Job Description

Unit Description:

Sodexo is seeking a Food Service Manager (Regional Operations Support) for Healthcare Food & Nutrition. This Regional Food Service Manager will help oversee food service operations at Essentia Health in Graceville, MN.

This strategic management position offers a full benefits package that kicks in immediately.

The successful candidate will:

• supervise day-to-day food service operations and team members

• motivate, coach, mentor and develop frontline staff and supervisors
• interact with customers, hospital staff, and visitors to ensure customer satisfaction

• deliver high quality food services including retail, catering and patient meal management operations

Is this opportunity right for you? We are looking for candidates who:

• have a strong food service background in any industry (restaurants, hotels, catering, etc.)
• have a work history demonstrating strong leadership skills
• can manage multiple priorities
• demonstrate professional communication skills
• have a passion for a high level of customer service
• healthcare food service experience preferred but not required

The Regional Food Service Manager position may require travel to healthcare facilities mainly in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa, and possibly other states.

Employees who work at this location are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a term and condition of employment, absent a legally required exception, and are required to report their vaccination status and provide proof of vaccination. \xe2\x80\x8b

Sodexo offers a full array of benefits including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K, access to ongoing training and development programs, tuition reimbursement, plus health and wellness programs. What We Offer:

Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate\'s education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate\'s specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training. Position Summary:

The Manager II, Regional Operations Support (ROSI) has overall responsibility, or a portion of an on-sight operations area (ie Food, ES, Clinical, Culinary, Facilities, CTM) as assigned by the Client executive. In this role, the ROSI has direct accountability for executing Sodexo systems, programs, resources, tools, and talent management that drives operational excellence and our service commitments that are: Predictable, Reliable, and Repeatable

Primary Responsibilities:

Client / Customer Service - 20%

• Navigates the client organization through effective communication while influencing and persuading at multiple levels. Seeks to collaborate for win-win outcomes.
• Provide effective communication for clients and customers to ensure excellent customer service.
• Effectively partners with client and Sodexo employees to drive successful outcomes.
• Complies with all client policies and procedures.

Operational Excellence - 40%

• Owns, drives, and measures operational excellence outcomes of Sodexo and client.
• Effectively deploys, embeds and ensures Sodexo standardized processes are in place.
• Creates a continuous quality improvement culture that drives operational efficiencies.
• Drives change and creates a culture where change is embraced and operationalized.
• Utilizes all operational processes to drive continuous improvement and celebrate successes.

Analysis & Decision Making - 20%

• Utilizes tools within Sodexo Healthcare to drive and manage middle of the page (Labor Expense, Raw Materials) to deliver positive outcomes.
• Accountable for effective utilization of labor resources.
• Analyses data to engage in data driven decision making using data, logic, benchmarking, and leading practices in decision making to determine best solutions for the business.
• Effective risk management by ensuring consistent regulatory and legal compliance.
• Compliance with supply chain management requirements.
• Understands and effectively manages unit finances in the Sodexo budgets.
• Sets operational goals with key metrics and ensures quick analysis of variances to ensure a prompt resolution and mitigate adverse impact on our clients or our performance.
• Delivers predictable top and bottom-line results at the site, relentless focus on driving efficiency, and makes difficult decisions.
• Effectively delegates operational responsibilities to appropriate individuals / positions.
• Follows best practices in decision making to determine best solutions for the business.

Safety - 10%

• Ensures that individuals performing service-related tasks have the competence to do so without putting the health and safety of themselves or others at risk.
• Behaviors include: Working as a team for safety
• Communicating Effectively for Safety
• Managing Safety Risks
• Optimizing Human and Environmental Factors
• Recognizing, respond and reporting incidents
• Adherence to all operational safety practices and protocols
• Drives a safety culture throughout the team

Talent - 10%

• Ability to effectively manage aspects of Human Resources (ie. Leadership, People Management, Employee Relations, etc) to support individual and team development and drive operational outcomes.
• Creates a culture of continuous learning and development for self and those within the unit assigned.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Basic Education Requirement - Bachelor\'s Degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience

Basic Management Experience - 3 years

Basic Functional Experience - 3 years work experience in facilities (e.g., maintenance, plant operations, engineering services, grounds, custodial/environmental, or transportation) or food (e.g., food services or operations, concessions, retail sales, store operations, or vending) services, CTM, or Clinical Nutrition

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.

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