SAGE Dining Services® is seeking a highly qualified hands-on Chef Manager / Assistant Food Service Director with exceptional high-end catering and high-volume production experience in campus dining as well as strong leadership / office management skills for an exemplary private boarding school in Mexico, MO.

The AFSD is responsible for assisting the Director in all areas : production, catering, team management, sanitation, and administrative duties.

Our managers are driven. They design menus at the venue that reflect the communities they serve. Our managers hire their teams, manage ordering, inventory and catering, as well as lead talent management.

Our managers care about their campus communities and the relationships that are formed make the career choice to work for SAGE that much more enjoyable.

Our clients are appreciative, as they see the hard work that we produce at every meal, and they see the passion that we put into our scratch menus.

The Assistant Food Service Director must have a passion for people, food and community. The ideal will have a CAN- DO attitude, strong communication skills, high energy and enthusiasm.

The best candidate will enjoy current food trends, be proactive, have nutritional and wellness awareness. The AFSD will develop strong relationships with the community, develop menus that will create excitement and community satisfaction for the boarding community.

AFSD will also assist with planning and executing catering events, managing ordering and inventory, and developing our amazing team members.

This is a seven day a week operation, so the schedule would include at least one weekend day. Must be able to work a flexible schedule in order to accommodate business needs.

All management positions are salaried and paid year round.

If you already know campus dining and want to find a new home, OR you want to get out of the restaurant business, this could be the opportunity you have been seeking!

Pay Type :

$50,000 - $55,000 Salary

Time Commitment : Full Time

Full Time

What you'll get :

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Collaborative environment.
• Emphasis on training and development.
• Opportunities for advancement.
• Appreciative community.
• Tremendous amount of resources and tools at your fingertips.

What you'll do :

• Demonstrate exemplary customer service skills and develop client relationships.
• Hire, mentor, and train Team Members in a positive environment.
• Create menus for daily meal service as well as for a variety of catering events.
• Implement and maintain HACCP standards
• Manage merchandising.
• Deliver fabulous catering results every time.
• Communicate clearly, professionally, and effectively.
• Deliver budgeted financial results.
• Manage ordering and inventory.
• Develop strong client and customer relationships.

What you'll need :

• Strong leadership abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a food service operation in a financially responsible manner.
• Outstanding customer service skills and ability to develop client relationships.
• Substantial culinary knowledge : trends, techniques, and processes.
• Proven ability to hire, train, evaluate, and manage people.
• Minimum five years food service management experience.
• Intermediate to advanced computer skills.

Last updated : 2024-06-04