VP, Hospitality and Strategy
Aramark
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Houston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Establish overall ownership and accountability of operational management and financial performance multiple accounts.
- Model key leadership behaviors and ensure the highest levels of safety, quality and service excellence for employees, clients, and consumers.
- Build, develop and lead multiple management teams capable of carrying out strategic objectives.
- Establish and maintain effective client relationships by identifying client needs and communicating operational progress.
- Understand contractual obligations and leverage opportunities.
- Continually assess operations and develop plans to provide optimal service and drive client and customer satisfaction.
- Build revenue and manage budgets with sensitivity to costs and client needs.
- In partnership with regional finance leader, establish criteria for improvements to optimize financial performance and operational productivity of accounts within district.
- Provide oversight and take ownership to deliver client and company financial targets using Aramark systems.
- Understand performance metrics, data, order and inventory trends; educate teams on key levers to improve margins.
- Hold teams accountable for efficient operations, appropriate cost controls, and profit management.
- Ensure consistent application of Aramark’s operating standards and processes.
- Ensure account managers maintain a safe and healthy environment for clients, customers and employees and follow all applicable policies, rules and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to safety, health, and wage and hour.
Requirements
- Experience leading multiple account teams across a geographic district.
- Ten + years’ experience of P&L responsibility within the food and beverage, entertainment, hospitality, or retail industries.
- Proven success in a repeatable business model, including leading through change and turnaround initiatives.
- The ability to focus on client and customer services, entrepreneurship and building and growing a strong business is essential.
- Proficient reading, understanding, and implementing contractual requirements, including identifying opportunities within contract terms and conditions to address operational issues.
- Established communication and teamwork skills to work with all levels on the organization from the front-line associate through leadership.
- Experience crafting product sales strategies and implementing operational programs and initiatives.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, and work/life resources
- retirement savings plans like 401(k)
- paid days off such as parental leave and disability coverage
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
P&L responsibilityfinancial performanceoperational managementbudget managementperformance metricscontractual requirementssales strategiesoperational programscost controlsprofit management
Soft skills
leadershipclient relationship managementcommunicationteamworkentrepreneurshipstrategic thinkingchange managementclient service focusaccountabilityproblem-solving