Marketing & Food Service Operations Coordinator Campus ()
Antigonish - Canada
Job Summary
Position Overview
This hybrid role offers a unique opportunity to gain experience in both marketing strategy and food service operations leadership within a fast-paced campus dining environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving revenue growth customer engagement and operational excellence across multiple retail dining locations.
This position is designed for recent graduates or early-career professionals looking to build a career in marketing hospitality or food service management while gaining progressive leadership experience.
How Youll Make an Impact:
Marketing & Engagement (50%)
- Implement and execute growth strategies to increase meal plan participation and retail dining sales
- Deploy national and campus-specific promotions campaigns and branded programs
- Plan and coordinate marketing initiatives including events activations and product launches
- Manage and grow campus social media presence creating engaging and relevant content
- Communicate marketing activities and campaign performance to key stakeholders
- Stay current with marketing trends digital engagement strategies and industry best practices
- Support customer satisfaction surveys and assist in analyzing results to improve the student experience
- Build strong relationships with students campus groups and university partners
Food Service Operations (50%) How Youll Make an Impact
- Coordinate daily operations across multiple retail food outlets to ensure efficiency and consistency
- Lead recruitment training performance management recognition and development of team members
- Manage front-of-house and back-of-house operations across locations
- Oversee cash handling processes including coordination auditing and reconciliation
- Ensure safe work procedures are in place communicated and consistently followed
- Manage inventory including ordering transfers and stock control across multiple units
- Drive consistency in food quality service standards and operational execution
- Maintain high levels of client and customer satisfaction to support account retention
- Support achievement of financial targets and contribute to future business growth plans
- Lead and support a diverse team across multiple locations to deliver operational excellence
- Identify and implement new initiatives to enhance the retail dining experience
- Collaborate with other campus food service units as required
Growth & Development Opportunities
- Hands-on experience in integrated marketing and multi-unit operations management
- Exposure to financial management team leadership and customer experience strategy
- Opportunity to contribute to innovative campus dining concepts within Sodexo Canada
- Development pathway into leadership roles in hospitality marketing or operations
Qualifications :
What Youll Need to Succeed:
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Bachelors degree in Marketing Business Hospitality or a related field
- 35 years of experience in food service or hospitality management (co-op or progressive experience considered)
- Experience managing multiple retail or food service units is an asset
Skills & Competencies
- Demonstrated financial and budget management skills
- Strong leadership ability with experience in coaching and supervising teams
- Excellent customer service and relationship-building skills
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook)
- Experience in recruitment training and performance management
- Familiarity with social media platforms and marketing execution
- Ability to work independently with strong initiative and a team-oriented mindset
Certifications & Requirements
- Food Safety Certification
- First Aid Certification
- Ability to work flexible hours including evenings weekends and holidays
Core Competencies & Value Behaviours
- Serving Clients and Customers
- Integrity & Accountability
- Flexibility & Adaptability
- Analysis & Decision Making
- Quality Assurance & Safety Leadership
- Diversity & Inclusion Awareness
- Drive Dependability & Initiative
- Strong Interpersonal & Communication Skills
Additional Information :
What Makes Sodexo Different:
- Flexible work environment
- Competitive compensation & great employee benefits
- Training and development programs
- Countless opportunities for growth
- Corporate responsibility & sustainability l
- And so much more!
Sodexo is committed to Employment Equity and Diversity. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of national origin race religion ethnic group age disability gender sexual preference sexual or gender identity status as a veteran or any other federal provincial or local protected class.
We welcome and encourage applications from people with is available on request from candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Thank you for your interest in Sodexo.
Please note that only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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