Job Description
Aramark Healthcare+ is seeking a Food Service Director to join their team at Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
**$5,000 Sign-On Bonus + Relocation Assistance Available**
The Food Service Director is a management position responsible for developing and executing dining solutions to meet customer needs and tastes. Oversees and manages dining operations where customers order prepared foods from a menu.
Job Responsibilities
Leadership
- Lead, mentor, engage and develop teams to maximize their contributions, including recruiting, assessing, training, coaching and managing performance
- Ensure food services appropriately connect to the Executional Framework
- Coach employees by creating a shared understanding of what needs to be achieved and how to execute
- Reward and recognize employees
- Ensure safety and sanitation standards in all operations
Client Relationship
- Identify client needs and effectively communicate operational progress
Financial Performance
- Adopt Aramark processes and systems
- Build revenue and manage budget, including cost controls related to food, beverage and labor
- Ensure the completion and maintenance of P&L statements
- Achieve food and labor targets
- Manage resources to ensure quality and cost control within budgetary guidelines
Productivity
- Implement and maintain the Aramark agenda for labor and food initiatives
- Create value through efficient operations, appropriate cost controls and profit management
- Ensure full compliance with Operational Excellence fundamentals, including food and labor
- Direct and oversee operations related to production, distribution and food service
Compliance
- Maintain a safe and healthy environment for clients, customers and employees
- Comply with all applicable policies, rules and regulations, including but not limited to safety, health, wage and hour requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain systems and procedures for ordering, receiving, storing, preparing and serving food-related products, including menu planning and development
- Develop operational component forecasts, explain variances, and manage component accounting functions
- Ensure sanitation and safety requirements are met in all assigned areas
- Coordinate and supervise unit personnel related to production, merchandising, quality, cost control, labor management and employee training
- Recruit, hire, develop and retain frontline team members
- Conduct periodic inventories
- Maintain records to comply with Aramark, government and accrediting agency standards
- Interact with client management and maintain effective client and customer relationships at all organizational levels
- Participate in the sales process and contract negotiations as applicable
- Identify opportunities to implement new products and services that support sales growth and client retention
Additional Responsibilities
- Manage front-of-house dining operations, including cafeteria and residential dining facilities
- Develop and implement food service plans aligned with the client’s mission and vision, including sustainable practices
At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of Food Service Director experience
- Minimum of 2-5 year of expereince in an acute care hospital setting
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent operational leadership experience
- Proven ability to improve patient satisfaction scores through food quality, service execution, and patient experience initiatives
- Strong financial acumen, including budgeting and oversight of retail and catering operations
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with clients, hospital stakeholders, and internal teams
- Ability to lead large, complex food service teams in a high-volume healthcare environment
- Ability to provide excellent customer service aligned with Aramark Healthcare standard
- Ability to maintain strong cross-functional partnerships to deliver a unified food service experience
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and stand for extended periods as required by operations
Job Tags
Contract work, Relocation package