Culinary Director

Job Description

Aramark Healthcare+ is searching for our next Culinary Director to lead our food service & culinary operations at OSF HealthCare . 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.

This role will cover several locations in Illinois and Michigan.

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. Responsible for overseeing all ordering and inventory management.
• 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, sanitation, health, wage and hour.

Compensation Data

Compensation: The salary range for this position is $110,000 to $125,000. 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 applicable law, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the California Fair Chance Act, and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance to the extent that those laws apply to the opportunity.

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years of culinary leadership experience at an Executive Chef level
• Acute care hospital experience preferred
• Experience leading multiple sites and kitchens
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Education

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