We're a local bay area brand. We strongly believe that fresh food made in-house using only the finest ingredients just tastes better. We prepare our dishes using only EVOO, fresh herbs and spices and slow roast our naturally-raised meats rotisserie style.

We are looking for an experienced Catering Manager to grow with us!

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Hummus Mediterranean subject matter on catering requests.

• Communicate with customers, schedule catering deliveries and events.

• Identify and implement packaging, branding and catering execution processes.

• Manage staff to ensure timely, accurate catering execution.

• Develop and implement exceptional customer service standards.

• Provide excellent communication and interpersonal skills when interacting with culinary staff, management and external stakeholders, preparation, allergy awareness, vegan and vegetarian cuisine, new culinary trends, presentation, customer service, sanitation and safety.

• Leads and directs staff during catering events.

• Mentors and coaches staff for improved performance.

• Lead and participate in the planning and execution of high profile special events.

• Provide excellent communication and interpersonal skills when interacting with culinary staff and management.

Required Qualifications

• 2 years experience as a catering manager with outside sales experience.

• Expert knowledge in food preparation, nutrition, special needs and sanitation regulations.

• Advanced verbal and written communication, and active listening, dynamic flexibility, critical thinking, and ability to multi-task and ensure effective time management.

• Advanced decision-making and reasoning skills, and ability to develop original ideas to solve problems, and perform operations analysis and quality control analysis.

• Advanced skill in effective interpersonal and work leadership skills to provide guidance to all levels of personnel.

• Ability to lead in catering contracts, experience in building and maintaining quality customer partnerships.

• Ability to work effectively as a member of the Leadership Team as well as inter-departmentally.

• Demonstrated skill in leading work groups, managing and supervising complex projects, leading and supervising students.

• Advanced nutritional and allergen knowledge.

• Intermediate computer applications skills.

• Allergen training and experience required.

• Lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 50 lbs +.