Culinary Department Director
Current• Responsible for the strategic leadership and direct management and development of a multi-unit department, including the cooking schools, creative team, Starbucks and support staff.• Overall administrative duties of the department including, but not limited to resource allocation, operations, budgeting and goal setting.• Fiscal responsibility for the department to keep it healthy and on pace for growth.• Developed, defined and oversee the company's wellness initiative. • Responsible for developing alignment with other departments, suppliers, external resources to ensure best possible execution for on-trend, value-added ideas for customers. • Evaluate customer insights to identify key areas for growth in programming and core messaging.• Support development, communication and execution of relevant class programming including ongoing analysis and reporting of program performance to gauge overall effectiveness of the cooking schools and culinary event center.• Current with food industry and flavor profile trends as well as various prep styles & techniques.• Enhance the company image through community outreach, presentations, speaking engagements and demonstrations.• Assist with identification of outside resources (chefs, organizations, subject matter experts, • Foster a positive work environment that aligns with company mission and ensures department employees have training and professional development opportunities. • Actively partner with the advertising & marketing department in the development of marketing plans and promotions aligned to business goals.• Management of recipe development quality standards & testing.• Address department related customer inquiries as needed.
