Food Service Manager

Job Description

The Food Service Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing all aspects of a high-end corporate dining operation, delivering an exceptional hospitality experience for clients, guests, and employees. This role manages daily dining services, catering operations, coffee bar programs, and pantry services while ensuring the highest standards of food quality, presentation, service excellence, and guest satisfaction. The Food Service Manager provides hands-on leadership to service teams, drives operational efficiency, maintains compliance with food safety and sanitation standards, and fosters a culture of hospitality, professionalism, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is a customer-focused leader with strong experience in upscale food service environments, capable of balancing premium service delivery with effective financial and operational management.

LifeWorks Restaurant Group, an independently operated division of Aramark, designs custom solutions for clients looking to take amenities to the next level. Our team of forward-thinkers look at each opportunity as an experience?not a requirement?and deliver out-of-this world, truly sensory experiences, feeding company culture. From the beginning of each client relationship, the team at LifeWorks Restaurant Group establishes a transparency with its partners, from space design and delivery to marketing of the final, branded product. Learn more by visiting - Link here Home - LifeWorks Restaurant Group

Compensation Data

COMPENSATION: The Salaried rate for this position is $74,000.00 to $76,000.00. If both numbers are the same, that is the amount that Aramark expects to offer. This is Aramark?s good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for this position as of the time of posting.

BENEFITS: Aramark offers comprehensive benefit programs and services for eligible employees including medical, dental, vision, and work/life resources. Additional benefits may include retirement savings plans like 401(k) and paid days off such as parental leave and disability coverage. Benefits vary by location and are subject to any legal requirements or limitations, employee eligibility status, and where the employee lives and/or works. For more information about Aramark benefits, click here Aramark Careers - Benefits & Compensation

There is no predetermined application window for this position, the position will close once a qualified candidate is selected. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to all applicable Fair Chance Ordinances and Acts. For jobs in San Francisco, this includes the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Job Responsibilities

Leadership

• Use Aramark's coaching model to engage and develop team members to their fullest potential

• Reward and recognize employees

• Ensure individual and team performance meets objectives and client expectations

• Plan and lead daily team briefings

• Ensure safety and sanitation standards in all operations

Client Relationship

• Identify client needs and communicate operational progress

Financial Performance

• Ensure the completion and maintenance of P&L statements

• Deliver client and company financial targets

• Adopt all Aramark processes and systems, understand performance metrics, data, order and inventory trends; educate teams on key levers to improve margins

Productivity

• Bring value through efficient operations, appropriate cost controls, and profit management

• Follow the Operational Excellence fundamentals by meeting and maintaining food and labor initiatives

• Ensure entire team is trained and able to implement

• Supervise team regarding production, quality and control

Compliance

• Maintain a safe and healthy environment for clients, customers and employees

• Follow all applicable policies, rules and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to safety, health, wage and hour

Additional Responsibilities

• Lead the front of the house of the dining operation (Cafeteria/ Residential Dining Facility) in conjunction with the Food Service Director

• Plans, directs, and coordinates food service activities in order to deliver a finished product to the customer

At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 1 year of experience

• Requires at least 1 year of experience in a management role

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Ability to maintain effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships

• Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service using Aramark's standard service model

• Ability to maintain an effective working relationship with other departments to a unified food service experience for all customers

• Requires occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lb.

• Must be able to stand for extended periods of time.

Education

About Aramark

Our Mission

Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.

At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

About Aramark

The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at or connect with us on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter .