Lead Specialist CRE Corp Ops (Food & Beverage)

Join Target's Corporate Real Estate team as a Lead Specialist CRE Corp Ops (Food & Beverage), focusing on managing and enhancing food service operations across Target office facilities.

Your role involves overseeing day-to-day operations of corporate cafés and food service facilities, ensuring high-quality dining experiences for Team Members. You'll drive café operations, menu planning and engineering, vendor management, stakeholder engagement, and F&B support for corporate events.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing day-to-day operations of corporate cafés and food service facilities
• Ensuring consistent service quality, food safety, hygiene, and compliance with company and statutory standards
• Monitoring operational performance, customer satisfaction, and service-level adherence
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance Team Member dining experiences
• Collaborating with catering partners and stakeholders to develop innovative, healthy, and diverse menu offerings
• Planning seasonal, festive, and special-event menus aligned with employee preferences and business requirements
• Tracking food consumption patterns and recommending improvements based on data and feedback
• Monitoring vendor performance against SLAs, quality standards, and contractual commitments
• Leading end-to-end food and beverage planning for corporate events, town halls, leadership meetings, employee engagement programs, and special occasions
• Coordinating with vendors and event teams to ensure seamless execution of catering services
• Tracking and reporting key operational metrics, budgets, service quality indicators, and customer feedback
• Ensuring adherence to food safety regulations, hygiene standards, and corporate policies
• Supporting audits, inspections, and compliance requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree
• 3–6 years of relevant experience in Food & Beverage operations within the corporate real estate, workplace services, hospitality, hotel, or managed services industry
• Strong management and problem-solving skills
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities and tasks, and work within tight deadlines
• Ability to establish and maintain strong and positive working relationships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience in making presentations