Food Service Manager

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Additional Considerations (if Any)

At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

Job Description

Additional Considerations (if Any)

At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.



Job Description

Job Title: Food Service Manager

Department: Market Grille

FLSA:
Exempt

General Function

Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service. Assists food service department managers to present the freshest most innovative and best quality products at a competitive retail price to customers.

Core Competencies

• Partnerships
• Growth mindset
• Results oriented
• Customer focused
• Professionalism

• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.
• Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee’s designated department or elsewhere in the store.
• Makes an effort to learn customers’ names and to address them by name whenever possible.
• Assists customers by: (examples include)
• escorting them to the products they’re looking for
• securing products that are out of reach
• loading or unloading heavy items
• making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests
• Performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience.
• Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call including taking product orders.
• Works with co-workers as a team to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
• Reviews daily production list with department employees and assigns tasks for completion.
• Ensures food display case product is rotated and replenished.
• Scans the kitchen area for items and areas that need to be addressed (e.g. Coffee, salad case, cleanliness, kitchen repairs, and safety issues) and assigns tasks to kitchen staff.
• Ensures the proper amount of staff in the kitchen department to handle customer needs.
• Oversees food quality and presentation for all Chinese, Italian, Restaurant and Kitchen Departments.
• Oversees inventory within all Chinese, Italian, Restaurant and Kitchen Departments.
• Work with chefs and other personnel to plan menus that are flavorful and popular with customers.
• Work with chefs for efficient provisioning and purchasing of supplies.
• Estimate food and beverage costs.
• Supervise portion control and quantities of preparation to minimize waste.
• Perform frequent checks to ensure consistent high quality of preparation and service.
• Sets the department standards for customer service, employee relations, cleanliness, sanitation, professional appearance and overall profitability.
• Analyzes weekly and monthly sales and trends and compares to actuals, prepares ad projections, and writes ads.
• Work with other management personnel to plan marketing, advertising, and any special restaurant functions.
• Monitors actions of staff and customers to ensure that health and safety standards and liquor regulations are obeyed.
• Investigate and resolve complaints concerning food quality and service.
• Arrange for maintenance and repair of equipment and other services.
• Select or create successful menu items based on many considerations, and assign prices based on cost analysis.
• Figures retail pricing and ensure correct pricing.
• Di…