Executive Chef - Full-time

Unit Description:

Sodexo is seeking a Executive Chef to join our team of professionals at our prestigious client Villa Marin in San Rafael, CA.  Villa Marin is truly unique in that residents own their own condominium homes within the community. Each resident is a member of the Villa Marin Home Owners Association that had been created to manage the Villa Marin residential Community and Medical Center. Residents appreciate that Villa Marin is governed by its residents with their own board of directors and roughly 20 committees, that all give input and provide community administrative duties. Ranging from finance and admissions to facilities and activities, residents truly have a say in just about everything that takes place at Villa Marin.

 

We are seeking a talented individual who will commit to the challenges of creating and delivering a operational-culinary-driven experience. This is a hands-on OPS role requiring previous experience managing upscale food production, with retail & fine dining menu knowledge.  This is a highly visible position and will interface with the residents and clients on a daily basis.  The right candidate will have excellent customer service skills and be a champion for their employees and staff.  

 

The successful candidate will:

• work to develop and grow the menu while managing and controlling food costs and offering high quality service to the residents.
• be responsible for full financial oversight of the account, including budgeting and reporting.
• provide technical training and expertise, coaching and leadership to the production team while working side by side in the operation as needed.
• work to obtain optimum client and customer satisfaction.
• create a positive customer service driven environment, drives employee engagement and customer satisfaction through strong leadership skills.
• integrate fully within our client's organization becoming a trusted adviser with a customer service focus.
• work to achieve company and client financial targets and goals.
• work to achieve high quality resident satisfaction.
• ensure compliance to food safety, sanitation, and overall workplace safety standards.
• meets (or exceeding) Sodexo standards of operations.

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

• have a passion for culinary arts, with a desire for creativity a strong production culinary background, ideally in a healthcare or retail setting.
• are able to develop trust and build strong client relationships while meeting the expectation of the client as well as Sodexo.
• demonstrate experience supervising a culinary team and exceptional human resource and supervisory/management skillset.
• have exceptional professional communication skills.
• possess a hands-on, innovative leadership approach to management.
• have a passion for a high-level customer service and relationship oriented.
• are able to work independently and make sound business decisions within company guidelines.
• have the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• have strong financial acumen and experience managing a food service operations budget.
• are knowledgeable in compliance to food safety, sanitation, and overall workplace safety standards.

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.

What We Offer:

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.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Basic Education Requirement - Associate's Degree or equivalent experience
Basic Management Experience - 2 years
Basic Functional Experience - 2 years work experience in food or culinary services including restaurants, fast food, vending, catering services, institutional services, mall food courts, etc.

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