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Traveling Food Service Director

United States, Dallas Employment contract 90000.00 - 95000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted April 27, 2026
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We are looking for a Traveling Food Service Director to join the Aramark Healthcare+ West Region, providing hands‑on leadership and operational support across acute care accounts throughout the region. The Traveling Food Service Director is a management position responsible for developing and executing dining solutions to meet customer needs and tastes. This role requires 100% travel and provides on‑site leadership for vacant, transitioning, or challenged operations, often serving as the most senior leader at the account. Oversees and manages dining operations where customers order prepared foods from a menu.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead, mentor, engage and develop teams to maximize their contributions, including recruiting, assessing, training, coaching and managing performance
  • Ensure food services appropriately connects to the Executional Framework
  • Quickly assess and stabilize operations upon assignment to new locations
  • Coach employees by creating a shared understanding about what needs to be achieved and how to execute
  • Reward and recognize employees
  • Ensure safety and sanitation standards in all operations
  • Demonstrate strong leadership presence and sound judgment in dynamic and unfamiliar environments
  • Identify client needs and effectively communicate operational progress
  • Adopt Aramark process and systems
  • Build revenue and manage budget, including cost controls regarding food, beverage and labor
  • Ensure the completion and maintenance of P&L statements
  • Achieve food and labor targets
  • Manage resources to ensure quality and cost control within budgetary guidelines
  • Implement and maintain Aramark agenda for both labor and food initiatives
  • Create value through efficient operations, appropriate cost controls and profit management
  • Full compliance with Operational Excellence fundamentals, including food and labor
  • Direct and oversee operations related to production, distribution and food service
  • Maintain a safe and healthy environment for clients, customers and employees
  • Comply with all applicable policies, rules and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to safety, health, wage and hour
  • Establish and maintain systems and procedures for the ordering, receiving, storing, preparing and serving of food related products, as well as menu planning and development
  • Develops operational component forecasts and can explain variances. Responsible for components accounting functions.
  • Ensures that requirements for appropriate sanitation and safety levels in respective areas are met
  • Coordinates and supervises unit personnel regarding production, merchandising, quality and cost control, labor management and employee training
  • Recruits, hires, develops and retains frontline team members.
  • Conducts period inventory
  • Maintains records to comply with ARAMARK, government and accrediting agency standards
  • Interacts with Client Management and maintains effective client and customer relations at all levels with client organization
  • May participate in sales process and negotiation of contracts
  • Looks for opportunities to implement new products and services which support sales growth and client retention
  • Manage the front of the house of the dining operation (Cafeteria/ Residential Dining Facility)
  • Develop and implement food service plans aligned with the client's mission and vision, to include sustainable practices
  • Travel extensively across the West Region with flexibility regarding assignment length and location

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Food Service Director within acute care healthcare environments
  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • CDM certification preferred
  • Registered Dietitian (RD) desirable
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to step into leadership gaps and serve as the most senior on‑site leader when assigned
  • Ability to develop and maintain effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships
  • Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service using Aramark's standard model
  • Ability to maintain an effective working relationship with other departments to a unified food service experience for all customers
  • Requires occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lb.
  • Must be able to stand for extended periods of time.
  • Must be willing and able to travel 100% and live near a major airport

Nice to have

  • CDM certification
  • Registered Dietitian (RD)

What we offer

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • work/life resources
  • retirement savings plans like 401(k)
  • paid days off such as parental leave and disability coverage
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