Operations Director

You're invited to join Chicago's next top-tier fish house. A profitable Seafood wholesale/retail operation is changing hands after 20+ years, and new ownership is searching for an Operations Director to help make ambitious plans a reality.

You

• held senior leadership positions at a restaurant, wholesale food distributor, retail food sales operation, or similar
• hold the concept of "hospistality" as one of your core values
• a pleasure to work and communicate with, never wavering from treating others with professionalism, compassion, and respect
• hold a network of BOH purchasing decision-makers you can tap to grow the wholesale business
• have familiarity with inventory, POS systems, scheduling employees
• enjoy a keen attention to detail
• have experience nurturing and developing talent
• have been called "creative" in various aspects of your life
• operate with a learner's mindset as the longtime business owner helps to transition operations
• experience with wholesale operations, retail operations, or seafood suppliers is a huge plus

Management

• focused on building a nice place to work where hospitality-minded folks can make a nice living and enjoy (relatively) normal working hours
• possess extensive leadership and operations experience outside the food&bev/hospitality sector
• well-capitalized and prepared to make significant investments to bring new life to an established business
• have realistic plans for business growth and modernization
• prepared to invest in extensive professional development for the right operating partner (think research trips, a dining stipend, and other avenues your creative mind can concoct)

Please get in touch if you have at least two years of senior leadership experience in a related field with a resume and share what you think Chicago's premier fish house should look like. More detail about Retail/Wholesale Seafood Purveyor (Name TBD), please visit https://culinaryagents.com/entities/643212-retail-wholesale-seafood-purveyor-name-tbd