Airline Catering - Food Production Manager

Classification: Exempt
Salary Range: $70,000 – $80,000
Date: December 2024

We are looking for a Food Production Manager to lead the hot food production in accordance with applicable federal, state, and corporate standards, guidelines, and regulations with established policies and procedures.

Essential Functions

• Provide direction, guidance, and supervision to supervisors to enable them to work more effectively.
• Knowledge of hot food production processes.
• Improve production process to increase productivity and process controls.
• Ensure food ready time is met daily for meal processing and packing.
• Ensure no shortages occur and all special meals are produced to specifications.
• Ensure portion control is accurately measured and managed by supervisors and employees.
• Train employees and supervisors in production processes and measurements.
• Proactively manage employee relations issues to resolve them effectively and promptly.
• Provide counsel supervisors in effectively handling employee relations issues.
• Ensure controls are in place to manage food costs and report waste.
• Measure and manage productivity in the department to identify areas for improvement.
• Manage rotation of produced cold meals and hot meals to minimize waste.
• Manage rotation of bulk food production to FIFO
• Hold regular communication meetings with employees to review production results.
• Hold regular communication meetings with employees to review safety & hygiene.
• Prepare and post employee shift schedules and changes.
• Manage production schedules and processes to minimize overtime.
• Manage workforce accountability and ensure employees have the tools needed for production.
• Ensure that HACCP standards are achieved, and control documents are completed.
• Knowledge of internal policies and procedures.
• Competent in working independently within the area of expertise.
• Knowledgeable of safety requirements and strives to maintain a safe work environment.
• Effectively gives and receives feedback; willingly asks questions and seeks direction, as needed.
• Must be able to function within a team environment as well as independently.

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.A./B.S. degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Food Service experience required.
• A minimum of 4-5 years supervising a food production environment.
• Knowledge of Food Industry quality and sanitation standards and requirements.
• Candidate bilingual in Chinese and or Spanish a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, and Excel)

Supervisory Responsibility
This position has supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment
This job operates in a food-manufacturing environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands
Must be able to lift heavy equipment. Must have hand and eye coordination. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk and stand for long periods; and reach with hands and arms.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time exempt position in a 24/7/365 work environment.
Flexibility with weekdays, evenings and weekend required.

Travel
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Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits
Flying Food Group, LLC offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, prescription, drug coverage, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, commuter benefit, retirement program 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and pet insurance.
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