Catering Manager - Maryville College- Maryville, TN

Position: CATERING MANAGER - Maryville College- MARYVILLE, TN
Fresh Ideas

Position Title:

MGR, CATERING
- Maryville College- MARYVILLE, TN

Pay Grade: 11

Salary: $65,

Fresh Ideas Management is a dynamic food service management company that believes good food is a powerful thing. Food brings people together and food creates memories.

Fresh Ideas encourages creativity by creating fun working environments for our teams! Our diverse teams enjoy a workplace where creativity, openness and innovation flow free and new, Fresh Ideas are encouraged. Our team-members are excited about creating delicious, unique and engaging dining experiences for our guests.

Fresh Ideas offers a full benefits package, flexible schedules that respect one of our core values, work life balance, and ongoing training and development opportunities. This, along with our rapid growth, means accelerated promotion opportunities for every motivated Fresh Ideas team member!

Job Summary

FRESH IDEAS is hiring a energetic and growth minded CATERING MANAGER to join our food service leadership team at MARYVILLE COLLEGE. In this exciting role, you will be responsible for managing the Catering Department in all duties including training new associates, overseeing event set-ups, and directing any temporary personnel in addition to their everyday assignments. You will ensure proper service to clients during events, including proper set-up, cleaning, and breakdown procedures.

Maryville, Tennessee is an easy place to fall in love with-you get the charm of a small town, the beauty of the Smokies, and a surprisingly lively food scene all wrapped into one. Sitting just outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it offers quick access to stunning outdoor experiences like Cades Cove's scenic 11‑mile wildlife loop and hundreds of hiking trails with waterfalls and mountain views, making it a dream spot for anyone who loves nature and weekend adventures.

Closer to town, you'll find peaceful greenways, historic sites, and parks like Bicentennial Greenbelt Park, perfect for walks, picnics, or biking along Pistol Creek. But Maryville isn't just about the outdoors-its foodie vibe is strong for a town its size, offering everything from upscale dining to casual local gems. You can enjoy farm‑to‑table flavors in a walkable downtown packed with unique eateries and pubs.

With farmers markets, brunch spots, breweries, and scenic restaurants, Maryville surprises people with just how vibrant its culinary scene really is!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

* Supervises all catering events.

* Involved in catering events operations, including logistics, quality improvement, sanitation, and all facility-related activities.

* Works with the Chef in creating menus.

* Trains catering associates in service techniques, menu presentation, and customer service.

* Tracks and monitors the labor and food cost for each event.

* Communicates on various levels to include management, client, customer and associate levels; maintains excellent client relationships.

* Assists in the responsibility for all food service-related activities.

* Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

* 2 years of food service experience including 1 year at the management level.

* Experience in restaurants, hotels, corporate dining, education, military, health care, and/or related food service operations.

* Catering experience is required.

* Some knowledge of food and catering trends with a focus on quality, production, sanitation, food cost controls, and presentation.

* Financial, budgetary, accounting and computational skills.

* Proficient computer skills and knowledge of MS Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and internet.

* Serv Safe Certification.

About Compass Group:
Achieving leadership in the food service industry

Compass Group is an equal opportunity employer. At Compass, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Associates fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.

Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position…