Unit Description:

Join a team that embraces your love for working with people, mentoring them as they achieve personal and professional goals.

Relocation assistance is available! 

Sodexo is seeking a Retail Manager 3 for the St Louis University located in St Louis, MO. Saint Louis University is ranked among the top Jesuit universities in the country. In addition to being recognized for world-class faculty and academic programs, SLU also received honors for efforts to serve others and our commitment to making an extraordinary education attainable.

As the Retail Manager, you will have oversight of multiple food retail locations and drive strategic growth with both internal brands and National Retail Brands. We are looking for an innovative leader who is comfortable with technology advances and learning new retail programs.

The successful candidate will:

motivate, coach, mentor and develop frontline (hourly-paid), staff;

provide stellar customer service;

oversee cash handling processes, and POS programming and maintenance;

ensure company food and physical safety programs and standards are followed;

conduct retail brand standard audits (in-house and national brands);

maintain integrity of retail branded concept standards (national and in-house brands);

manage the opening and closing the operation as well daily retail food service operations;

ensure all needed signage (including digital) is in place;

manage vendor relationships and compliance; and/or

maintain all product merchandising, marketing and ordering standards are in place.

experience in University Concessions

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

a history of strong leadership and excellent communication skills;

prior experience promoting national brands with clients and customers in a campus environment

proven client relationship and customer service skills. 

Learn more about St Louis University at 

At Sodexo, we believe every employee should have the resources to be their best. As part of our overall rewards, we offer benefits programs designed to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle including health, dental and vision insurance. We also offer other benefits like paid time off, financial and savings programs, 401k, and access to our employee assistance program and other discounts. 

Not the job for you?

We offer Food Service Management and Retail Management positions in a variety of business segments, including Corporate, Schools, Universities, Energy and Resources, Government and Agencies, Healthcare, Senior Living and Sports and Leisure locations across the United States. .

Working for Sodexo:

At Sodexo, you will find the ingredients for a great career in food service management specializing in Retail Management. With benefits including schedules that encourage work-life balance and continuing education opportunities, you’ll enjoy an improved quality of life that’s unique in the hospitality industry.

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.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Basic Education Requirement - Associate's Degree or equivalent experience

Basic Management Experience - 2 years

Basic Functional Experience – 1 year of work experience in concessions, retail sales, or store operations

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