Food Service Managers

Also called: Food and Beverage Manager, Food Service Director, Food Service Manager

Career Cluster: Hospitality & Tourism
What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.
On the job, you would:
  • Keep records required by government agencies regarding sanitation or food subsidies.
  • Investigate and resolve complaints regarding food quality, service, or accommodations.
  • Maintain food and equipment inventories, and keep inventory records.
KNOWLEDGE

Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
  • food production
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design
Business
  • customer service
  • management
SKILLS

Social
  • looking for ways to help people
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
Basic Skills
  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Resource Management
  • selecting and managing the best workers for a job
  • managing your time and the time of other people
ABILITIES

Hand and Finger Use
  • hold or move items with your hands
  • keep your arm or hand steady
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Dependability
  • Leadership
  • Self Control
  • Cooperation
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Attention to Detail
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Analytical or scientific software
  • Aurora FoodPro
  • SweetWARE nutraCoster
Point of sale POS software
  • ClubSoft Food & Beverage Point of Sale
  • Restaurant Manager
Word processing software
  • Google Docs
  • Microsoft Word
EDUCATION


high school diploma/GED or some college
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JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $101,240.00
Median: $63,060.00
Low: $42,990.00
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