Catering Manager

As a Catering Manager for our company, you will be responsible for the operation of the catering department by performing a variety of tasks to support and run events. Manage a small group of employees to ensure all events run smoothly.

* This position is based in San Francisco, CA at 500 Howard Street.

Benefits/Perks:

• No Weekends
• Monday to Friday: 7:00am
• Snacks and meals provided during shifts
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 13 paid holidays
• 401K with match
• Vacation and Sick days

Essential Functions

• Attend meetings with employees regarding their catering request
• Managing the catering team
• Organizing catering calendar and special events
• Answering emails from employees and catering tickets that are created through the event tool
• Putting together the catering order on the catering calendar
• Contacting employees regarding their catering request and get the proper approval/info to support the event
• Updated the event ticket for table/power needs (if needed) to support in house catering
• Supporting Sol on catering request
• Placing pastry orders with the Pastry Team by Thursday for the next week
• Placing orders with Canteen for sodas/water request by Thursday for the next week
• Placing orders with Willow’s Market for alcohol orders by Thursday for the next week
• Send employees their alcohol and non-alcohol receipts as soon as you receive them from vendor
• Make sure team returns leftover alcohol to employees by the end of the week
• Creating catering packets for team
• Schedule setup, delivery, and pick-up for catering
• Meet with team to go over catering packets and duties
• Communicating with our team about last min. add-on’s
• Working on catering event request for next week and updating packets with last min. add-on’s
• Sending friendly calendar invites to inform chef’s about high profile events happening inside of the café, when food trucks will be on hack square during service, & when there are more than 15 external guest that will dine at the café

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent culinary skills
• Interpersonal and organizational skills
• Utilization of knife cuts in a safe, efficient manner
• Sense of urgency
• Excellent verbal skills
• Excellent multi-tasking skills
• Professional appearance
• Ability to move throughout the café and kitchen
• Knowledge of safety and sanitation in the work place
• High volume production & large batch cooking
• Ability to handle kitchen equipment and tools safely
• Event Management skills such as how to read a BEO, ordering, set up and break down of events
• Management experience

Education and Work Experience

• Culinary Degree (preferred but not required)
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience preferred
• 3-5 years’ experience in a Catering Manager role

Work Environment

• The work environment for Catering Manager includes the following large kitchen environment elements and exposures
• Fast paced kitchen
• High sense of urgency
• Moderate to high noise level
• Exposure to soap and cleaning solutions
• Slippery/uneven surfaces may be encountered
• Frequently moving from cold freezer to normal kitchen environment

Requirements

Must have and maintain an active Food Handlers Card, as required by the California Health Department.

Physical Demands

• Some heavy lifting (may lift 10-50 lbs.) and possible moving of equipment required
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision for safe navigation of work area and use of equipment
• Heavy and repetitive hand and arm motion involved in production and clean up
• Standing, walking, bending/twisting, and balance are all required to perform job task
• Reaching across surfaces while moving containers, reaching above shoulders for containers for removal and storage
• Standing a minimum of 8 hours a day
• Carrying containers of different sizes and different types of product of all shapes and sizes
• Removing hot items from oven