Working together, supporting your team, reaching high-end for the best in a high-volume, high-paced environment is second nature to you.

Sodexo is seeking a Catering Manager at Howard University in Washington, DC.

Sodexo's Catering team at Howard University is searching for a strong, eager Catering Manager, build, influence, cultivate and direct their team to success. Working with High level clients, students, faculty and staff to create a dining experience like no other. This is a fast paced environment, clients range from POTUS, A-B celebrities and Public officials. This is a one in a life opportunity to grow and expand your career in Hospitality. Strong communication skills, personable, fast paced, out of the box thinker. Maintaining the day to day, coordinating and directing operations, if this sparks your interest, apply today!!

Key Duties

• Oversight of Sodexo resources, recipes, systems, and use of catering programs to direct daily catering events including; food production, inventory, product deliveries, invoices, and procurement operations.
• Oversight of the sales process for catering and/or conference service events.
• Works with clients and customers to design events.
• Ensures employees have appropriate equipment, supplies, and resources to perform their job and meet goals, cost controls, and deadlines as assigned.
• Establishes and maintains a safe work environment including both food and physical safety to comply with all regulatory and Sodexo standards in various environments.
• Drives the Zero Harm mindset.
• Complies with budget requirements by controlling costs (i.e. labor, inventory, equipment, materials) and making adjustments when necessary.
• Supervises employees by delegating, assigning, and prioritizing activities, and monitoring operating standards.

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.

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.

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.

Oversight of catering activities for a small to mid-size location/unit with $500k-$1M in managed catering volume. Medium complexity with a high degree of hands on involvement in catering events. Strong client interaction.
Key Duties
- Oversight of Sodexo resources, recipes, systems and use of catering programs to direct daily catering events including; food production, inventory, product deliveries, invoices, and procurement operations.
- Oversight of the sales process for catering and/or conference service events. Works with client and customers to design events.
- Ensures employees have appropriate equipment, supplies and resources to perform their job, and meet goals, cost controls and deadlines as assigned.
- Establishes and maintains a safe work environment including both food and physical safety in order to comply with all regulatory and Sodexo standards in various environments. Drives the Zero Harm mindset.
- Complies with budget requirements by controlling costs (i.e. labor, inventory, equipment, materials) and making adjustments when necessary
- Supervises employees by delegating, assigning and prioritizing activities, and monitoring operating standards

Basic Education Requirement - High School Diploma or GED

Basic Management Experience - 1 year

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