Director of Food Service

Director Of Food Service

The Director of Food Service is responsible for overseeing and managing the entire food service operation within our convenience stores, including our Shelby Bakery. This leadership role focuses on driving sales growth, achieving profit and loss goals, and ensuring cost control objectives are met. The Director of Food Service will work closely with field teams to ensure proper training of food managers and adherence to company standards across all food service areas.

Examples Of Job Tasks

The list below contains tasks that are typically associated with the job. It is not all-inclusive and may vary.

• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of this unit.
• Oversee Shelby Bakery productions, ensuring efficiency, quality, and alignment with business goals.
• Drives Food Service sales through all means available including new store openings, direct mail programs, and regional advertising, etc.
• Gross Margin planning and budgeting
• Monitor and manage profit and loss performance, ensuring financial targets are met.
• Develop and direct this year / last year sales growth and this year / last year gross profit.
• Ensures that all federal, state and company regulations and standards for product freshness, safety, refrigeration, and sanitation are met.
• Research and develop strategies and plans which identify Food Service opportunities and new project development.
• Establish and implement short-and long range goals.
• Work with and supervise Assistant Food Service Director.
• Promote positive relations with vendors and distributors.
• Monitor and assess competition to ensure that Food Service retain an experiential advantage over the competition.
• Works with Store Managers, District Managers to set Food Service Department budgets and merchandise department to maximize sales.
• Trains and develops Food Service Managers, and Store Managers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills / Ability To:

• Must be an excellent team player with the ability to manage and build relationships across departments.
• Must be highly motivated.
• Supervise others by assigning/directing work; conducting employee evaluations, staff training and development, taking appropriate disciplinary/corrective actions. Develop and/or implement new and current policies/procedures/standards and/or rules/regulations.
• Ability to travel to multiple store locations regularly.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate Degree in Food Service or Restaurant
• Retail / Merchandising Experience
• Management Experience
• Meet minimum requirements on pre-employment testing, including drug screening.

Benefits

As a Director of Food Service with Sonbyrne Sales / Byrne Dairy & Deli, you will be part of an established and respected family-owned company with one of the region's most recognized and popular brands. Your hard work and professional dedication will be rewarded with a competitive compensation package that includes benefits.

Your benefits will include:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k)
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick leave

Estimated Annual Salary: $100,000-$120,000

Employer's Disclaimer:

• All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. Furthermore, the company reserves the right to add to or revise an employee's job duties at any time at its sole discretion.
• This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" employment relationship.