Executive Chef 2 - Sodexo

Unit Description

Is a passion for helping people and attention to detail are the hallmarks of your success? Join a team where you can make a difference.

Sodexo is seeking an Executive Chef 2 for Clara Mass Medical Center, a 465 bed Acute Care Hospital located in Belleville, NJ. 

The Executive Chef 2 is a highly visible culinary role. The Executive Chef 2 will direct and participate in all of the retail, catering, patient meals, and food production processes at the unit.

The successful candidate will have exceptional culinary management experience, a proven track record with creative and current culinary trends, high end catering experience as well as excellent leadership, communication and customer service skills.

Learn more about Clara Maass Medical Center at Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville Hospital (rwjbh.org)

Job Responsibilities Include but are not limited to:

• Directly manage retail and catering cooks. Maintains all staff schedules. Covers schedules on an as needed basis.
• Responsible for yearly evaluation and goals for cooks.
• Implementation and standardization of all culinary systems and procedures for unit through the direction of system wide initiatives.
• Manages all aspects of the retails and catering menu.
• Conducts walk through of all areas.
• Maintains the Food Management System.  
• Responsible for Food and Physical Safety and all HACCP record keeping.
• Responsible for maintaining Gold Check standards.
• Conduct chef demos and educations seminars in unit.
• Create interpersonal relationships with clients in unit.

The skillsets below are also necessary in this high-profile role:

• Energetic, polished culinary professional with high end catering and dining experience and a passion for culinary arts.  
• A strong production culinary background, ideally in an up-scale restaurant/retail/catering environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading and engaging a culinary team and exceptional human resource and supervisory/management skillset.
• Menu planning experience and a strong understanding of current culinary trends.
• Ability to effectively communicate to multiple audiences and develop strong relationships with customers.
• Ability to multitask and proven effectiveness in a high standard driven environment.
• Strong understanding of forecasting, food cost management, purchasing, inventory and labor management concepts.
• Ability to successfully lead, develop and train a team.
• Proficient computer skills as well as exceptional organizational and customer services skills.
• Servsafe certified as well as working knowledge of HACCP and experience with Health and Safety audits. 
• C.E.C. preferred.

Sodexo offers a full array of benefits including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K and access to ongoing training and development programs, tuition reimbursement, plus health and wellness programs.

Employees who work in Healthcare are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a term and condition of employment, absent a legally required exception, and are required to report their vaccination status as required by applicable law and/or client requirements. 

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.