.
Qualifications
In order to be prepared for this leadership role, qualified candidates will possess:
- Bachelor's degree level education highly preferred in an area of Food Service, Hospitality, Facilities, or Business Management.
- 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.
- Meaningful experience in service industry, contract services, or hospitality environment.
- 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.
Education
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 http://www.aramarkcareers.com or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Correctional Facilities
Pursue careers with
a depth of meaning.
We partner with correctional facilities to support incarcerated individuals and their families across the country. To us, this work is about so much more than serving food and maintaining facilities. We’re a deeply rooted part of inmates’ rehabilitative journeys. Whether you’re looking for a safe work environment or an opportunity close to home with the training you need to grow your experience, we’re here to help.
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