Regional Culinary Director

Aramark

Boston, MA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$130,000–$150,000 Per Year
SKILLS
Best Practices, Candidate Pipeline, Catering Services, Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Cook Dishes, Cost Control, Culinary Training, Driver's License, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Executive Recruiting, Food Presentation, Food Production, Food Services, Food and Beverage Industry, Leadership, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Mentoring, Menu Development, Needs Assessment, Organizational Development/Management, Organizational Skills, Profit & Loss, Purchasing/Procurement, Quality Management, Regulatory Requirements, Retail, Sales, Sales Pipeline, ServSafe Certification, Strategic Planning, Succession Planning, Supply Chain Management, Team Lead/Manager, Training/Teaching, Travel Planning, Twitter, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Boston, MA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Job Description

The Regional Culinary Director for Aramark Collegiate Hospitalitys Northeast Region will provide culinary leadership, expertise, and vision for the region and support execution within our operations to meet and exceed guest experience, operating, and financial goals. You will be a culinary standards-keeper, a coach and mentor, innovation engine, and critical to the constant improvement of our culinary team. The Regional Culinary Director will partner with region teams to recruit and train all culinary and food production staff while developing culinary succession plan for the region. The Regional Culinary Director is also expected to work with marketing to bring fun and innovative programs to each location.

COMPENSATION: The hourly rate or salary range for this position is $130,000.00 to $150,000.00. If both numbers are the same, that is the amount that Aramark expects to offer. This is Aramarks good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for this position as of the time of posting.

BENEFITS: Aramark offers comprehensive benefit programs and services for eligible employees including medical, dental, vision, and work/life resources. Additional benefits may include retirement savings plans like 401(k) and paid days off such as parental leave and disability coverage. Benefits vary by location and are subject to any legal requirements or limitations, employee eligibility status, and where the employee lives and/or works. For more information about Aramark benefits, click here Aramark Careers - Benefits & Compensation.

There is no predetermined application window for this position, the position will close once a qualified candidate is selected. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to all applicable Fair Chance Ordinances and Acts. For jobs in San Francisco, this includes the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Job Responsibilities

  • Develop and be accountable for a safety culture that creates a work environment where no one gets hurt.
  • Ensure regional quality and consistency and adherence to Region and Organizational standards.
  • Provide regional profit and loss oversight, including direct responsibility for food costs as a leader of the regional food champion program and support for regional labor champion.
  • Ensure consistency of quality and processes across the region, with a focus on capturing and communicating best practices, including sharing with key LOB leadership.
  • Act as primary liaison with supply chain management to maintain quality product, maximize product use leverage, optimize food cost, and create right mix of local purchasing for account needs.
  • Develop strong partnership with Hospitality Enablement and Concept Innovation Teams.
  • Assist the marketing teams in strategic planning in development of food and beverage programs in residential, catering, and retail environments.
  • Lead internal process for menu development.
  • Identify, develop, and deliver training to improve leadership and organizational skills of regional culinary staff.
  • Primary focus on development, implementation, and management of culinary training, Food Production training, and other standardized technical and operational training.
  • Provide functional leadership of culinary team in the region.
  • Participate in district, senior, and executive chef hiring and also focus on developing a pipeline of bench talent.
  • Meet with key clients and account leaders to identify unique needs/requirements and translate those needs into program elements for the campus.
  • Lend expertise to all sales opportunities including writing menus, developing, writing, and presenting culinary approach and planning and executing food presentation if necessary.

Qualifications

  • Must have minimum two-year culinary certificate from accredited school or have related experience such as apprenticeship.
  • Minimum of 10 years kitchen experience, 2 within an Executive Chef role.
  • Experience within a high volume environment - minimum of 1000 meals per day.
  • Prior experience developing and leading sustainable and healthy dining programs.
  • Excellent presentation and culinary skills.
  • Proven ability to teach and coach others within the kitchen.
  • Experience as an Executive Chef or Sous Chef within managed dining services highly preferred.
  • ServSafe Certified.
  • Travel will vary between 50-80% based on business needs, with remote office days in-between.
  • Usual hours will be Monday-Friday, but some weekends will be required to support key events and operations.
  • Must have a valid drivers license and be able to travel via airplane, car or train, booking and completing own travel arrangements.

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 youre 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.

About the Company

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Aramark

We focus on enriching and nourishing the lives of millions all over the world, providing a wide range of services—food, facilities and uniforms—to a diverse group of clients in 19 countries. We serve world champion sports teams, Fortune 500 companies, state-of-the-art healthcare providers and the world’s leading educational institutions. And every day, we dream of ways to do it better through our commitment to innovation and our passion for excellent customer service.

Innovation inspired by you
The better we know the people we serve, the greater the experiences we can develop. Whether it’s food service, facilities or uniforms, our proprietary programs allow us to understand the wants and needs of our audiences.

Armed with that knowledge, our Service Stars spring into action, combining insights and ingenuity to deliver moments that make a difference. These innovations could be game-changing campus transformations. Or a simpler, quicker way for you to access condiments at the ballpark. In any case, our innovations help create experiences that make an impact.

Beyond great service
Another key part of what makes us different is something we call service excellence.

To us, service excellence isn’t just about providing great customer service. It also means using time-tested practices and proven processes to get it right every day, everywhere, in everything that we do. And it's also about striking the perfect balance between doing something well over and over again and being responsive enough to the changing needs of clients and customers. It’s being open to the continuing cycle of innovation. Excellent, but never satisfied. Process-driven, but never locked in place.

We never stop thinking of new, better ways to get it right when our people impact the lives of clients and consumers every day.

Our people make all the difference—we make sure of it
Our commitment to hiring, training and rewarding the right people ensures that our employees are more than just hard workers. They’re Service Stars, and that means they can be counted on to go above and beyond, every single day.

We understand that many times our people are literally the face of your business. That’s why all 270,000 Service Stars receive continual access to professional development and proprietary skills training.

The bottom line is this: when you work with Aramark, you can be confident you’ll be collaborating with the right people with the right skills and the right attitude. That’s true whether it’s for strategic expertise, operational excellence or just serving a morning coffee. That’s our commitment as trusted partners and Service Stars. That’s the Aramark way.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Food and Beverage Production
FOUNDED
1936
WEBSITE
https://www.aramark.com/