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Sous Chef | Burdick's, Downtown

Greenleaf Hospitality Group
Kalamazoo, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/31/2026

Overview

Top Reasons to Work With GHG

  • We are one of the Nation's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to work for
  • You’ll have the opportunity to work with a Culinary Team that is fun, creative, and enthusiastic!
  • You will have the opportunity to grow your skills and experience in an environment that fosters growth and development.

Responsibilities

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Leading talented people in a high volume, fast paced, casual dining restaurant, to achieve profitable return to the owner, world class guest loyalty, high performance culture, and continuously improving talented organization.
  • Increase Kitchen team’s effectiveness through implementation of sound business practices processes and systems in high-volume arena.
  • Develop cross functional collaboration between all restaurant outlets.
  • Establishes & sustains key, cross functional, customer focused processes.
  • Contributes to Radisson Hotel’s total effort, maintains professional and technical knowledge.
  • Must be high energy. Must be driven by purpose, mission, values, and have a sense of urgency.
  • Leading and supporting all facets of kitchen operations with an eye towards growth and success.
  • Working with the Restaurant General Manager on implementing processes and standards through regular interaction with managers and staff.

Qualifications

What You Need for this Position

  • 3 years as a Chef or Kitchen Manager of a high volume restaurant
  • Talent level above benchmark.
  • Strong people acumen to develop solid working with relationship both internally and with customers
  • Decisiveness with “big picture” perspective
  • Drives to improve work and implement new ideas to improve the goals of the business
  • Sets direction, maintains it and achieves the agreed-upon goal.
  • Has an upbeat attitude that creates a contagious work environment
  • Good decision maker who understands the use of measurements and data in running a business
  • Experience with developing processes and systems in a Kitchen environment
  • Driven by purpose, mission, values, and has sense of urgency
  • Night, weekend and holiday availability
  • Able to work closely with staff through strong communication and verbal skills
  • Able to stand for long periods of time, up to 10 hours or more
  • Able to stoop and bend
  • Able to lift up to 40 pounds from time to time
  • Able to safely work with potentially dangerous chemicals and equipment
  • Able to comply with safety and health code standards
  • Able to handle responsibilities that require repetitive motion tasks

What's in it for You

  • Annual bonus opportunity 
  • Accrued PTO starts immediately and is available as soon as a minimum of 2 hours is accrued
  • 401K with 100% match up to 3% and 50% match up for the next 2%
  • Medical/Dental/Vision/Disability/Life Insurance 
  • Robust Employee Assistance Program providing a wide range of services including up to 7 free counseling sessions per year
  • Health and wellness reimbursement up to $600 annually for items like massages, gym memberships, running shoes etc.
  • 10% discount on GHG outlets
  • (1) shift meal provided per day
  • Discounted hotel rates at Radisson Hotel Group branded properties worldwide
  • Monthly cell phone stipends
  • Annual leadership classes and trainings
  • Parental Leave Program
  • Flexible work schedule

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