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Senior Dining Operations Specialist

Senior Dining Operations Specialist

Company:
The University of Arizona

Job Location:
Tucson, 85724

Category:
Food Services

Type:
Full-Time

Posting Number: req25444

Department: Arizona Student Unions

Location: Tucson Campus

Address: Tucson, AZ USA

Position Highlights

The Dining Operations Analyst (Senior Dining Operations Specialist) position's primary role is to support dining locations, warehouse and production kitchen. The ideal candidate will possess a high degree of analytical skills to assist with preparation of spreadsheet reports using our food management system, POS system and vendor interfaces. The position assists with inventory maintenance in convenience stores.

Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!

The University of Arizona has been recognized for our innovative work-life programs. For more information about working at the University of Arizona and relocations services, please click here.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Create and manage item numbers for convenience stores ensuring pack size, pricing increases/decreases and food cost are accurate.
  • Maintain vendor ordering approval, approving or restricting items as determined by dining director.
  • Review convenience store invoices and assist with invoice entry as needed.
  • Track and submit interdepartmental billing documentation.
  • Create and maintain procedures for all Dining Ops functions.
  • Item and recipe cleanup.
  • Manage, analyze, and interpret quantitative and qualitative data.
  • Analysis of large databases costs using Excel.
  • Provide preliminary analysis results through reports and summaries using the knowledge of data analysis and analytics.
  • Makes critical observations and provides data interpretation.
  • Support Food Management Data System.
  • Dining Request Tickets - FoodPro access, LCS/Cost Issues, POS Programming, Larger Project Requests.
  • FoodPro Calendar Programming.
  • FoodPro Menu Programming and order guides.
  • Location Cost Summary Reports and Production Run Prep.
  • Maintain point of sale interfaces.
  • Update cashier audit information and report discrepancies to the appropriate supervisors and interdepartmental billing.
  • Manage ListServ maintenance.
  • Assist Dining leadership in ad-hoc data projects and requests.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Effective verbal and written communication.
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Knowledge and proficiency in database systems and Excel.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to work independently and as a team.

Physical Requirements:

  • Occasionally transports/moves a minimum of 30 pounds.
  • Frequently reaches, lifts, carries, and pushes.

This job posting reflects the general nature and level of work expected of the selected candidate(s). It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The institution reserves the right to amend or update this description as organizational priorities and institutional needs evolve.

Minimum Qualifications

  • High school diploma or high school diploma equivalency is required.
  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Number of Hours Worked per Week: 40

Job FTE: 1.0

Work Calendar: Fiscal

Job Category: Organizational Administration

Benefits Eligible: Yes - Full Benefits

Rate of Pay: $22.77-$28.46

Compensation Type: hourly rate

Grade 6

Career Stream and Level OC3

Job Family Administrative Operations

Job Function Organizational Administration

Type of criminal background check required: Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)

Number of Vacancies: 1

Contact Information for Candidates
HR-Auxiliaries@arizona.edu

Open Until Filled: Yes

Documents Needed to Apply: Resume and Cover Letter

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