Let your passion for people be the driver of your success at Sodexo. Through your leadership, your team will make a real impact every day.

Sodexo is seeking an Area General Manager - Food Services for UMass Health located in Worcester, MA . In this role you will report to the Client Executive and lead a team of 20+ managers and approximately 165 hourly employees. The Area GM will manage oversight of 3 locations to include responsibility for the hospital cafeteria, patient meals, retail, and catering.

The successful candidate will:

• have oversight of day-to-day operations for all 3 locations (within 10 min drive of each other)
• coordinate all required tasks through subordinate managers, supervisors and frontline staff
• deliver high quality food services including retail, cafeteria, and patient meal management operations
• achieve company and client financial targets and goals
• develop and maintain high quality client and customer relationships
• ensure HACCP, regulatory and standards compliance
• have daily interaction with patients, their families and clinical team to ensure patient satisfaction
• ensure Sodexo standards are met

Is this opportunity right for you? We are looking for candidates who:

• have a work history demonstrating strong employee engagement leadership skills, as well as previous supervisory experience, preferably in a healthcare setting
• have culinary production experience or retail food operations experience, and a strong background in safety and sanitation compliance
• can manage multiple priorities while maintaining a passion for a high level of customer service
• excel in their ability to stay organized and on target in a busy, fast-paced environment

Learn more about UMass Health System here: https://www.ummhealth.org/umass-memorial-medical-center/about-us

Sodexo offers a full array of benefits including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K and access to ongoing training and development programs, tuition reimbursement, plus health and wellness programs.

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Working for Sodexo:

At Sodexo, you will find the ingredients for a great career in food service management. With benefits including schedules that encourage work-life balance and continuing education opportunities, you’ll enjoy an improved quality of life that’s unique in the hospitality industry.

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Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.

Functions as the in-unit leader for multiple accounts and/or contracts within a defined geography. Single point of contact and/or client liaison in support of a multi-site.
Key Duties
- Monitors operations by planned and unplanned visits to each operating account of the system to plan projects, implement new processes, client interactions, and new technology to ensure sufficient resources.

- Develops business plan and budget w/each account GM that supports the System and District goals – Reviews and analyzes financial statements and data and other financial information to ensure attainment of financial goals for both the client and Sodexo.

- Central Point of Contact for Client Liaison promoting a solid business partnership - assists in contract negotiations for the system.

- Maintains Quality & Company Standards – reviews and maintains reports to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and Sodexo / System Client(s) policies and procedures.

- Responsible for system succession planning/employee development/diversity initiatives/training/constructive counseling. Promotes and supports workplace diversity initiatives.

- Provides strategic leadership to the respective units within the system to maintain client satisfaction and retention

Basic Education Requirement - Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
Basic Management Experience - 5 years
Basic Functional Experience - 5 years

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.