Position: Corporate Executive Chef
About: Tufts Dining is a self-operated food service provider managing a comprehensive collegiate dining program on the Tufts University Medford/Somerville and SMFA/Fenway campus, delivering high quality, contemporary and innovative food and hospitality services to meet the diverse needs of students, staff, faculty, administrators and visitors in a fiscally responsible manner. The team provides a progressive resident dining program as well as innovative retail services, and a distinctive university catering program, serving a campus community comprised of 6600 undergraduates, 2100 graduate students, and 2300 staff, faculty and administrators.
Requirements: Knowledge and experience typically acquired through the completion of an Associate’s degree in culinary arts, hospitality management or related area or equivalent combination of education and experience and 5-7 years of experience in university dining or large, multi-unit on-site dining program; Experience planning residential dining menus as well as retail concepts, and for creation of menus used for high-end catered functions; Proven experience developing new concepts and working with leadership to create or renovate spaces to deliver these new concepts; Demonstrated ability to use performance metrics, data, consumption and inventory trends as well as customer feedback data to inform new programs; Responsibility for developing budgets for multiple units, and holding these units accountable for food and labor costs as defined; A great communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills; Uses effective interpersonal communication skills to motivate and inspire superior results; Experienced trainer who develops team members to increase their culinary skills and come together as effective teams; Demonstrated knowledge of HACCP principles, analytical cost control methods and analytical computer software systems
Benefits: health insurance, 401(k), flexible work schedule conducive to work-life balance, comprehensive employee discount on food and beverages
