Area Director -- New Business at Thompson Hospitality Corporation in Reston, Virginia

Job Description:

Overview

Who We Are:

Thompson Hospitality is the nation's largest minority-owned food and facilities management company. Our services include hospitality, full dining and quick service restaurants, campus dining, diversity consultation, facility operations and maintenance management.  We are a family-run organization with more than thirty years providing services built on our core mission to provide a positive experience to every relationship we are involved in: one guest, one client, one team member at a time.  As a fast growing company, we have a growth plan to more than double in size over the next three years.  We are looking for team members who are interested in developing their careers to the next level while joining our team of over 4,000 employees, serving clients in over 40 states to include more than 1.9 million guests each year. Thompson Hospitality focuses on three core areas in everything we do:

• Purpose

• Give back to our communities
• Celebrate diversity

• People

• Do the right thing
• Treat people the way you want to be treated
• Always do your best
• Be accountable for our actions

• Performance

• Serve the highest quality food
• Provide world-class service
• Maintain flexibility to better serve our clients

• Health/Dental/Vision
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k), matched up to 4%
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement

• Employee Referral Program
• Pet Insurance
• Discounts: Hotels, Travel, Tickets, Restaurants
• Employees and their relatives are eligible for a discounted meal plan at any of our HBCU client locations while they are attending school

The Area Director is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, entrepreneurial manager who is constantly seeking a better way to conduct business. You will perform a variety of duties to include the planning and supervision of our management teams, Sales Goals, Retention, Operations Strategy, upholding brand standards, and more.
Responsibilities

This person will be responsible as listed below:

• Formulate budgets and plans for the operation
• Maintain and implement standards of quality
• Ensure compliance with all regional and account programs and policies

• Accountable for accurate reporting for the accounts

The ideal candidate will have:

• BS degree preferred
• 3 years of Area Director management experience required

• Proven ability to control costs and raise sales
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Strong ability to build relationships and trust
• Ability to travel in the future as needed

• Must be able to individually lift up to 25 lbs.
• Must be able to sit, stand, stoop, crouch, reach, and lift for long periods of time

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.