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Food Service Manager

ARAMARK

Norfolk, VAJob$58–65K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$58–65K/yr
Location
Norfolk, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Food Service Manager develops and executes dining solutions, overseeing operations where customers order prepared food from a menu. The role manages front-of-house retail dining, supervises employees, and supports food service operations, including ordering, inventory, menu planning, safety, and sanitation. It also focuses on customer service, client relationships, operational performance, and financial targets.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CommunicationCustomer ServiceRetail ExperienceLifting and CarryingStanding for Extended Periods

Qualifications

4+ Years Experience1+ Years Management ExperienceBachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

Management position, responsible for developing and executing dining solutions to meet customer needs and tastes.? Oversees and manages dining operations where customers order prepared food from a menu.

Compensation Data

COMPENSATION: The Salaried rate for this position is $58,000.00 to $65,000.00. If both numbers are the same, that is the amount that Aramark expects to offer. This is Aramark's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for this position as of the time of posting.

BENEFITS: Aramark offers comprehensive benefit programs and services for eligible employees including medical, dental, vision, and work/life resources. Additional benefits may include retirement savings plans like 401(k) and paid days off such as parental leave and disability coverage. Benefits vary by location and are subject to any legal requirements or limitations, employee eligibility status, and where the employee lives and/or works. For more information about Aramark benefits, click here Aramark Careers - Benefits & Compensation

There is no predetermined application window for this position, the position will close once a qualified candidate is selected. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to all applicable Fair Chance Ordinances and Acts. For jobs in San Francisco, this includes the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Job Responsibilities

  • Leverages Aramark's coaching model to engage and develop team members to their fullest potential

  • Ensures individual and team performance meets objectives and client expectations

  • Ensures safety and sanitation standards in all operations

  • Maintains effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships

  • Identifies client needs and communicates operational progress

  • Ensures the completion and maintenance of profit and loss statements

  • Deliver client and company financial targets

  • Adopts all Aramark processes and systems, understand performance metrics, data, order and inventory trends; educate teams on key levers to improve margins

  • Creates value through efficient operations, appropriate cost controls, and profit management

  • Complies with the Operational Excellence fundamentals by meeting and maintaining food and labor initiatives

  • Ensures entire team is trained and able to execute

  • Supervises team regarding production, quality and control

  • Maintains a safe and healthy environment for clients, customers and employees

  • Primarily responsible for food service at an assigned retail food location

  • Assists manger in establishing and maintaining systems and procedures for the ordering, receiving, storing, preparing and serving of food & related products, as well as menu planning & development

  • Ensures that requirements for appropriate sanitation and safety levels in respective areas are met

  • Directly supervises two or more employees with responsibility for hiring, discipline, performance reviews and initiating pay increases

  • Assists in location forecast and accounting

  • Conducts period inventory; performs other functions such as maintaining records to comply with ARAMARK, government and accrediting agency standards

  • Coordinates activities with other internal departments

  • Interfaces with vendors and key service users within client organization

  • Manages Front of House (Cafeteria, Food Court, Quick Service) dining operations

  • Develops and implements retail services plans to improve service, quality and profitability of service areas-

  • Maintain effective working relationships with other departments to provide a unified retail experience for customers -

At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.-

Qualifications

  • Requires at least 4 years of experience

  • Requires 1-3 years of experience in a management role-

  • Previous experience in retail required-

  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

  • Strong communication skills-

  • Requires occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lb.-

  • Must be able to stand for extended periods of time-

  • Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service using Aramark's standard service model

Education

About Aramark

Our Mission

Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.

At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

About Aramark

The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at http://www.aramarkcareers.com or connect with us on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter .

How this job compares

Set against the 1,036 open Food Service Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$58–65K/yr
  • US median$62–75K/yr536 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $62K, is 9% below the US median midpoint ($68K) — in the middle half of Food Service Manager salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 27 open Food Service Manager jobs in Virginia and 1,036 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — more than three in four Food Service Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 648 postings).
Education
30 of the 1,036 open Food Service Manager jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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