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About the Role
Great Performances is seeking a detail-oriented and organized Culinary Operations Manager to oversee the management and optimization of their catering software. This role involves leading a small team to ensure menus are accurately quantified using data from past events, maintaining the integrity of the catering database, and updating allergen information, menu item names, and quantification amounts. This is a salaried position that may require weekend hours during peak seasons, with a minimum of 50 hours weekly.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of 2-3 members, providing guidance and support in menu quantification and data management.
- Oversee the accurate quantification of catering menus by analyzing data from past events to ensure optimal food preparation and minimize waste.
- Maintain and update the catering software database, including editing and verifying allergen information, standardizing and refining menu item names, and adjusting quantification amounts for dishes based on historical data and feedback.
- Collaborate with culinary and operations teams to align with event requirements.
- Generate reports and insights from catering software to support operational decision-making.
- Ensure data accuracy and consistency across the catering software platform.
- Troubleshoot and resolve software-related issues in collaboration with IT support as needed.
- Stay up to date with industry best practices for catering quantification and database management.
- Support additional responsibilities and projects as required during high-volume periods.
Requirements
- Proven experience in catering, food service management, or related fields.
- Familiarity with catering software or similar data management systems.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with experience managing small teams.
- Proficiency in data entry, analysis, and report generation.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends during peak seasons.
- Ability to work with a large team of sales operations coordinators and accommodate requests as needed.
- Must be able to provide valid documentation that you are legally eligible to work in the United States.
Skills
- Catering software management
- Data analysis
- Database management
- Menu quantification
- Allergen information management
- Leadership
- Communication
- Data entry
- Report generation
Location
- Mott Haven, Bronx, NY
Work Type
- Full Time
- On-Site
Experience Level
- Management experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in hospitality management, business, or a related field is preferred.
Salary/Compensations
- $85,000 - $95,000 per year
Benefits
- Vacation time
- 401(k)
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Transit benefits
- Paid and unpaid safe and sick time
- FSA (Flexible Spending Account)
About the Company
- From innovative menus and striking design to impeccable service and critical attention to detail, at Great Performances, they weave their mission into all they do.
- Serving New York City for over four decades, this New York–based company has evolved from a small waitress-staffing agency into one of the leading catering, events, and hospitality companies in the greater New York area.
- They provide food services in an array of celebrated New York City cultural institutions, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wave Hill, and The Apollo Theater.
- They are known for full-service catering and events, corporate workplace dining and amenity programs, and large-scale event and festival production.
- Great Performances is the nation’s first caterer to own and operate an organic farm, Katchkie Farm located in Kinderhook, NY.
- Progressive from the start, they consistently set the pace for industry best practices.
- Their Mission: Unleash Joy through Genuine Hospitality
- Their Vision: Building Community to Better Our World
- Their Core Values: Craftsmanship, People, Sustainability, Collaboration, Doing Good through Food.
Equal Opportunity
- Great Performances is an equal opportunity employer.
- At Great Performances they employ qualified individuals based solely on ability, training, and experience.
- Great Performances does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment or promotion based on race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.