Food Service Manager Jobs

Required or preferred licenses and certifications for Food Service Manager positions.

The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Food Service Manager position

• Budgets
• Catering
• Coaching
• Communication Skills
• Complaint Resolution
• Computer Skills
• Cost Management
• Culinary Arts
• Customer Service
• Directing
• Events
• Facility Management
• Food and Beverage Management
• Food Cost Management
• Food Preparation
• Food Quality
• Food Safety
• Food Service Management
• Front of House
• Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point
• Healthcare Management
• Hospitality Management
• Inventory Management
• Labor Cost Management
• Leadership
• Management
• Mentoring
• Menu Development
• Menu Planning
• Merchandising
• Microsoft Office
• Nutrition
• Ordering
• Organization
• Planning
• Policy Administration
• Policy Development
• Profit & Loss Management
• Profit & Loss Statement
• Public Relations
• Purchasing
• Quality Control
• Quality of Service
• Regulations
• Regulatory Compliance
• Retail
• Sales
• Sanitation
• Scheduling
• Staff Supervision
• Strategic Planning
• Teamwork
• Training and Development

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