The Opportunity: Food & Beverage Coordinator
Seeking a highly organized and service-oriented Food & Beverage Coordinator to oversee café and break room operations across our headquarters. Reporting to the Senior Director, Food & Beverage, Events, this onsite role plays a critical part in maintaining quality, cleanliness, compliance, and overall employee experience within our food and beverage spaces.
This role requires strong operational discipline, vendor coordination, and a proactive approach to maintaining high hospitality standards aligned with company culture.
Key Responsibilities
Café Operations Management
- Oversee daily café operations, ensuring cleanliness, stocking, organization, and presentation standards are consistently met.
- Coordinate café setup and breakdown for daily service and special events.
- Submit and track work orders for equipment or facility-related issues.
- Ensure proper cleaning, preventative maintenance, and operational readiness of café equipment.
- Partner with Facilities and vendors to resolve equipment issues efficiently.
Break Room Management
- Maintain cleanliness, organization, and labeling standards across all break rooms.
- Oversee day porter activities to ensure consistent replenishment and upkeep.
- Ensure food safety standards are upheld, including proper labeling and storage practices.
- Support branding and visual consistency across café and break room spaces in alignment with company standards.
Vendor Management & Budget Tracking
- Maintain productive working relationships with café, snack, beverage, and service vendors.
- Monitor vendor performance to ensure service quality, cleanliness, and compliance with standards.
- Track expenses and support reporting to ensure operations remain within approved budget parameters.
- Identify cost efficiencies and opportunities for operational improvement.
EH&S Coordination & Compliance
- Partner with Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) to ensure all café and break room operations meet safety and sustainability standards.
- Support sustainability initiatives, including waste reduction and environmentally responsible practices.
- Ensure compliance with all health department regulations, permitting requirements, and inspection readiness.
- Maintain documentation and coordinate renewals for required health department permits.
Quality Control & Employee Experience
- Uphold high quality standards across food presentation, cleanliness, service levels, and operational execution.
- Support feedback mechanisms to continuously improve food and beverage spaces.
- Contribute to creating an inclusive, comfortable, and welcoming environment for all employees.
Required Skills, Experience and Education:
- 3+ years of experience in food & beverage operations, hospitality, or related field.
- Strong understanding of food safety, sanitation, and health department compliance standards.
- Experience coordinating vendors and service providers in a corporate or high-volume environment.
- Strong organizational and systems skills with attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel).
Preferred Skills:
- Experience in a corporate, biotech, or high-growth environment.
- Familiarity with work order systems and basic facilities coordination.
- Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus.
