KITCHEN MANAGER
The Chick-fil-A Greengate Centre Kitchen Manager is a key leadership role responsible for kitchen operations and ensuring high standards of food quality, safety, cleanliness and efficiency. They will assist the Director in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and teamwork and will also manage, anticipate, identify and correct any issues with food quality, inventory, systems and staffing.
Key Responsibilities:
Ensures Food Safety:
- Follow all food safety guidelines as outlined in Chick-fil-A food safety training and follow all health department codes
- Ensure all kitchen systems are being utilized
Maintains Back of House Equipment and Cleanliness:
- Assist with preventative maintenance
- Ensure all equipment is in working order and safe to operate
- Maintain safe working conditions
- Provide Owner with list of parts for repairs
- Order small wares
- Strong focus on back of house cleanliness
Assists with Inventory Control Cost and Food Cost:
- Assist with placing orders and maintaining inventory in the store
- Utilize and innovate kitchen systems to reduce and minimize waste
- Maintain target food cost
- Prepare monthly inventory and transfers and fill out transfer log
- Ensure all shelves are kept clean, neat, and organized
Responsible for Quality and Consistency:
- Adhere to all Chick-fil-A standards for all products as outlined in the Operational Requirements Guide
- Work directly with Training Director and Kitchen Director regarding quality standards and new product roll out
- Resolve food quality issues
Oversee Back of House Staff and Ensure Accountability:
- Ensure team members are always following proper policies and procedures
- Assist on the line during peak periods / covering scheduling holes
- Give feedback for annual team member assessments
- Assist Training Director in team and leadership development in the kitchen
- Work closely with Catering Director to maintain successful product and staff levels for all catering events/promotions/specials
- Hold team members accountable and perform disciplinary actions as necessary
- Attend meetings with kitchen leadership
- Set the standard regarding accuracy, taste and presentation of food
- Set the standard regarding speed of service
General Requirements:
- Available to work a minimum of 40 hours a week
- Open availability
- Minimum two (2) years kitchen/leadership experience
- Must be ServSafe Certified
- Must attend 90% of scheduled meetings
- No unpaid time off (unless emergency)
- Reports to Kitchen Director
Skills & Qualifications:
- Demonstrates integrity
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Works well under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Passion for customer service and Chick-fil-A brand
- Friendly, personable and polite
- Positive attitude and professional behavior and appearance
- Organizes and extremely detail orientated
- Strong planning and project management skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Self-motivated; ability to work unsupervised or with little supervision
- Strong leadership skills and ability to delegate responsibility when appropriate
- Ability to make decisions quickly
- Resilient – able to handle setbacks
Benefits:
- One (1) paid birthday day in the month of your birth
- Earned paid time off
- Benefit options available after 90 days of employment
- Uniforms purchased
- Paid employee meals
- Free college
Work schedule
- 8 hour shift
- Weekend availability
Benefits
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Employee discount
- Paid training