Area Manager, Food Operations

3 days ago

Waterloo, Canada University of Waterloo Full time

Overview:
The Area Manager, Food Operations is accountable for the delivery of effective operations and strategic oversight of commissary and quick service restaurant units (2-3) owned and operated by the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association. Combined, the commercial units see multi-million dollars in annual revenues with hundreds of customers serviced daily while campus is operating. The retail business units include but are not limited to commissary kitchens, grab, and go business production, sushi QSR, Indian QSR, ice cream QSR.

This role will initially oversee a multi-unit commissary operation with supporting new business development. The commissary product includes but not limited to sushi, sandwiches, wraps, entrees, hot entrees, and snacks.

The position will work with senior management to develop annual business plans to help ensure successful business results for their assigned units. The Area Manager, Food Operations will oversee the personnel and supervisory layers of each business unit and provide leadership to their outlets to help ensure positive member satisfaction and financial outcomes.

**Responsibilities**:
Strategic management
- Set annual objectives through a strategic plan by developing, implementing, and evaluating business strategies consistent with the organization’s vision, mission and long-range plan
- Create annual budget for operations including capital expenditure proposals; working with the Manager of Commercial Operations and Senior Management to administer annual budgets and implementing and administrating effective operating policies and procedures
- Responsible for all routine day-to-day management decisions; inventory management, sourcing new items, auditing operations, and floor management
- Accountable for ensuring core business processes within outlets are conducted accurately and efficiently, including scheduling, ordering, cash controls, merchandising and processing transactions
- Ensure operations are following Health & Safety laws, and WUSA’s & University of Waterloo policies, procedures and visions
- Implements systems and processes to establish and maintain records for the operating unit
- Ensure all equipment is maintained and replaced as required

Effective Retail Performance using Financial Management and Planning:

- Price all products consistent with gross margin targets
- Order goods on a timely basis and ensure store is adequately and appropriately stocked
- Process all invoices to ensure accuracy of product, pricing and quantity purchased
- Create and monitor annual strategic plans and budgets for outlets in conjunction with the Manager of Commercial Operations
- Reconcile inventory received to purchased orders and performs corrective steps if required
- Provide weekly sales & labour and operations report to Manager of Commercial operations
- Responsible for establishing and achieving margins and labour costs as per budget
- Accountable for all financial targets of outlets set out in budget/ strategic plans and reporting on any variances on a month-to-month basis to the Manager of Commercial Operations
- Financial management, reporting & analysis for budgeting, sales & profit purposes. Forecast sales, summarize and produce reports

Staff Management:

- Provide daily correspondence and direction to supervisors to ensure outlets and shifts are operating to set standards
- Ensure all staff are properly trained to focus on the provision of friendly and professional service consistent with the overall operating philosophy of WUSA & UW policies and procedures
- Review and authorize bi-weekly payroll including reconciling schedules to labour reports and investigate and report any variances
- Initiates and conducts termly performance evaluations to all employees
- Ensures staff provide outstanding customer service
- Hire, train and evaluate part-time staff with a very high turnover rate; supervision of staff to include hiring, training, evaluation, and discipline

Relationships and Collaboration:

- Establishes and maintains strong partnerships and relationships within UW community as well as other post-secondary institutions and third-party vendors to ensure best practices are being implemented
- Ensure regular feedback and communication with students to determine product offerings, hours of operation and service levels
- Collaborate with Accounting to ensure area complies with WUSAs cash controls, sales are being recorded accurately and customer cheques are printed in time for customer pickups
- Meet regularly with Marketing Specialist to review upcoming promotions, hours of operations, hiring campaigns, and ensuring products sold are relevant to student trends/ demands
- Key individual in maintaining positive relationships with all vendors
- Demonstrate ability to interact with and support students

Customer Service:

- Commits to positive interactions with all internal and external customers and provides appropriate level of assistance regardless o

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