Senior Executive Chef

Let your passion for people be the driver of your success at Sodexo. Through your leadership, your team will make a real impact every day.

Sodexo is seeking a Senior Executive Chef for Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, NJ.

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center (BNBMC) is a 1,070-bed hospital, a clinical affiliate of Rutgers University serving over 2,400 meals daily. The Medical Center is both the largest hospital and licensed nursing home in NJ and the fourth largest, publicly owned hospital in the nation. Bergen New Bridge, a not-for-profit safety net facility, provides high-quality comprehensive services, including acute and ambulatory care from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and community physicians, mental health and substance use disorder treatment, and long-term care to the greater Bergen County community.

Is this opportunity right for you? We are looking for candidates who have:

• a strong culinary background in a high-volume healthcare or acute care environment
• strong food cost and budgeting experience in a high-volume healthcare or long term care environment
• strong coaching and employee development skills; and/or
• have a work history demonstrating strong employee engagement leadership skills, as well as previous management experience and the ability to work collaboratively;
• have culinary production experience and a strong background in safety and sanitation compliance;
• union experience

Sodexo offers a full array of benefits including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K and access to ongoing training and development programs, tuition reimbursement, plus health and wellness programs.

Employees who work at this location are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a term and condition of employment, absent a legally required exception, and are required to report their vaccination status and provide proof of vaccination.

Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.

Basic Education Requirement - Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Basic Management Experience - 3 years

Basic Functional Experience - 3 years work experience in food or culinary services including restaurants, fast food, vending, catering services, institutional services, mall food courts, etc.

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.