Director of F&B Operations - Aramark Nexus
hace 25 días
Houston
Aramark Nexus is hiring a Director of Food & Beverage Operations to lead all culinary and food and beverage operations for a new, large-scale workforce community near Hereford, Texas, within driving distance of both Hereford and Amarillo. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced Director of Food & Beverage, F&B Director, Food Service Director, Director of Dining Services, Multi-Unit Restaurant Leader, Culinary Operations Director, or Hospitality Food & Beverage leader who has successfully managed multiple dining concepts, large teams, and complex food service operations. The Director of Food & Beverage Operations will provide overall leadership for the site's dining hall, restaurant operations, retail food service, commissary, culinary operations, and supporting food and beverage teams. This leader will oversee managers, chefs, assistant managers, sous chefs, and hourly team members while ensuring strong performance across food quality, guest experience, labor, food cost, safety, inventory, and operational execution. This is not a single-concept restaurant role. We are looking for a leader who can manage a broad food and beverage portfolio, develop other leaders, establish consistent standards across multiple operations, and create a strong dining experience at scale. The strongest candidates will have experience in large hotels, resorts, cruise lines, universities, corporate dining, healthcare food service, large residential communities, multi-unit restaurants, institutional dining, or other high-volume hospitality environments. This is an opportunity to help build the food and beverage operation from the ground up and establish the service culture, culinary standards, leadership structure, and operating practices that will define the resident dining experience. • Provide overall leadership for all food and beverage operations, including dining hall, restaurant, retail, commissary, and culinary functions., • Lead and develop department heads and culinary leaders, including dining managers, restaurant managers, retail managers, executive chefs, sous chefs, and assistant managers., • Establish consistent standards for food quality, service, sanitation, guest experience, production, presentation, and operational execution across all concepts., • Oversee high-volume meal production and service while ensuring each dining concept maintains its own operational identity and service standards., • Own food and beverage financial performance, including food cost, labor, inventory, purchasing, waste reduction, productivity, and departmental budgets., • Partner with culinary leadership on menu development, production planning, recipe standards, food quality, and continuous improvement., • Develop staffing strategies, leadership coverage, scheduling practices, training programs, and succession plans for a large food and beverage organization., • Monitor guest feedback, service metrics, food quality, operational data, and financial results to identify opportunities to improve performance., • Ensure compliance with food safety, sanitation, workplace safety, quality assurance, and applicable regulatory standards., • Partner with Purchasing, Facilities, Safety, Guest Services, Human Resources, and other site leaders to support reliable and coordinated operations., • Lead openings, new concepts, operational changes, special events, and periods of changing resident volume or meal demand., • Build a high-performing food and beverage culture focused on hospitality, culinary excellence, accountability, teamwork, safety, and consistent execution. At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice. • Requires significant progressive leadership experience in food and beverage operations, food service management, culinary operations, hospitality, dining services, or multi-unit restaurant operations., • Previous experience as a Director of Food & Beverage, F&B Director, Food Service Director, Director of Dining Services, Multi-Unit General Manager, Culinary Operations Director, or similar senior leader is strongly preferred., • Demonstrated experience leading multiple food service concepts or departments simultaneously is required., • Experience overseeing both front-of-house and back-of-house operations, including culinary leaders and operational managers., • Strong experience with high-volume dining, restaurant operations, retail food service, catering, commissary, or institutional food service is highly valued., • Demonstrated experience managing large teams and developing managers, chefs, supervisors, and other leaders., • Strong understanding of food cost, labor management, purchasing, inventory, budgeting, productivity, and P&L performance., • Strong working knowledge of food safety, sanitation, quality assurance, and large-scale food production standards., • Bachelor's degree in Hospitality, Culinary Arts, Food Service Management, Business, or a related field preferred. Equivalent senior-level operating experience will also be considered., • Strong leadership, communication, financial, organizational, and problem-solving skills., • Ability to work effectively across culinary, operations, finance, purchasing, facilities, and other support functions., • Schedule flexibility is required and may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and after-hours leadership support for a 24/7 operation. Aramark Nexus supports large-scale workforce communities and complex projects in locations where housing, dining, facilities, and essential services are critical to keeping people and operations moving. Our teams bring together Aramark's experience and resources with an entrepreneurial approach built for fast-moving, high-growth environments. A career with Nexus offers the opportunity to help build something from the ground up. Team members work in unique operating environments, take on meaningful responsibility, and have opportunities to grow as Nexus expands into new projects and markets. If you enjoy being part of a team that moves quickly, solves problems, and takes pride in delivering a great experience for the people we serve, Nexus offers a different kind of Aramark career. Location and Future On-Site Housing This position will support a new project located near Hereford, Texas, within driving distance of both Hereford and Amarillo. Additional details regarding the specific work location will be shared with candidates as they move through the hiring process. As the project develops, free on-site room and board is planned to become available for eligible employees. This will include housing and meals provided at no cost, creating an option for employees who prefer to live closer to the worksite rather than commute each day. Additional information about housing, availability, amenities, and timing will be provided as those services become available.
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