Director of Operations

Food for Thought
Lincolnwood, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/9/2024 CLOSED ON 4/27/2024

Job Posting for Director of Operations at Food for Thought

Job Position: Director of Operations
Wage: 105k per year

Job Summary
As our Director of Operations, you will be responsible for directly and indirectly managing client relationships, logistics, and food and beverage production, with a constant focus on ensuring that operations are able to be scaled to pace with the overall company’s vision of expansion and growth.

Through strategic planning, you will direct operations within the businesses to support Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); create a positive work environment that values its employees, their training and professional development and promotes teamwork.

Responsibilities
  • Managing cultural turnarounds by building teams that demonstrate exceptional business ethics, promote innovation and resourcefulness, and above all demonstrate integrity and ethics.
  • Participating in executive leadership meetings to review financial performance and highlight opportunities for improvement along with successes.
  • Ensuring the highest standard level of Operations in all accounts to strategize around people development of the current and future managers.
  • Continuously focusing on improving profit margins by ensuring the culinary team remains current on trends and can successfully roll out new offerings methodically.
  • Building sustainable departments and next level leaders through teaching and mentoring. Providing coaching and development through goals setting.

Required Qualifications
  • 5 years of experience in Senior Level Executive roles.
  • Strong leadership, patient teaching, superior financial and business acumen.
  • Thorough knowledge of logistics technology and fleet management.
  • Ability to comprehend financial results and promptly devise plans for improvement.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience with leading and developing a team.
  • Must have Food Handlers Certification.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Excellent leadership, management, and organization skills.
  • Analytic and creative thinking.
  • Effective communication and Interpersonal skills.

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 talk, hear, move, reach, grab, and stand for long periods of time. As well as stooping, kneeling, crouching, and climbing ladders.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee will occasionally be required to lift and carry items of 40 pounds for a moderate distance.

Company Benefits & Perks
  • Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Accident Insurance & Critical Illness Insurance
  • Parental Leave
  • 401K Retirement Plan
  • Workplace Meal Plan
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Referral Programs
  • Employee Discounts (Pet Insurance, Entertainment, Travel, and much more.)

Company Values & Culture
  • Diverse, inclusive, safe, and motivating workplace
  • Employee Growth and Development
  • Collaboration & Open Communication
  • Sustainability Focus (Product, Packaging, Partners)

EEO Statement
This company provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

E-Verify Participation
This company participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment.
Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that your employer has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact DHS.
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