Operational Chef

Description

Job Summary: Responsible for kitchen operations, planning, correcting, and innovating daily activities while ensuring quality and hygiene standards and developing staff. Key Highlights: 1. Coordination and improvement of kitchen operations 2. Cost management, inventory control, and waste prevention 3. Staff development and quality control **OBJECTIVE** Responsible for kitchen operations—planning, correcting, and innovating daily cooking activities—creating processes that support adherence to established quality and hygiene standards, with a focus on staff development to maintain dish quality and standards, thereby achieving customer satisfaction. **GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES** * Coordinate kitchen operations * Propose improvements to kitchen procedures and workflows to enhance operational efficiency * Conduct and supervise inventory counts * Record and supervise production logs * Supervise and control waste * Monitor proper use and cleaning of kitchen equipment to ensure optimal functionality; responsible for reporting any malfunctions or maintenance/repair needs to management * Prepare purchase or warehouse requisitions to supply the kitchen with required inputs * Verify completion of shift-closing tasks: areas tidy and clean; ventilation, injection, and extraction systems turned off; gas and electricity switched off * Attend and/or deliver departmental training sessions, as well as propose required training programs * Maintain logs for all kitchen equipment, including preventive and corrective maintenance, jointly with the maintenance supervisor * Prepare monthly performance reports and budget reports **KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE** * Experience in restaurant openings * Knowledge of ISO 9000 certification and implementation of the Distintivo H * Cost management expertise * Budget preparation experience * Dish innovation capability * Shift rotation management **COMPETENCIES** * Leadership * Strategic planning * Organization * Results orientation * Cost and waste control * Operational supervision * Effective communication * Staff development * Proactivity and innovation. Salary: $19,000\.00 \- $25,000\.00 per month Benefits: * Option for indefinite-term contract * Employee referral program * Staff cafeteria service * Complimentary uniforms Workplace: On-site employment