MAP- Food Service Manager- Eastern Kentucky Corrections

Title

2026 MAP
- Food Service Manager
- Eastern Kentucky Corrections

642138

West Liberty, KY, US 41472

Are you graduating this year? Are you ready to fast‑track your career and make an impact from day one? Aramark’s Management Accelerator Program (MAP) is your launchpad to leadership. Designed for recent graduates, MAP is an immersive experience that blends operations and people management with professional development, mentorship, and community building.

Most MAP roles offer the opportunity to lead a team in your first job out of school! You’ll gain the skills, confidence, and experience to thrive in a fast‑paced, people‑first environment. MAP participants chart their own course to leadership. Whether you stay in your current account after the program, explore a new line of business, relocate to a different city, or pivot between operations and functional roles—your journey is yours to design.

Ready to MAP your future? Apply now and take the first step toward a career that accelerates your potential.

• Plan and lead daily team briefings
• Ensure safety and sanitation standards in all operations
• Identify client needs and communicate operational progress
• Ensure the completion and maintenance of P&L statements
• Deliver client and company financial targets
• Adopt all Aramark processes and systems, understand performance metrics, data, order and inventory trends; educate teams on key levers to improve margins
• Bring value through efficient operations, appropriate cost controls, and profit management
• Follow the Operational Excellence fundamentals by meeting and maintaining food and labor initiatives
• Ensure entire team is trained and able to implement
• Supervise team regarding production, quality and control
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment for clients, customers and employees
• Follow all applicable policies, rules and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to safety, health, wage and hour
• Lead the front of the house of the dining operation (Cafeteria/Residential Dining Facility) in conjunction with the Food Service Director
• Plan, direct, and coordinate food service activities to deliver a finished product to the customer
• In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice

• Ideal applicants will graduate between December 2025 and August 2026. The program starts between May and August 2026 based on the area of the business. All degree requirements must be completed prior to the start of the program.
• Students with a degree or background in hospitality, business, culinary, food service, or facilities management preferred
• Candidates with excellent verbal, written, and professional communication skills
• Candidates willing to work flexible hours, which may include nights, weekends or holidays
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

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.