ICRISAT seeks applications from dynamic Indian Nationals for the position of a Manager - Catering Services for managing the entire Food services team. The incumbent will be responsible for Planning, administering and supervising catering operations and services. The incumbent will be based at ICRISAT Headquarters in Patancheru, Telangana State, India.
ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.
ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit รขยย www.icrisat.org
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รยทย ย ย ย Responsibilities:
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- Plan, forecast and execute for the food and beverage department
- Monitor the food quality and service at all operational areas
- To ensure high quality and best services are provided with high standards of hygieneย
- Evaluate the daily operations with available resources, infrastructure, and equipment's by following kitchen safety guidelines
- Checking the production and service logs for better controls
- Adapting latest market trends with integrated software solutions for sustainable operations
- Focuses on institute mandate and works dynamically for its mission under present environmental conditions
- Stakeholder management
- Manage to upkeep of the kitchen equipment's, cold storage including deep freezer maintenance etc.,
- Assess diversified menus and recipes for all clients as well as for special dietary requirements consistently to effectively align deliverables as per changing demands
- Monitor local, national and international best practices/trends in Service, technology in food and beverage (F&B) and institutional catering
- Monitoring and controlling food production and service areas
- Adhere to food and safety regulations with international standardsย ย ย ย ย
Requirements:
- Post Graduate in Hotel Management with a minimum of 10 years of experience in Hotel industry.ย
- The candidate must be an expert in handling the operations in food and beverage industry with at least 5- 7 years of management experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skillsย
- Strong organizational and time management skills and good decision making skillsย
- Ability to manage in a diverse multicultural environment and teams with a focus on client and customer servicesย
- Good business and commercial acumenย
- Ability to meet strict deadlines and work in a stressful environment
General:
This is a contractual position for a period of 36 months (3 yearsย).
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How to apply:
Applicants should apply on or before 17 June 2023, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short listed candidates will be contacted.
ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer