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Job description
Job Title: Operations Manager - Commercial Food Production
Job Location: San Jose-USA-95110
Work Location Type: On-Site
Salary Range: $93,618.64 - 110,000.00
About us
Since 1942, SkyChefs has taken culinary excellence to new heights. As a trusted partner to the nation’s leading airlines and retailers, we proudly deliver millions of meals and exceptional service experiences every year across 43 sites throughout the United States. Built on a legacy of operational excellence, culinary expertise, and continuous innovation, we are committed to setting the industry standard in aviation culinary, airline services, last-mile logistics, and retail commerce. From the kitchen to the runway, our teams work together to deliver quality, reliability, and service at every altitude. Our people are the heart of everything we do. At SkyChefs, a career is more than a job – it’s an opportunity to grow, lead, and make an impact in a fast-paced, team-driven environment. Join America’s first, foremost, and finest and take your career to new heights.
Role Purpose Statement
At our San Jose operation, excellence in food production starts with exceptional leadership.
Our San Jose team is looking for an Operations Manager to lead the Cold Food Department, managing frontline leadership and production teams responsible for delivering safe, high-quality products to our customers.
This role requires a strong collaborator who can build partnerships across departments, drive continuous improvement, and create a culture of accountability, safety, and exceptional service while ensuring daily production goals are achieved.
Main Accountabilities
Strategically plan, organize, and manage a department with regards to daily hours, schedules, productivity, quality and safety.
Responsible for department costs to budget through effective manpower planning, scheduling and overtime usage
Ensure compliance with customer specifications, quality standards, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), safety, health, environmental and other regulations
Ensure on-time and accurate production in the preparation of food/equipment and catering of flights
Investigate customer quality issues, develop and implement corrective actions
Maintain an ongoing, positive and pro-active relationship with all internal and external customers
Attend the daily operations briefing
Ensure par levels of customer inventory and customer specific goods
Provide data for the development of an annual business plan and budgeting for the department
Ensure optimal deployment of human, technical and material resources in the department
Initiate and control continuous optimization of processes
Leadership
Ensure that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed and directed
Guide, motivate and develop the subordinate employees within the Human Resources Policy
Participates in coaching the expanded Global Performance System (GPS) process, as well as additional career development activities to enhance the effectiveness and potential of the team
Make the company's values and management principles live in the department(s)
Plan / Implement and control the cost budget in the area of responsibility; initiate and steer corrective actions in case of deviations
Participate and support company sponsored initiatives such as Global Quality Standard (GQS), HACCP, Lean Manufacturing, Employee Safety
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Bachelor's degree required; equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.
3-5 years of food production experience in a supervisory or management role required.
1-3+ years of experience working in a food production or manufacturing environment.
Experience in using and managing Variable Production Systems and schedules
Strong presentation, communication, training and interpersonal skills
Proven success in improving work processes and leading change in a complex, fast environment
Excellent analytical and conceptual skills
Demonstrable record of understanding and meeting customer expectations
Proven track record of understanding the drivers of product and labor cost variances
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Windows-based computer application
SkyChefs is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Worksite address
san jose, CA, 95113, US
Who can apply
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