Job Description

Chisos Mountains Lodge is in the Chisos Basin at 5,400 feet elevation, inside Big Bend National Park.? The lodge offers a variety of rooms and cottages, plus a gift shop and dining room. Several stores are also located throughout the park at Rio Grande Village, Castolon, and the Service Station at Panther Junction. Big Bend National Park encompasses over 800,000 acres and contains three natural divisions: the Rio Grande with its meandering 118 miles of lush, green floodplain, the sprawling Chihuahuan Desert, and the majestic Chisos Mountain Range.

Retail Senior Manager to oversee the day-to-day Retail operations. Reporting to General Manager, the Retail Senior Manager will plan, administer and direct all unit activities related to multiple site retail and catering functions.

• Delivers strong operational performance by executing against regulatory agency standards and programs, continually monitoring operations, and completing assessments and necessary action plans to provide optimal food quality and meal service, and drive patient and customer satisfaction.
• Ensures compliance to food safety, sanitation, and overall workplace safety standards.
• Interacts with Client Management and maintains effective client and customer relations at all levels of client organization, including conducting rounding.
• Identifies ARAMARK service expansion opportunities.
• Provides overall direction and manages performance for Supervisors and front line employees, ensuring employee development, engagement and compliance with human resource related policies and standards, including conducting applicable rounding.
• Develops operational component forecasts and is able to explain variances. Responsible for component's accounting functions.
• Ensures compliance with all contract obligations.

• 2-4 years progressive retail management experience preferred
• Qualified candidates must possess a Bachelor Degree or an Associates Degree
• Ideal candidates will have experience in managing multiple points of sales and multiple retail sites.
• This is a fast paced, high volume environment requiring 5-8 years experience with a minimum of $5+M in managed volume. Individuals from casual or business dining or hotel/convention services may do well.
• Experience to include strong financial acumen as supported by successful P&L management experience within a professional environment. Must be able to drill down to the details with budget to explain variances and develop plans to resolve issues.
• Candidates must demonstrate experience with managing salaried individuals and soft skills necessary to drive programs and develop careers.
• Effective communication (listening, verbal and written) skills with clients, customers of client and support staff.
• Demonstrated attention to the achievement of high quality standards coupled with a proven track record in identifying defects in the preparation and service of food and the implementation of improved quality control procedures.
• Ability to write letters, summaries and reports, using prescribed format and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistics.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.