Community Kitchen Fleet Manager

Our Mission

Our mission is to leverage the power of food to end hunger and build healthier communities.

Our Vision

We believe that the fight against hunger and the fight against poverty are one and the same. We envision a future in which food is recognized as a human right and every person is able to feed themselves and their families in dignity. Together, we work to create a more nourished, prosperous region.

The Foodlink Way

Act With Compassion

Take Responsibility

Be a Team Player

Listen, Learn, Adapt

Job Title : Prep Cook- Senior Meals

Department : Kitchen Operations

Reports to : Director of Kitchen Programs (DKP)

Status : Salary, Exempt, Full-Time

Job Level : 8 (Manager)

Updated : June 2025

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Putting People First

• Serve as a key leader in building a cohesive delivery team that centered on Foodlink values, quality customer service and safety.
• Follows the communication feedback loop created by the reporting director to disseminate organizational information to team members and deliver information from the team to leadership as needed.
• Keep up to date Operations Manuals of SOPs that can be used as a training tool to create a culture of consistency.
• Provide coaching, training, and performance feedback to the team.
• Foster a positive and collaborative team environment.
• Work closely with colleagues and reports to ensure a continuous flow of information resulting in fewer errors and more accurate deliveries.

Fleet & Delivery

Food Safety, Quality Assurance & Compliance

Present during expediting time as needed.

Assist with maintaining proper documentation for CACFP, SFSP, NSLP, HAACP, and internal food safety and quality tracking that is required for delivery.

Ensure all daily driver logs are completed by all drivers.

Maintains a clean, safe, sanitary dock area and fleet of trucks.

Additional Responsibilities

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES

PHYSICAL DEMANDS : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to drive, stand, sit, talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle or feel items such as documents. The team member is required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus. This position regularly requires the individual to lift objects weighing up to 50lbs.

Salary and Benefits

This is a full-time, year-round position paid on a salary basis, ranging from $60,406-$67,585 / year, depending on experience (DOE). Foodlink covers 100% of individual health and dental insurance with the ability to acquire family coverage with pretax dollars. In addition to generous paid time off (PTO), we observe 14 paid holidays throughout the year. Opportunity to contribute to a 401k retirement savings plan upon hire. Eligible for generous employer match after 1 year of service.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Foodlink is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. At Foodlink we believe that anti-hunger work is only possible with a commitment to removing barriers caused by systems of oppression that perpetuate hunger and poverty. We recognize that systematic injustice and bias disproportionately impact some identities more than others.

Foodlink is actively working to center equity-the fair treatment of all people-in everything that we do so that everyone in our region has access to nourishing food that reflects and values cultural differences.

Foodlink is committed to listening and supporting solutions to hunger that are sourced from people and communities with lived / living experience of hunger and poverty, and to responding where inequities exist.

Foodlink is committed to taking great care to cultivate internal culture and practices that support diversity and inclusion. We embrace and encourage our employees' differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We aim to foster an environment in which everyone feels a sense of belonging and understands their connection to the Foodlink mission.

Foodlink employees have a responsibility to always treat others with dignity and respect. Employees are expected to always exhibit conduct that reflects our values and promotes equity and inclusion during work, and at work functions.

Salary Description

60,406-64,585 / year