Food Service Director

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Kirtland Community College, Grayling, MI, US

Salary: $70,000.00 Annually

Kirtland Community College | Grayling, MI
Salary: $70,000 annually

Are you a
culinary leader who loves great food, developing people, and creating an exceptional dining experience? Are you ready for an opportunity where you can bring your culinary creativity and leadership skills to a college campus community?

Creative Dining Services is looking for a Food Service Director to join our team at Kirtland Community College in Grayling, Michigan!

This is more than an operations role. As Food Service Director, you'll have the opportunity to
lead a talented culinary and hospitality team, elevate the dining experience, develop future leaders, and build strong relationships throughout the campus community.

If you're a hands-on culinary professional who knows how to balance
great food, great people, and great business results
, we'd love to meet you!

As Food Service Director, you'll take the lead in the day-to-day operation of the dining program while ensuring exceptional food quality, service, safety, and financial performance.

• Oversee all aspects of food service operations and ensure company quality and service standards are consistently met.
• Create an engaging, welcoming dining experience for students, faculty, staff, and guests.
• Monitor sales, labor, food costs, controllable expenses, safety, sanitation, and compliance.
• Identify opportunities to improve operations, menus, service, and the overall guest experience.
• Partner with the Operations Director and campus leadership to achieve account goals.

• Hire, train, coach, develop, and motivate managers and support staff.
• Build a positive team culture where employees feel valued, supported, and empowered to succeed.
• Identify development opportunities and create plans to help team members grow.
• Lead regular team and management meetings.
• Ensure team members understand and follow company policies, employment regulations, safety standards, and food safety requirements.

• Use your
  culinary expertise to create exciting and appealing food experiences.
• Help develop and implement new products, recipes, menus, procedures, and culinary techniques.
• Plan and execute merchandising and marketing initiatives.
• Monitor food quality, presentation, production, and consistency.
• Stay connected to dining trends and look for new ways to engage the campus community.

• Partner with the Operations Director on annual and period budgeting.
• Drive sales and profitability while maintaining exceptional operating standards.
• Monitor purchasing and financial performance.
• Analyze labor, food costs, and operational results and implement improvements when needed.
• Complete quarterly business reviews and communicate results and opportunities with leadership and the client.

• Develop positive relationships with students, faculty, staff, campus leadership, and community partners.
• Maintain open and effective communication with the Creative Dining team and client.
• Promote a positive public image and help ensure long-term account success and retention.

We're looking for a
culinary professional and people leader who is ready to make an impact.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Culinary experience and a strong food service background – required.
• Demonstrated success leading a food service operation and culinary team.
• Strong customer service and relationship-building…