Restaurant Kitchen Manager - Liberty Newark International Airport
8 days ago
Newark
Job DescriptionRole and Responsibilities Position Summary: • Ensures responsibility for daily opening and closings, including protocols and accurate documentation, • Monitor and ensure quality, effective, and efficient kitchen operations, • Execute all MCA Operating Procedures and ensure that they are adhered to by all employees, • Participation and contribution to management meetings, • Lead and ensure pre-shift/post-shift meetings and communication to staff, • Ensure that all subordinate management duties and assignments are performed according with MCA protocols and completed in a timely manner, • Ensure that all deliveries are recorded and reconciled with original purchase orders, • Ensure organization and freshness of stock, and oversee replacements as needed, • Ensure level of inventory per MCA/Brand standards and freshness, while adhering to budget, • Complete and accurately place all required orders for the operation while monitoring weekly spending amounts so that they are in line with weekly targets/budgets, • Ensure that production of all food adheres to the strictest of company specifications, • Recommend menu development as appropriate for restaurant concept, • Identify strategies that lead to increased revenue, and lead and execute employee training and implementation, • Ensure food preparation, ingredient freshness and control, appropriate cooking, presentation, and customer satisfaction, • Ensure standards of cleanliness and organization in the kitchen, • Ensure that all waste, store transfers, promotional stock, and breakages are documented, • Ensure hiring the highest quality-staff; ensure orientation, training, development, and performance management, • Ensure adequate staffing for busy periods, and management/supervisory assistance as needed, • Maintain weekly staff schedule ensuring fair distribution of hours to all staff, using the most cost-effective staffing, and adhering to staffing budget, • Ensure that all staff is punctual and dressed in the correct uniform, • Develop managers/assistants to address staff training, development, and discipline, using MCA company standards and procedures, • Ensure the recording of any injuries/illnesses/accidents that occur, no matter how minor, using correct accident reporting procedures, • Ensure that menu/new product briefings are carried out regularly with all employees, • Work closely, and communicate with the Corporate/Concept Chef to always ensure a smooth operation, • Coach, mentor, and develop the management skills of assistants and supervisors. Document performance issues as needed, • Ensure all work is carried out in compliance with Health & Safety regulations, • Ensuring all management and staff are engaged in their work, and problems are dealt with in a humane, consistent, and professional manner, • Oversee and ensure customer service per MCA standards, • Maintain regular communication with Restaurant Management Teams, GM, and Director of Operations, • Deal with inquiries from customers in a courteous/professional manner, • Keep abreast of changes in food compliance and MCA company standards and practices, • 3 years + professional culinary training and/or work experience as a Kitchen Manager, Supervisor, or Chef, • Concept restaurant or fine dining experience preferred, • Exemplary product knowledge, skill, and presentation, • Working experience in operations budgeting and forecasting, • Excellent interpersonal skills, • Ability to hire, train and supervise kitchen crewmembers, • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, • Commitment to company protocols, food excellence, and leadership, • Demonstrated leadership ability; ability to lead by example, • High integrity and honesty, • High Work Ethic, passion, and commitment, • Ability to work full time hours to manage the operation, including weekdays, weekends, and Holidays, • Demonstrated coaching and development skills, • Ability to train and delegate, • Follow through and dependability, • Adherence and modeling of all MCA policies and procedures, • Knowledge and commitment to safety and food sanitation wg8P2ksNKQ