Kitchen Production Manager
1 month ago
Manhattan, New York
Rice to Riches, a popular NYC dessert shop, specializing in a variety of hand-crafted, multi-flavored rice puddings, is in need of a kitchen production manager/team leader. This is an opportunity to demonstrate your experience and skills with an exciting company on the verge of expansion. If you're craving a new challenge, Rice to Riches could be a perfect fit. You must be qualified and capable to perform the following: - Hire, fire, lead, train and schedule a team of people. - Demonstrate your leadership and work ethic so that everyone around you learns by your example. - You must be highly motivated, efficient and extremely organized. - Be willing to take on and accept all of the challenges, changes and developments as the company expands. - Forecast, adjust and determine production sizes daily, based on conditions such as weather, holidays, day of the week and time of year. - You must be able to scale the production without compromising the quality. Rotate and maintain optimum product freshness. - Pleasantly, graciously, and humbly accepts complaints, feedback and criticism from customers, front of house managers and coworkers when it pertains to quality assurance and standards - the customer is always right! - Be comfortable, confident and competent enough to work independently. Be a problem solver. Find a solution and figure it out! - Strictly adheres to ALL safety, sanitary and department of health guidelines and ensures that your staff does the same. - See to it that all kitchen maintenance is kept up with and all equipment is operating properly. - The kitchen and staff should be clean and presentable at all times. - Streamline operations to maximize efficiently. - Place food, beverage and supply orders with an emphasis on controlling quality and cost. You must be able to negotiate with suppliers and obtain the best service for the best price. - Oversee and manage the daily online shipping orders to ensure proper handling, freshness and packing procedures are carried out properly. - Be a good role model, a person of integrity that everyone enjoys working with and looks up to. Bring a first one in, last one out attitude to the job. Be a respected and admired representative of the company. - Be trustworthy, reliable, dependable and honest. Always be willing to pitch in whenever and wherever the company or your coworkers need you. This is a full time position. Your availability must be fully open - including Saturdays. You MUST send your resume and cover letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the job. Annual salary of $70,000
**10 days paid off per year after 6 months **
**Partially funded health plan after 6 months **
