Central Kitchen Manager

Central Kitchen Manager

Last Revised: 07/01/2024

Department: FOOD SERVICE

Direct Supervisor: STORE DIRECTOR

FLSA Status: EXEMPT

Job Summary: Central Kitchen Manager is responsible for all aspects of food preparation, as well as enforcement of sanitation procedures, training, product organization and operations. Throughout a shift, a Central Kitchen Manager will perform the duties of a Cook, Prep Cook and/or and server when needed.

Essential Job Duties:

-Assist and fill all stores with their orders

-Responsible for all aspects of food preparation (prep work and cooking) including but not limited to:

• Grilling/Frying
• Cooking chicken and other hot items
• Scratch baking
• Cooking all items for bentos
• Making sandwiches/salads
• Making all other hot and cold foods

-Enforce sanitation procedures and product organization/rotation

-Training new Cooks, and Prep Cooks in all operational tasks

-Administrative duties, including but not limited to:

• Transfers
• Inventories
• Routine ordering

-Quality control/maintaining recipe standards

-Answer department phone

-Understand and abide by all company policies and procedures

Other Job Duties:

• Pack, rotate, and label all prepared foods
• Cleaning, including washing dishes, trash and box disposal, sanitation of all surfaces, sweeping, mopping
• Restock soaps, sanitizers, and other associated chemicals
• Any tasks as deemed necessary by management

Physical Requirements:

• 18 years of age or older (operates heavy machinery)
• Must be able to safely lift 40-50 lbs unassisted
• Stand for extended periods of time (4-10 hours)
• Push and pull up to 100 lbs

Mental Requirements:

• Detail-oriented
• Organized
• Able to work independently and as a team member
• Able to multi-task
• Resourceful

Work Hours:

• As determined by employee handbook
• May require working early mornings, evenings, weekends and holidays
• Occasional longer shifts (10 hours)

Working Conditions:

• Fast-paced environment
• Serving area: Cool to room temperature
• Extremely hot and/or cold temperatures: Warehouse/kitchen (100 o F); Chill (35o F)/freezer (-10o F)

Equipment: (As deemed necessary depending on store and specific duties)

Potential Hazards:

• Working with hot pans/serving trays, grill, hot oven, steamer, fryer, etc.
• Working with chemicals for sanitation
• Working with knives and slicing machinery

Qualifications:

Education/Training/Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Three years external experience as a Cook or two years internal experience as a Cook
• One year supervisory experience preferred
• Must be bilingual-Japanese and English

Communication:

• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with others
• Good phone etiquette
• Possess acceptable written and verbal communication skills in English

Other:

• Accurately and efficiently complete work in a timely manner
• Able to multi-task
• Highly organized
• Attention to detail
• Able to effectively prioritize work
• Able to meet deadlines in a short period of time
• Able to quickly pick up and follow through with various projects
• Troubleshooting/problem-solving ability

Compensation: Starting rate (as deemed by current pay schedule) or commensurate with experience.

The preceding information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee in this classification. It is not to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory, or all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of employees assigned to this job. Management has the right to add to, revise, or delete information in this description. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

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