Food Production Manager

POSITION SUMMARY

Feeding South Florida® (FSF) is seeking a highly organized Food Production Manager to lead large-scale food production with consistency and quality. This role requires strong culinary skills, reliability, compassion, and collaboration while overseeing meal preparation, staff, and volunteer management, purchasing, record-keeping, and recipe consistency. The FPM must ensure food and warehouse safety, support disaster relief efforts, and foster unity and accountability among the team. Success in this position demands strategic thinking, adaptability, and effective management of food movement to maintain preservation and quality control.

COMPENSATION: $65,000 - $78,000

 POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the food production team to develop healthy, from scratch established cycle menus.

• Ensure the production of a high volume of healthy, flavorful, and fresh meals daily, in accordance with program guidelines.

• Create daily production sheets, order guides, and other administrative functions for programs.

• Maintain PAR inventory of food and meals, keep all areas organized, rotated and at acceptable PAR levels.

• Oversee cleanliness of all equipment, culinary spaces or spaces utilized by culinary.

• Ability to make decisions and substitutions based on quality control, seasonal adjustments, and market fluctuations.

• Hire, coach, counsel, and conduct performance evaluations of the food production team.

• Develop, train, and mentor a team aligned with Feeding South Florida’s culture and values.

• Report and address any equipment issues, wear and tear, damage, and ongoing maintenance.

• Manage the training and oversight of standards for kitchen volunteers.

• Ensure the highest food safety and sanitation standards are met and always followed.

• Maintain a positive and engaging work environment.

• Perform other duties as assigned by management.