Assistant Food Service Director (5057)

JOB DESCRIPTION OVERVIEW 

The  Assistant Food Service Director (AFSD) plays an important operational, quality control, culinary, and day-to-day leadership role. The Assistant FSD helps the FSD with  overseeing food service staff and service operations at a Higher Education location and is an ambassador for Genuine Foods’ to grow and maintain relationships with customers and partners. The ideal candidate enjoys working in a team environment, has customer service and culinary orientation and has experience supervising others. Most importantly, the AFSD is committed to Genuine Foods’ mission to use food to improve lives and build community, and is passionate about serving students and educators. We are a fun and supportive team that values and respects each other. Genuine Foods is an equal opportunity employer. 

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead, manage, and inspire a diverse team of food service workers and cooks to ensure top-quality food and customer service is provided at the location
• Act as the main liaison for all catering events, managing communication, logistics, and on-site coordination. Ensure that all food, beverages, and event materials are prepared, organized, and delivered on time to guarantee seamless execution.
• Support the Food Service Director in setting the Genuine cultural tone in the account, meet regularly with the team and partners to ensure full transparency, understanding, safety, and accountability.
• Serve as a representative/brand ambassador of the Genuine Foods team at the location, attend client and community engagement events as needed.
• Collaborate with FSD to support account needs and solve problems by thinking through all angles and downstream impacts.
• Drive and develop self and team to build strong relationships with clients and help achieve KPIs (profitability, safety, engagement, etc.).
• Ensure compliance with applicable USDA, regional, state, and local policies governing meal and retail programs, along with safety and QA requirements; conduct audits and offer solutions for improvement.
• Champion development, performance evaluations, succession planning, and focus on building single- and multi-unit management skills; have a full understanding of all roles within operation; support the team with tools and systems.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 1 year of management experience in hospitality, food service, or a similar environment.
• Strong desire to learn and develop management skills.
• Previous experience in a leadership role with exposure to catering, customer service, people development, food services, etc.
• Expert client relationship, influencing, presentation, listening, and communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Champions the inclusion mindset, and is proactive, positive, professional, flexible, and resilient.
• Demonstrates initiative, ownership, multitasking, prioritization, and organization skills.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Suite and other computer skills.

WHY GENUINE FOODS?

• Bonus Potential
• Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay
• Medical, Vision & Dental benefits
• 401K plan