Senior Culinary Director

Job Description

Aramark Healthcare+ is searching for our next Senior Culinary Director to lead our food service & culinary operations at UChicago Health System in Chicago, IL. Offers a wide variety of culinary solutions to meet customer and client needs and tastes. Coordinates and runs culinary operations to meet production, presentation, and service standards. Applies culinary techniques to food preparation and handles the final presentation and service of food.

Job Responsibilities

• Leadership: Ensures culinary production appropriately connects to the Executional Framework. Ensures accurate culinary standards and techniques are in place for preparation of food items, including production, presentation and service standards. Leads culinary team to ensure quality in final presentation of food. Trains and lead culinary and kitchen employees to use standard methodology food production techniques. Coaches employees by crafting a shared understanding about what needs to be achieved and how it is to be achieved. Rewards and recognize employees. Plan and execute team meetings and daily huddles. Complete and maintain all staff records including training records, shift opening/closing checklists and performance data. Multi-tasking as well as ability to simplify the agenda for the team is a must.
• Client Relationship: Develop and maintain effective client and customer rapport for mutually advantageous business relationship. Aggregate and communicate regional culinary and ingredient trends.
• Financial Performance: Responsible for delivering food and labor targets. Understands performance metrics, data, order and inventory trends; consistent focus on margin improvement.
• Efficiency: Ensure efficient execution and delivery of all food line products in line with the daily menu. Maintain integrity of the standard Aramark food offer; responsible for maintaining food quality of items at all times. Full compliance with Operational Excellence fundamentals: handling waste, standard menus, recipes and ingredients through leading customer driven menus and labor standards. Understand end to end supply chain and procurement process and systems, ensure only authorized suppliers are used. Full knowledge and implementation of the Food Framework. Ensure accuracy of estimated food consumption for appropriate requisitions and/or food purchase. Ensure accurate equipment operation and maintenance.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with Aramark SAFE food, occupational and environmental safety polices in all culinary and kitchen operations. Follow all applicable policies, rules and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to safety, health, wage and hour.

• Requires 5+ years of healthcare culinary experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience