Culinary Director

Job Description

The Portfolio Group, under the Workplace Experience Group umbrella, delivers seamless experiences from the breakroom to the boardroom, providing a signature suite of services for each unique business portfolio. Our team builds partnerships that excel, creating experiences that break the mold, where convenience, consistency, and excellence are a given. One Partner. Infinite Solutions.

The Culinary Development Director is responsible for enhancing the food program across the portfolio by creating a wide variety of innovative solutions to meet guest and client expectations. Creates local and diverse partnerships. Oversees and manages all culinary operations to insure best in class, authentic dining across all outlets. Applies standards and processes to deliver and execute daily operations and initiatives.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Director of Culinary to inspire, lead, and innovate across a national portfolio, based out of Dallas, TX. The ideal candidate has a commitment to excellence and a desire to be the absolute best. The Culinary Director will lead a dynamic team across the country whose sole mission is to bring best in class hospitality and cuisine to our guests in an exciting, fun, and energized environment. Programming includes retail dining cafés, conference dining, daily catering, and special event dining with a premier client spanning 20+ locations in multiple states. Significant work with national program development, standards implementation and team leadership is crucial.

Job Responsibilities

Leadership:

• Is a leader and mentor to our talented and diverse team.
• Empowers our team members to make decisions in the moment that provide the highest level of service to our guests.
• Ensures authentic, on-trend and precisely executed culinary standards and techniques.
• Guarantees unique and diverse local partnerships remain a part of who we are.
• Is a great communicator, trainer, and celebrator of our people.
• Ignites a passion and hunger to be the best.
• A serial multitasker, you will need to be well versed in using technology to simplify daily tasks and enable a world class hospitality experience.

Development:

• Ensures proper operational standards and techniques are in place for all aspects of the program.
• Manages both culinary and operational teams to ensure quality and safety throughout the portfolio.
• Meets with both client and site leadership as a liaison regarding all things related to culinary development.
• Coach employees by creating 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.

Client Relationship:

• Develop and maintain effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationship.
• Aggregate and communicate operational and site needs.

Financial Performance:

• Responsible for driving the mark on all areas including culinary, guest experience, safety, sanitation and financials of the business, consistent focus on margin improvement. Forecast, plan, and execute budget set forth by the region.

Productivity:

• Ensure the efficient and profitable business performance of the food program and the optimal utilization of staff and resources
• Innovating and developing a leading team for future leaders in our business.

Compliance:

• Maintain compliance with Aramark SAFE food, occupational and environmental safety polices in all operations.
• Comply with all applicable policies, rules, and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to safety, health, wage and hour.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 10 years’ experience and 3-5 years in a management role.
• Multi Unit Culinary Background Preferred.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the 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 .