Job Description

Aramark Student Nutrition provides food and nutrition services to over 350 school districts in the U.S. It offers public and private education institutions a variety of dining options including breakfast and lunch programs, after-school snacks, catering, nutrition education and retail operations. We partner with schools to create culinary experiences that propel students to success. Our goal is to provide healthy, nutritional meals with a stellar dining experience for our communities. For more information on Aramark's Student Nutrition food service programs, please visit Aramark Student Nutrition .

The Database & Recipe Manager is responsible for the administration, maintenance, and accuracy of the PrimaWeb recipe database for Student Nutrition. They report to the Menu Director and are part of the Student Nutrition Operational Excellence’s culinary data team working closely with culinary development and marketing. This position serves as the primary resource for recipe management and meal pattern compliance within the recipe database.

*Remote role, up to 10% of travel required*

Job Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day administration and maintenance of the PrimaWeb recipe database for Student Nutrition.
• Develop, input, update, analyze, and maintain recipes, ingredients, nutrition information, and meal contribution data quickly and accurately.
• Evaluate ingredient, product, and vendor change recipe impact and update recipes and meal pattern contributions accordingly.
• Ensure recipe data complies with USDA Child Nutrition Program regulations and Student Nutrition standards.
• Conduct routine audits and quality reviews to ensure data accuracy and completeness. This includes looking ahead at trends and regulations and how those will impact the recipe database.
• Identify opportunities to improve database processes, data quality, and workflow efficiency.
• Support system testing, enhancements, and implementation of new database functionality.
• Provide technical support and training for recipe database users.
• Collaborate with Operational Excellence, Marketing, Culinary Systems & Standards, & Food Service Solutions teams.

At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Ideal candidate is a culinary dietitian with a strong proficiency in culinary math.
• Bachelor's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, Food Service Management, Culinary Management, Business Administration, or related field required.
• Registered Dietitian preferred.

• Requires at least 3-5 years of management experience in school nutrition, recipe management, nutrition analysis, or foodservice operations.
• Detailed knowledge of USDA meal patterns and food crediting requirements and how recipes fit in.
• Strong understanding of recipe standardization, culinary math, and operational and budgetary feasibility analysis.
• Experience working with recipe management, or nutrition software systems.
• Problem solving abilities with experience managing complex data with a high level of accuracy.

• Advanced analytical skills, proof reading and computer literacy, including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel (SQL experience a plus).
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Must obtain Servesafe & Allertrain certificates within the first three months.

• Up to 10% travel as needed.

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