Also called: District Manager (Food Service Contractor)
Oversees many accounts (schools, hospitals, offices) for a contract food service company.
You manage 15 dining accounts across a region, visiting each to check quality and finances, and help win new contracts. You might handle a hospital, a university, and a stadium in the same week. These companies employ hundreds of thousands of people.
Bonuses common.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in hospitality or business plus years of account management.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Hospitality Management, Business Administration.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Dashboards track every account, so each manager covers more; client relationships and coaching stay human.
Classes: Business, Statistics, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9051.
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