Food Service Manager

Aramark is a global leader in food service, facilities management, and uniform services, proudly serving millions of guests every day across 15 countries. Founded on a strong commitment to service and united by a common purpose, Aramark strives to create positive impacts for employees, clients, communities, and the environment. The company values diversity and equal opportunity, ensuring that all employees can participate fully and freely within the organization regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, or any other protected characteristic. At Aramark, career development, talent growth, passion, and professional empowerment are at the forefront of the employee experience, with numerous opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive within a supportive and mission-driven environment.

The Food Service Manager role at Aramark is a pivotal management position focused on developing and implementing dining solutions tailored to meet the tastes and needs of customers. This role oversees and manages dining operations where customers order prepared foods from a menu, ensuring that every aspect of the dining experience exceeds expectations. The ideal candidate will use Aramark's coaching model to engage, motivate, and develop team members to their fullest potential, fostering an environment of high performance and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities include leading daily team briefings, rewarding and recognizing employees, maintaining safety and sanitation standards, and ensuring that team and individual performances achieve both client and company goals. The Food Service Manager is also responsible for maintaining positive client relationships by identifying client needs and communicating operational progress effectively. Financial performance is a key focus, with duties including maintaining and completing profit and loss statements, achieving financial targets, managing costs, and educating teams about key performance metrics. Adherence to Operational Excellence fundamentals is essential, with the manager ensuring optimized food and labor initiatives and supervising production quality and controls.

Compliance is critical to this role, involving maintaining a safe and healthy environment for clients, customers, and staff, and adhering to all relevant policies and regulations related to safety, health, and wage and hour laws. Additionally, the Food Service Manager leads the front-of-house dining operation in coordination with the Food Service Director, overseeing cafeteria or residential dining facilities to deliver high-quality food service consistently. This role requires flexibility, dedication, and the ability to adapt to changing job duties as necessary to meet evolving company and client needs.

Working at Aramark means contributing to a company that does great things for its people and its partners every day. This role offers a unique opportunity to blend operational leadership with customer-focused service, making an impact both within the organization and the community it serves. Aramark supports continuous professional development and encourages employees to pursue new challenges and realize their full potential in a supportive, inclusive environment.