Senior Dining Operations Specialist

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!

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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

Compensation Guidance

The Rate of Pay Field represents the University of Arizona’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. The University considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, and internal equity.

The Grade Range represent a full range of career compensation growth over time. The university offers compensation growth opportunities within its career architecture. To learn more about compensation, please review our Applicant Compensation Guide and our Total Rewards Calculator.

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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