Food Retail Manager - Sodexo

Are you a polished Restaurant Manager or Branded Retail Food Manager who is looking for a Global Company that offers ongoing career growth opportunities?

Sodexo is seeking an innovative Food Retail Manager for the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado - a Showcase account in our Campus Dining. The Retail Manager candidate will be highly visible to students, staff, and clients and must possess the skills to manage all retail units with a focus on Customer Service Excellence.

The Retail Manager will display a great deal of creativity with food options, retail trends and programming. You will have oversight of multiple retail locations including an Einstein Bros. Bagels, Starbucks and Qdoba. We are looking for an innovative leader who is comfortable with technology advances, learning new retail programs and who has strong employee engagement skills and can drive strategic growth.

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

• 3 5 years restaurant management experience in National Branded Food concepts (ie: Starbucks, Qdoba, Einstein Bagels, etc), or background in large restaurant or other food concepts;
• have a work history in Food Retail management demonstrating strong leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively with all levels of the organization;
• possess the ability to manage multiple priorities and exhibit a passion for a high-level of customer service;
• demonstrate working knowledge of automated food inventory, ordering, production and management systems as well as menu graphics programs.

Are You the One?The successful candidate will:

• motivate, coach, mentor and develop managers and frontline (hourly-paid);
• oversee cash handing processes, and POS programming and maintenance;
• ensure company food and physical safety programs and standards are followed;
• maintain integrity of retail branded concept standards (national and in-house brands); and
• maintain all product merchandising, marketing and ordering standards are in place.

Sound like the career opportunity you have been looking for? APPLY TODAY and join the Sodexo Universities Dining Team at DU!

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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.

Not the job for you?
We offer Food Service Management and Retail Management positions in a variety of business segments, including Corporate, Schools, Campus, Energy and Resources, Government and Agencies, Healthcare, Senior Living and Sports and Leisure locations across the United States. Continue your search for Food Service Management jobs.

Working for Sodexo:
At Sodexo, you will find the ingredients for a great career in food service management specializing in Retail Management. With benefits including schedules that encourage work-life balance and continuing education opportunities, youll enjoy an improved quality of life thats unique in the hospitality industry.

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.

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.