Unit Description:

Through your leadership, your team will make a real impact every day.

Sodexo is seeking a Food Service Operations Manager for Virginia Hospital Center. VHC Health’s Main Hospital in Arlington, Virginia, is an independent, 453-bed, not-for-profit teaching hospital.

The Food Service Operations Manager responsibilities will be but not limited to:

Afternoon and evening retail operation support-for our Starbucks, Subway, and main cafeteria. Inclusive of monitoring productivity of the staff and day to day operations, cleanup activities in the evening, cash outs, and resetting for the next day.

Help monitoring closing procedure of the entire department with evening patient services manager.

Assist chef with discussions on catering with catering customers.

Help catering supervisor with evening or busy catering days with set up and execution of catered events.

We a looking for candidates with:

Starbucks or Subway experience.

Culinary background to assist with high end catering food prep when needed.

The skills to support procurement activities.

The successful candidate will:

successfully coordinate all required tasks through subordinate managers, supervisors and frontline staff;

deliver high quality food services including retail, catering and patient meal management operations; 

achieve company and client financial targets and goals;  

develop and maintain client and customer relationships (i.e., comfortable in c-suite settings where communication skills are imperative when serving as top level site management)

develop strategic plans; 

ensure HACCP, regulatory and standards compliance;

have daily interaction with patients, their families and clinical team to ensure patient satisfaction;

create a positive environment; and/or

ensure Sodexo standards are met.

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

have a work history demonstrating strong leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively with all levels of the organization;

possess the ability to manage multiple priorities, demonstrate professional communication skills, and exhibit a passion for a high-level of customer service;

exhibit flexibility to take on additional responsibilities as needed.

Sodexo offers a full array of benefits including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K and access to ongoing training and development programs, tuition reimbursement, plus health and wellness programs.

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 work experience in food or culinary services including restaurants, fast food, vending, catering services, institutional services, mall food courts, etc.

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