Executive Kitchen Manager - The Talent Shop

A privately held restaurant company currently operating six locations in the Northeast is actively seeking an Executive Kitchen Manager who possesses the energy, edge, and drive to successfully execute their standards in food, service, and facilities management. The right candidate will share a commitment to quality, value, and fairness in all respects of business. This restaurant's philosophy is careful attention to detail, use of the finest ingredients, and preparing every item in the kitchen from scratch. 

Benefits: 

• Industry leading total compensation plan
• Profit Incentive program for managers based on restaurant profit. This confirms our commitment to sharing our company’s success with management each month.
• Top-notch health, vision, and dental insurance plans.
• Earn up to three weeks of paid vacation.

Successful Candidates will:

• Be proven operating leaders with hands-on experience in the casual dining segment of the restaurant industry.
• Possess a passion for quality and always strive to execute our exacting standards in food, service, and facility management.
• Have strong and proven track records of identifying, recruiting, and developing future leaders.
• Be highly competitive and naturally assertive.
• Enjoy multi-tasking in a dynamic, fast paced environment.
• Value structure and be detail oriented.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of culinary management experience with experience managing and writing prep lists
• Experience working in a hands-on, fast paced, high volume environment
• Experience in managing a team, while identifying and developing employees for future leadership roles
• Experience in writing, costing, and designing seasonal food menus along with private event menus.
• Experience in facilitating and executing an effective training program
• Effective communication and organizational skills
• Understanding of managing inventory, cost of goods and overall control of financials
• Must be able to stand and walk for periods of eight to ten hours in length each shift
• Must be able to reach, bend, balance and transport various objects weighing up to 30 lbs. repeatedly during a shift. At times it might be necessary to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to work around various levels of temperature, including warm to very warm temperatures in the kitchen