Food Service Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.
Also called: Food and Beverage Manager, Food Service Director, Food Service Manager, Restaurant Manager
Knowledge:
- customer service
- management
- teaching and course design
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
Skills:
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- looking for ways to help people
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- selecting and managing the best workers for a job
- managing your time and the time of other people
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
- hold or move items with your hands
- keep your arm or hand steady
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Leadership
- Self Control
- Cooperation
- Stress Tolerance
- Attention to Detail
Technology:
Point of sale POS software
- Food Service Solutions POSitive ID System
- Restaurant Manager
Analytical or scientific software
- Aurora FoodPro
- Culinary Software Services ChefTec
Inventory management software
- Army Food Management Information System
- Food Service Solutions FoodCo
