Catering Manager

Job Title: Catering Manager
Sector: Chartwells Higher Education
Reports To: Director, Manager, Chef, or Supervisor
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Summary:
 Train staff in service techniques, menu presentation and customer service.
 Track and monitor the labor and food cost for each event.
 Maintain excellent client relationships.
 Work with the Executive Chef in creating menus.
 Strong leadership and communication skills.
 Performs other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Catering FOH team.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each
essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
Less than high school education; or up to one month related experience or training; or equivalent
combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and
differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple
sentences.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add, subtract, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common
fractions, and decimals. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and
weight measurement, volume, and distance.

REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or
diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized
situations.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: Career level (Manager/Director), areas of interest Foodservice –
Education, AA degree/2 Year College preferred.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Must meet state and local health requirements
for food handlers. Must possess a valid Food Handler's Permit.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that
must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to
manipulate, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is frequently
required to walk. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift
and or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative
of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, tasks,
requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an
accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to modify essential functions
of the job, or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (i.e.
emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments.