Cold Food Production Manager

Position Summary

Abbys Catering is seeking a hands-on Cold Food Production Manager to lead our cold food production operation in a fast-paced aviation catering environment.

This role is responsible for directing daily production activities leading supervisors and production teams maintaining the highest food safety standards and ensuring every order is completed accurately efficiently and on schedule.

This is not a desk job. The successful candidate will spend the majority of the day on the production floor coaching employees removing operational roadblocks monitoring quality and driving continuous improvement. Were looking for a leader who enjoys being where the work happens.

What Youll Do

Lead the Operation

• Direct all daily cold food production and assembly activities.
• Ensure production schedules are executed safely efficiently and on time.
• Monitor workflow and adjust staffing throughout the shift to meet production demands.
• Identify bottlenecks and resolve issues before they impact service.
• Maintain a visible leadership presence on the production floor.

Deliver Operational Excellence

• Drive productivity while maintaining exceptional quality standards.
• Ensure recipes portion sizes presentation standards and specifications are consistently followed.
• Monitor production metrics and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Reduce waste through effective planning and execution.
• Maintain organized efficient production processes.

Champion Food Safety

• Ensure compliance with FDA USDA HACCP TSA customer and company standards.
• Partner with Food Safety & Quality Assurance to maintain audit readiness.
• Reinforce sanitation GMPs allergen awareness and personal hygiene requirements.
• Address food safety concerns immediately and implement corrective actions.

Develop Great People

• Lead coach and develop supervisors leads and production employees.
• Build a culture of accountability teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Conduct performance coaching and support employee development.
• Assist with hiring onboarding and training new team members.
• Communicate clearly in both English and Spanish.

Drive Results

• Plan labor to meet changing production volumes.
• Monitor labor efficiency productivity and operational KPIs.
• Partner with Culinary HR Operations and FSQA to achieve departmental goals.
• Complete production reporting and administrative responsibilities accurately and on time.

• Five or more years of leadership experience in high-volume food production airline catering commissary operations or food manufacturing.
• Proven success leading large production teams.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP FDA USDA and food safety regulations.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification (or ability to obtain).
• Strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills.
• Excellent leadership organization and communication skills.

Preferred

• Airline catering experience.
• Experience leading operations in a 24/7 production environment.
• Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement experience.

Work Environment

• Fast-paced high-volume aviation catering operation.
• Majority of the day spent leading on the production floor.
• Regular work in refrigerated production areas (approximately 41F).
• Rotating schedule that may include nights weekends and holidays.

Relocation assistance for qualified candidates.

Why Abbys Catering

At Abbys Catering every meal represents our commitment to quality safety and exceptional service. Our leaders set the standard by working alongside their teams solving problems in real time and creating an environment where people can succeed.

If youre an operational leader who enjoys building teams improving processes and delivering results in a fast-moving production environment wed love to meet you.

At Abbys Catering our mission is to be the leading in-flight and corporate catering company serving the Houston and Dallas metro markets by delivering exceptional service maintaining operational excellence and upholding the highest standards.

We live this mission through C.A.T.C.H.:

• Customer Service
• Accountability
• Teamwork
• Competitiveness
• Honesty