Kitchen Manager

Job Summary :

The Kitchen Manager is responsible for quality food production, budget management, controlling food and labor costs to meet budget, managing and maintaining café and catering menus and maintaining safety and sanitation standards. The ideal candidate must have strong culinary knowledge as well as technical and customer service skills. The Kitchen Manager will help to achieve our mission to bring expertly crafted baked goods to our guests through a warm and welcoming bakery café experience that delivers joy to everyone.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities :

• Leads in baking and preparing food as necessary.
• Ensures that product quality, freshness and presentation meet company standards for bake, cake, sandwich and beverage.
• Adheres to and embraces company Food & Beverage mandated menu and purchasing programs.
• Maintains budgeted revenue, cost of goods, labor, supplies and operating cash flow relating to food operations. Reviews monthly profit and loss statements and acts on all variances.
• Plans, supervises and executes all catering functions in conjunction with the operations and sales staff.
• Estimates food consumption and makes purchases as appropriate from the company-specified food program.
• Recruits, hires and retains best in class work force with the assistance of the management team and regional management team.
• Addresses and resolves disciplinary issues as appropriate.
• Fosters a teamwork environment.
• Supervises all kitchen staff members and oversees the preparation, portioning, merchandising and storage of all food.
• Maintains kitchen and storage facilities in sanitary condition.
• Schedules staff efficiently to accommodate varying business volumes.
• Facilitates and manages all kitchen equipment maintenance as well as local Department of Health (DOH) regulations by implementing and conducting Sanitation Audits and Cleaning Schedules. Reports critical issues to District Manager.
• Develops monthly action items to address any issues (including spoilage, margin, quality of product, etc).
• Interacts with client / customers on a daily / weekly basis.
• Proactively ensures that a clean, safe environment is maintained at all times.
• Must be able to coordinate staff and resources in a high-volume environment.
• Participates in team and regional meetings as scheduled.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Education / Experience

Language Skills

Mathematical Skills

Reasoning Ability

Computer Skills

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