San Leandro

Kitchen Manager

Reports to: Executive Chef
Type: Full-time, Non-Exempt
Rate: $25-28

The Kitchen Manager at Drake’s supports the Culinary Director/Executive Chef in the management of the kitchen. This position, under the supervision of the Executive Chef, participates in food preparation, ordering, scheduling, supervision of the kitchen staff and is responsible for ensuring the proper storage of food.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Executive Chef with running the food program.
• Placing orders for food delivery following order guides and pre-set pars.
• Ensuring all stock is properly rotated for freshness and quality on an ongoing basis.
• Maintaining acceptable ticket times.
• Contributing to weekly manager meetings by keeping other managers informed of kitchen goings on.
• Flexibility to step into other roles when necessary, i.e., working the line and prep to support the team.
• Overseeing prep management, prep production and delegating tasks to staff.
• Assisting in monitoring labor costs by ensuring breaks are taken and cutting staff as needed.
• Ensuring the line is flipped and clean before peak times.
• Closing down the kitchen following established guidelines.
• Setting the example to staff for being on time as well as practicing high standards of safety and cleanliness.
• Maintaining a calm and dignified demeanor.
• Making decisions and judgements that are fair, honest and defensible.
• Completes all projects in a thorough and timely manner.
• Scheduling staff appropriately to maintain labor and service standards.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years prior cooking and supervisory experience
• Minimum 2 years experience working with a varied team in a high-volume food production facility
• Proven ability to multitask and prioritize
• Proven ability to perform under pressure without becoming overwhelmed
• Maintaining maintenance of kitchen equipment and reporting issues to EC
• Ensuring ongoing required training is completed by following up with EC
• Food Handlers Certification
• Experience with POS systems, tablets & other electronic devices
• Familiar with all of our offerings, from beverages to food
• Experience in high-volume a plus

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position requires the frequent lifting of heavy objects, weighing to up 50 lbs
• This position requires standing for several hours, and walking along dirt & gravel pathways
• This position requires occasional bending, balancing and stooping.
• This position requires frequent reaching with hands and arms, as well the occasional use of hands and fingers to feel objects, tools or controls.

Core Competencies

• Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work & conscientious about attending to details
• Leadership: Must be able to lead cooperatively and collaboratively with others; takes leadership to assist their own team or task to achieve a shared goal.
• Communication: Presents information clearly, concisely, and logically; composes clear, direct, concise, complete messages; adapts the content & tone to suit the audience, the subject and the purpose of the communication; is able to draw logical conclusions from text, and ‘reads between the lines’ to find underlying meaning.
• Multitasking: Successfully managing more than one competing task at a time; understanding how to shift priorities in order to achieve goals.
• Workload & Time-Management: The ability to use one’s time productively and effectively; stays focused by using time effectively and prevents irrelevant issues/distractions from interfering with task/project completion; ensures that high-priority work is accomplished within established deadlines.
• Passion for Hospitality & Craft Beer: Internally motivated to stay focused, knowledgeable, and committed to providing the best possible guest experience. Interested in learning about all aspects of craft beer.
• Temperament: Possesses the key skill of being ready for anything and handles conflicts of any sort with a calm, self-aware, and measured demeanor.
• Judgment: Makes good decisions by ensuring that all direction given is fair, honest, and defensible
• Integrity: You do what you say. You say what you do.
• Teamwork: Must be able to work cooperatively and collaboratively with others; makes contributions to the work of others to assist their own team or task to achieve a shared goal.