Assistant Kitchen Manager

We are actively seeking to add a FT Assistant Kitchen Manager to our Sayville Store. This is a key position within our Kitchen, working directly with back of the house staff.

The Assistant Kitchen Manager assists with the supervision of kitchen staff and their duties and functions by managing the pantry, inventory, controlling how food is stored and prepared and supervising how the customers are serviced. A successful Assistant Kitchen Manager in our gourmet grocery kitchens supervises and guides staff to deliver quality, timely food and ensure that all customers are satisfied.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that all food items and products are stored, prepared and served based on the restaurants recipe, preparation and portion standards
• Evaluating and disciplining kitchen personnel accordingly and making employment and termination decisions
• Ordering kitchen materials and ingredients based on the menu and market demand
• Supervising food preparation in the kitchen and ensuring that customers are satisfied
• Maintaining clean working environments and making sure that employees follow the restaurants preventive maintenance measures
• Maintaining adequate inventory levels and conducting weekly inventories
• Working with various department managers to create menu items, pricing and establishing portion sizes of each meal
• Scheduling shifts by business hours, days, and occasions
• Overseeing the training of employees to ensure the safe operation of kitchen equipment and utensils and the proper handling of heavy items and hazardous materials.
• Other duties and functions as assigned

Requirements

• HS Diploma or equivalent
• Must have a minimum of 5 years of progressive experience working in a restaurant/boh environment
• Excellent understanding of all back of the house administrative duties and functions
• Prior experience in teaching and mentoring kitchen employees
• Outstanding communication and supervisory skills
• High motivation with the ability to think quickly on the job

We offer an excellent salary and benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(K) 50% lunch discount, 25% shopping discount and much more!

Working Conditions

• Most of the time is spent moving about continuously on hard surfaces. There may be a need to frequently position oneself to examine and/or scan merchandise, including bending, climbing, crawling, handling, pulling, reaching, and stooping.
• May require lifting objects up to 30 pounds. May require lifting and moving heavy and/or awkward objects more than 30 pounds with assistance.
• Usually in a comfortable indoor environment surrounded by moving machinery and/or loud equipment that may require shouting in order to be heard. There could be exposure to temperature extremes from freezers, ovens, and/or coolers.
• There may be occasional exposure to cleaning agents.