Sous Chef

Let your passion for people be the driver of your success at Sodexo. Through your leadership, your team will make a real impact every day.

Sodexo is seeking a Sous Chef for our beautiful Clearwater Riverpark Senior Community client in Oxnard, CA. This candidate will oversee restaurant operations for our breakfast, lunch, and dinner full service facility with a bar. This is a great restaurant style opportunity with a scratch kitchen and made to order focus. You will work side by side with an executive chef and manage a team of BOH and FOH staff. The right person for this role will have a strong background in full service restaurant operations. This candidate will exhibit exceptional client relationship and public relations skills. Must be able to lead their team and develop talent, foster a safe work environment, and be able to perform under pressure. Sodexo is a leader in quality of life operations and you can enjoy no late nights, weekends off, and a great company with numerous growth opportunities!

The successful candidate will:

Provides team leadership & training
• Controls unit financials
• Directs daily food operations for quality & safety standards
• Supervises day to day activities
• Leads food production and adherence to recipes
• Assigns & prioritizes activities
• Monitors operating standards
• Establishes a safe work environment
• Support workplace inclusion activities

Is this opportunity right for you? We are looking for candidates who:

• have a work history demonstrating strong leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively with all levels of the organization;
• possess the ability to manage multiple priorities, demonstrate professional communication skills, and exhibit a passion for a high-level of customer service;
• exhibit flexibility to take on additional responsibilities as needed; and/or
• demonstrate working knowledge of automated food inventory, ordering, production and management systems as well as menu graphics programs.

Learn more about Sodexo's Benefits

Sodexo is committed to providing working conditions and client services that are safe and healthy and will follow all applicable COVID-19 prevention measures, including state/local or client-mandated mask, testing and/or vaccine requirements. This client requires a COVID-19 vaccine to work at this location.

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Working for Sodexo:
At Sodexo, you will find the ingredients for a great career in food service management. With benefits including schedules that encourage work-life balance and continuing education opportunities, you'll enjoy an improved quality of life that's unique in the hospitality industry.

Leads food preparation at one station of a foodservice operation (i.e., salads, soups). May supervise less than two full time employees.

Basic Education Requirement - High School Diploma, GED or equivalent

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.