Salary: $85,000 - $95,000Job SummaryWolfgang Puck Catering is seeking a
Senior Café Manager to lead day-to-day pantry, catering, and café operations at our DataDog client location. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys creating a welcoming dining experience while balancing operations, team leadership, and administrative responsibilities.
You'll oversee food services from open to close, ensuring a high-quality, efficient, and engaging experience for guests. This includes managing pantry and lunch services, supporting catering events, and maintaining strong operational processes.
Key Responsibilities- Oversee daily operations, ensuring service runs smoothly from opening through close
- Manage pantry services five days per week, including ordering, stocking, and maintaining cleanliness
- Lead lunch service for approximately 100+ guests three times per week, with support from an attendant, while actively assisting with setup, service, and breakdown
- Maintain high standards of food quality, hospitality, and sanitation in alignment with company and client expectations
- Support and execute catering events (approximately 1-2 per month)
- Manage administrative responsibilities, including:
- Dining website updates
- Menu signage and communication
- Basic reporting and tracking (e.g., volume trends)
- Plan and help execute promotions and special café events
- Monitor and maintain cost controls and operational efficiency
- Support hiring, onboarding, and training of team members
- Provide coaching, feedback, and ongoing development opportunities
- Help schedule and assign daily tasks to ensure effective team performance
- Foster a positive, collaborative, and inclusive work environment
What We're Looking For- Experience in upscale food service or hospitality environments
- Background in supervising or leading teams, including scheduling and training
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills in a fast-paced setting
- Ability to balance hands-on service with administrative responsibilities
- Knowledge of food safety, sanitation practices, and operational procedures
- Comfort using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Strongcommunication skills, both written and verbal
- Approximately 3-5 years of food service experience, with at least some leadership exposure
- ServSafe or Department of Health certification
Apply to Wolfgang Puck today!Associates at Wolfgang Puck Catering are offered many fantastic benefits.- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance/ AD
- Disability Insurance
- Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Holiday Time Off (varies by site/state)
- Personal Leave
- Associate Shopping Program
- Health and Wellness Programs
- Discount Marketplace
- Identity Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Wolfgang Puck Catering maintains a drugfree workplace.
Associates may also be eligible for paid and/or unpaid time off benefits in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For positions in Washington State, Maryland, or to be performed Remotely, click here or copy/paste the link below for paid time off benefits information.
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Req ID: 1541110
Wolfgang Puck Catering
Michael Abbey
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