Company description Mandela Partners is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with local residents, family farmers, and community-based businesses to improve health, create wealth, and build assets through local food enterprises in low-income communities. Our approach is based on a systems model that addresses issues of economic disinvestment, food insecurity, and health inequity, building on local assets to cultivate thriving communities. Job description

JOB OVERVIEW

Mandela Partners is looking for a Food Retail Manager to manage and oversee 2 innovative food projects:
 

Core Kitchen, Oakland: serves as a venue for retail sales, catering, and processing in downtown Oakland. The retail operation is open M-F, with a menu centered on healthy, sustainably grown produce sourced from local, socially-disadvantaged growers. Additionally, the kitchen provides workforce development opportunities to formerly incarcerated community members.
 

Ashland Market & Cafe, San Leandro: is set to open Early 2019 in San Leandro and will feature 3 food kiosks and 1 anchor cafe. The 2,100 sq. ft. space serves as part of an effort to revitalize the unincorporated areas of Alameda County and provides retail space to support limited-resource entrepreneurs.

The Retail Food Manager will oversee Mandela’s new food retail projects, including day to day operations, staff & vendor relationships, sales channels management & growth, space oversight, and marketing initiatives. The right candidate is passionate about local food, community entrepreneurship, and workforce development, and is seeking to join a dynamic organization driving equitable food-oriented development.
 

 http://www.mandelamarketplace.org/careers
 

JOB DUTIES: CORE KITCHEN

 

Staff Management

• Onboarding, training, and staff growth opportunities
• Regular performance feedback, check-ins, staff meeting, and evaluations
• Filling in - in case of staff absence

 

Sales Channels

• Catering orders and logistics management
• Client relationship management and pipeline development
• Recipe / menu development

 

Procurement

• Procurement & inventory management

 

Operations

• Point of sales, cash, and deposits
• payroll & billing
• Space maintenance

 

Programming & Marketing

• In store collateral & social media management

 

JOB DUTIES: ASHLAND MARKET & CAFE

 

Vendor Management

• Vendor permitting & documentation administration
• Vendor relations: meetings, space & equipment use, food safety, and quality assurance
• Entrepreneurship development needs liaison

 

Operations

• On-call site staff
• Guidelines development, space management, and janitorial oversight
• Equipment maintenance
• Utilities management

 

Programming & Marketing

• Dynamic space programming: pop-ups, art partnerships, events, etc
• Social media management

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Highly organized, independent, operations oriented
• Kitchen experience, required; menu and recipe development experience, ideal
• Experience in, or interest to learn, how to manage and develop catering operations
• Ability to engage with a diverse array of stakeholders, facilitate learning opportunities, and communicate in a direct, respectful, and positive manner
• Commitment to support under-resourced entrepreneurs and people with employment barriers
• A passionate commitment to the mission of Mandela Partners
• Reliable transportation and clean driving record
• Flexible schedule - job requires presence at two sites (Oakland & San Leandro) with job duties including early mornings and weekends.

 

COMPENSATION:

FTE, salary commensurate with experience. Includes health, dental, vision, life benefits after 60-day introductory period, and 401k option after 6 months of employment.

Mandela Partners is an equal opportunity employer: LGBTQ, people of color, women and lifelong Bay Area residents are encouraged to apply.

Compensation this position is : salaried, varies DOE, $50,000.00 - $60,000.00 Application instructions Deadlineno deadline