Job Description

SAGE Dining Services® is seeking an experienced, hands-on General Manager/Director of Dining Services with a strong culinary background for a prestigious private day school in Nashville, TN. The GM will oversee a high-volume culinary operation, responsible for food service across the entire school, serving over 800 people daily, from grades 7-12.

At SAGE, we create exceptional dining experiences, not just at special events but at every meal. We seek managers who share our passion for culinary excellence and possess a customer service mindset, enabling them to exceed the expectations of the communities we serve.

Our clients truly appreciate our work, which makes the work incredibly rewarding. It’s hard work, but if you enjoy working with real food, local vendors, and fellow food enthusiasts, you’ve come to the right company.

You would be joining an amazing company! SAGE's accolades this past year include the Daily Record's Empowering Women Award and Maryland's Most Admired CEO Award, as well as Newsweek's List of America's Greatest Workplaces 2024. In 2022, SAGE was recognized as the Food Service Operator of the Year by the International Food Service Manufacturers Association, otherwise known as the Silver Plate Award.

If you want to join a team that creates scratch menus, offers meaningful career opportunities in food service (we prefer to promote from within), provides multi-level leadership invested in your career growth, and makes food service enjoyable, apply today!

This is a salaried, year-round position.

What you'll get:

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Collaborative environment.
• Emphasis on training and development.
• Opportunities for advancement.
• Mission based company with values you trust.
• Appreciative community.
• Tremendous amount of resources and tools at your fingertips.

What you'll do:

• Demonstrate exemplary customer service skills and develop client relationships.
• Hire, mentor, and train Team Members in a positive environment.
• Create menus for daily meal service as well as for a variety of catering events.
• Implement and maintain HACCP standards.
• Manage merchandising.
• Deliver an outstanding example of customer service to your team.
• Deliver fabulous catering results every time.
• Communicate clearly, professionally, and effectively.
• Deliver budgeted financial results.
• Manage ordering and inventory.

What you'll need:

• Minimum ten years' culinary management experience.
• Strong leadership abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a food service operation in a financially responsible manner.
• Outstanding customer service skills and ability to develop client relationships.
• Proven ability to hire, train, evaluate, and manage people.
• Substantial culinary knowledge: trends, techniques, and processes.
• Intermediate computer skills.
• Current ServSafe® certification, as well as local health department certification, where required.

About SAGE

Working for SAGE means being part of a community. You’d work alongside creative, enthusiastic Team Members who share your passion for culinary excellence. You’d also make a difference in an academic community and bring excitement to the dining hall with made-from-scratch, Chef-inspired recipes that delight students, faculty, staff, and parents.

SAGE embraces the uniqueness of everyone in our family: Team Members, suppliers, guests, and client communities. Our diversity fuels our innovation, which drives our growth. Every voice matters.

Guided by our founding principles of respect and partnership, we offer fulfilling careers for Team Members, market access for small local suppliers, and a joyful celebration of inclusiveness and multiculturalism through the fresh, authentic, and yummy foods we serve.

Positions at SAGE provide competitive wages and benefits, with hours that offer a better work-life balance than those at a restaurant. We create careers, not just jobs, with significant opportunity for growth and promotion. Team Members learn SAGE Standards and enhance their skill set through extensive training in food safety, allergen awareness, and preventing eating disorders.

SAGE has enjoyed steady, organic growth for the past 30 years, and we now serve independent schools and private colleges across North America. We continue to grow and raise the bar in food service for the educational market to create exceptional dining experiences that delight the senses, inspire minds, and foster community. Come, rise with us!

Successful final candidates for the position may be required to fulfill location-specific health and safety requirements.

This job advertisement should not be misconstrued as an offer of employment or a comprehensive listing of position responsibilities/expectations.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

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