Perkins Management is excited to welcome our newest client, Miles College, to its portfolio of amazing HBCUs. We are one of the fastest growing food service companies, and we are looking for exciting and hard-working people to join our team.

The EXECUTIVE CHEF / PRODUCTION MANAGER is responsible for oversight of food preparation, management of the line staff and utility workers, inventory and purchasing, menu creation and pricing, food and labor budgeting, staff scheduling and kitchen safety and cleanliness maintenance.

• Establish and maintain food production systems and procedures for the ordering, receiving, storing, preparing, and serving of food related products.
• Train and manage kitchen personnel and supervise/coordinate all culinary activities.
• Responsible for menu planning and development.
• Ensure that requirements for appropriate sanitation and food safety levels in respective areas are met.
• Develop and be accountable for a safe culture that creates a work environment where no one gets hurt.
• Estimate food consumption.
• Ensure proper equipment operation/maintenance.
• Conduct periodic inventory.
• Coordinate and supervise unit personnel regarding production, merchandising, quality and cost control, and labor management.
• Recruit, hire, develop, and retain back of the house staff.
• Drive customer service and employee engagement through effective use of customer and employee engagement surveys.
• Look for opportunities to implement new products and services which support sales growth and client retention.
• Identify vertical sales growth opportunities and communicates with appropriate subject matter experts

Special qualifications: The ability to manage in a diverse environment with focus on client and customer services is essential to success in this role.

Experience: Previous experience with control food and labor cost, demonstration cooking, menu development, and pricing and development of culinary team preferred. Premise and liability accountability and contract-managed service experience is desirable.

Education: The ideal candidates will possess a bachelor's degree or related culinary degree with eight or more years of industry and culinary management experience. 

Core competencies: Leadership, Management

*Knowledge of safe food handling practices and the ability to pass food safety exams and/or trainings;
*Must have a team player attitude, dependable, reliable and respectable; exemplify leadership qualities and professionalism with excellent customer service skills.
*Physical Demands: Specific physical characteristics and abilities are required to perform the work, such  as agility, dexterity and long periods of walking, standing, bending, carrying or lifting supplies and  equipment weighing 20 pounds or more.

PMSC is an EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION employer. Candidates are considered for employment with PMSC without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, political beliefs, military status, marital status, veteran status or other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

COVID PROTOCOL

In an effort to keep employees safe from Covid-19, Perkins Management strong suggests that all employees are fully vaccinated and boosted.