Joseph Esteves

About Joseph Esteves

Joseph is a highly skilled and accomplished Food Service General Manager with Sodexo. He has been assigned to the General Electric account with responsibility for world headquarters location, eight GE locations, cafeteria operations, catering, special events up to people, café and travel with GE executives and board members. He has increased annual revenues to $3 million and retained the trust and loyalty of this Fortune 10 company. Joseph is currently assigned to the Synchrony portfolio with responsibility for world headquarters location, twelve Synchrony locations, cafeteria operations, catering, special events, micro markets, café and office coffee. His success begins with his ability to coach, mentor and develop high performance teams. He relies upon goals and performance metrics, followed by real-time data collection and analysis taking a proactive versus reactive response to risks/opportunities, and as a baseline for continuous quality improvement. Joseph understands the critical importance of building client-focused partnerships and assessing the changing needs of clients, followed by transformation management initiatives. He runs a lean and efficient operation, relying on the streamlining and re-engineering of workflows and processes, and restructure operations to build talent and resources into the business model. Joseph is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and Sodexo School of Retail Management (Honors).

Experience

1. Director of Retail

   Sodexo

   Nov 2021 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• The Culinary Institute of America

  AOS, Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef

  1999 — 2001

Skills

• Advertising
• Food
• Pastry
• Banquets
• Food & Beverage
• Customer Service
• Employee Training
• Restaurants
• Recipes
• Event Planning
• Event Management
• Culinary Skills
• Marketing
• Chef
• Fine Dining
• Food Service
• Catering
• Income Statement
• Restaurant Management
• P&L
• Hospitality
• Menu Development
• Sanitation
• Cuisine