Campus Dining Manager

Position Summary:

The Manager for Vanderbilt Campus Dining is responsible for overseeing the operations of a small-scale (500 meals/day) to large-scale (2500 meals/day) dining hall. This includes managing food service staff and menu processes to ensure the dining hall provides high-quality nutritious meals while maintaining compliance with health and safety regulations. The Manager will provide hands-on leadership to facilitate a quality dining program that meets or exceeds guest expectations. Responsibilities include menu management labor management directing hourly staff and interacting with customers. The Manager will cultivate an operation built on integrity respect and excellence while maintaining relationships with employees guests support partners and other departments. The Manager reports to the General Manager and interacts regularly with staff students faculty and external entities. #VUrecruitIND

Key Functions and Expected Performance:

Leadership

• Promote the vision and core values of Vanderbilt Campus Dining.
• Ensure compliance with Vanderbilt Campus Dining policies procedures collective bargaining unit agreements and employment programs.
• Develop and maintain positive professional relationships employees guests support partners and other departments within the operation and university community.
• Manage organizational changes and own messages being delivered to the team and serving as a link between hourly employees and leadership to communicate concerns and ideas.
• Reinforce individual and team accountability for assigned tasks monitor staff performance coach hourly employees to effect changes in behavior and implement appropriate action plans with deliverables when needed.
• Provide open honest feedback and complete performance evaluations for hourly team members.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with Union Stewards.
• Assist with implementation of new policies procedures and trainings.
• Ensure performance expectations and work rules are clearly communicated and followed.
• Facilitate and support successful onboarding and training initiatives for your team members.
• Create review and manage labor schedules to ensure best labor management practices are implemented.
• Review submit and manage the Oracle time management system in the operation ensures leave requests like PTO are entered and approved on a weekly basis.
• Understand monitor and supervise hourly employees adherence to Dinings Menu management processes including ingredient recipe and menu compliance and inventory processes.

• Provide guidance direction and coaching on production sheets and portion control to ensure accurate results are used and recorded at assigned station(s).

• Responsible to record and turn in production sheets immediately after each meal period.

• Perform food and labor audits in operation on a consistent basis manage and support any action plans to ensure location is continuing to improve efficiencies.
• Maintains high level of food safety and sanitation standards and conduct regular inspections of dining facilities.
• Review menu boards signage and website postings for each meal period to ensure accuracy of published menus.
• Ensure units physical building is organized and in good repair and ensure kitchen equipment (i.e.: dishwasher ovens refrigeration exhaust and ventilation systems) is operational. Reports any needed repairs to General Manager if necessary.
• Implement and manage unit-specific sustainability goals and programs.

Operational Management

Supervisory Relationships:

This position has management responsibility over managers and hourly staff in location; this position reports administratively and functionally to the General Manager (or other position depending on location)

Qualifications

• High school diploma is necessary.

• Associates degree from an accredited institution is preferred.

• At least 3 years of management experience in food service management is necessary.

• Proficiency in (Word Outlook Excel PowerPoint and POS System is necessary).

• Strong communication (verbal written interpersonal) skills and an ability to communicate effectively with a diverse population is necessary.

• Strong time management organizational and multi-tasking skills and an eye for detail is necessary.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver exceptional customer service is necessary.

• Ability to manage people and have accountability for Vanderbilt assets is necessary.