What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kitchen Manager position at Tacodeli Brand?
What You’ll Be Doing
- Hand cracking eggs, peeling avocados, shucking corn, using high quality ingredients!
- Model Tacodeli's values, culture, and leadership behaviors
- Utilize training programs with new hires and existing team members
- Set clear standards and hold the team accountable to high-performance expectations
- Lead and encourage a rich culture of execution, training, development, and high performance in our scratch kitchen
- Become the expert on all food quality and safety standards
- Provide operational insights to the Culinary and Senior Leadership team to increase product quality, efficiency, and operational success
- Purchase food to ensure the restaurant is well-equipped and ready for day-to-day operations
- Follow all food safety programs, including consistent hand washing
- Responsible for writing schedules every two weeks and training in proper food preparation and kitchen safety techniques.
- Work side by side with the General Manager on execution of food
- Lead by example and hold the team accountable for excellence in product quality, consistency of execution, speed of service, cleanliness, maintenance, and service.
- Competitive salary and $8,000 annual bonus potential
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Minimum 1 year of restaurant kitchen leadership
- English language proficiency is required, and Spanish language proficiency is highly preferred.
- Ability to use desktop computer programs/familiarity with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
- Expected to work when the business requires which includes weekends, early hours, and evenings.
- Experience managing food costs and labor, ability to do so using technology (preferred experience with Hotschedules, and online ordering systems
- Ability to work cohesively in a team environment as well as perform job functions
- Proven skills in organizing work, attending to detail, giving direction, managing time effectively, and handling multiple tasks promptly.
- Must believe in a hands-on managing style and be willing to lead by example
- Experience hiring, developing, and training.
- Acts with the highest degree of integrity
- Substantial functional kitchen and restaurant operations expertise
Physical/Mental Requirements:
- Ability to stand/walk for 8 hours per day.
- Ability to occasionally bend, twist, reach, and lift items to 50 lbs, including stooping, lifting, pushing, pulling, kneeling, etc.
- Must be able to tolerate higher levels of noise from music, customer, and employee traffic.
- Ability to tolerate extreme temperatures
- Must have a solid positive attitude towards guests and team members.
- Ability to use a personal computer.
- Must have a strong positive attitude towards guests
- We are an E-Verify Employer
Salary : $8,000
