Production Manager

Production Manager

Production Manager ensures quality standards for food production, product freshness, sanitation, safety and customer satisfaction within strict budgetary parameters. Primary leader for 30+ professional production career staff producing a wide variety of products for the UCSB on-campus residents. Timing and coordination of many staff schedules to maintain deadlines for ordering, receiving, preparing and serving products on a constant seven-day a week schedule of 19 meal periods. Responsibilities include the upkeep of an $80 million industrial kitchen operation. This includes food service production equipment, storage, and vehicles, $2 million in food purchasing and associated vendor relations, recipe development, food safety and sanitation, maintenance and equipment repair, service systems and quality control, storage and project management. Provides the direct supervision, training and evaluation of career staff.

Required Qualifications:

• Education Bachelor's degree, College or University degree/Culinary degree or equivalent education/experience preferred, or Equivalent
• Experience 4-6 years of experience required, with the following:
• Experience in restaurant or institutional food service operations
• Excellent communication and customer service skills including ability to actively listen and effectively convey information, policy and procedures both orally and in writing.
• Ability to effectively work in a high-volume operation with continuous personnel actions.
• Ability to effectively work with other managers and full-time staff as a team.
• Ability to utilize a computer, learn new software and to work with Word.
• Ability to manage a large part time workforce.

Special Conditions of Employment:

• Satisfactory criminal history background check
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
• UCSB is a Tobacco-Free environment
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per day
• Work hours/days may vary

Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Job Functions and Percentages of Time:

• Production and Budget Responsibility - 35%
• Training, Development and Supervision - 25%
• Purchasing - 20%
• Staff Recruitment and Selection - 15%
• Facilities Management - 5%

Equal Employment Opportunity: The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.