Director of Culinary Operations - Year Round - Full Time

Steamboat- Ski Town, U.S.A. ®  is known as the friendliest mountain destination on the planet, thanks to our western heritage and welcoming staff. We pride ourselves on hiring the best employees and providing the best experience in the industry. Our culture is supportive, challenging, passionate and committed and we believe that diversity makes us stronger. We are looking for unique individuals who exemplify these qualities and care about each other, our mission, our environment, and our communities. 

• Free Alterra Mountain Pass for all eligible employees and eligible dependents for winter and summer, and a free IKON Pass to eligible employees*
• Discounted skiing and riding for friends and family of eligible employees*
• Vacation and Sick Time policies for eligible employees* to rest, relax and recharge
• Generous discounts on outdoor gear, apparel, rental cars, etc.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, short term & long-term disability insurance, EAP, HSAs, FSAs, and more for Year Round, Flex Year Round, & Season-to-Season Employees.
• Apex-MEC (minimum essential coverage) plan available to all seasonal employees without an offer of major medical coverage. This plan helps cover preventive visits, urgent care visits, Free Telehealth, Limited Hospitalization, Prescription Drug Benefits and Free Multilingual Behavioral Health.
• 401(k) plan with generous company match
• Discounted tuition with partner online university for all Alterra Mountain Company employees to further their education
• Paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks for eligible employees*
• Free regional bus pass 

*Click HERE for more information on our employee benefits! 

For information on Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation’s Social Responsibility work including our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion actions, please see our webpage at https://www.steamboat.com/doinggood.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position will develop culinary strategy and lead the culinary team to execute on that strategy, supported by Restaurant GM’s, Chefs and the F&B and Catering & Conference Services Directors.  The culinary strategy includes the highest levels of food safety, food quality, menu development, brand concept development, team professionalism, leadership, continuing education and financial performance. Elevating overall F&B quality and consistency is the number one priority of this position.

An attached pdf or word document of your resume and cover letter is required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Menu and concept development through menu engineering and profitability analysis (including specific timelines, costing of menu items, developing SOP’s, trend analysis and local procurement)

• Procurement strategy including the support of all master procurement programs

• Development of the culinary leadership team

• Actively participate in the annual budget and capital planning process                               

• Development of a strong food safety culture                                

• Work with Directors, Chefs and GMs to achieve all financial targets with a strong emphasis on driving revenue while controlling cost of sales and labor

• Directly hire chefs, sous chefs and oversee the hiring of all culinary positions

• Hire, train, coach, mentor, develop and evaluate year-round and key seasonal managers and chefs

• Conduct monthly food and direct supply inventories; audit and approve these inventories for posting

• Oversee facilities’ seasonal start up and shut down including overall maintenance

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