Job Details
Kitchen Manager
Seeking applicants for the position of Kitchen Manager. The successful applicant will be well versed in standard kitchen procedures and the running of professional and high-volume kitchen and be an adept leader and communicator.
Duties will include but are not limited to the following:
- Follow recipes and produce consistent products,
- Knowledge of inventory, product rotation, seasonal products.
- Train, assign, and monitor kitchen staff for quality of work.
- Maintain cleanliness and order in the kitchen,
- Ensure kitchen staff complies with all applicable health codes, food prep and storage guidelines, sanitation regulations, and safety procedures,
- Keep kitchen motivated leading daily and weekly meetings.
- Ensure all products ordered to-go meet Happy Day's high standards for taste and presentation.
- Be conscious of costs, inventory control, and waste reduction,
- Understanding your labor per hour, forecasting labor, making needed adjustments to meet goals assigned.
- Scheduling personnel
- Work with Marketing on future products, photos, ad campaigns,
- Ability to make job aides visual and line item to keep consistency in our operations.
- Keeping a positive and motivating spirit that will create and inspire and develop our teams.
- Create new items for menu, First Fridays, Holiday specials.
This is a full-time position, salary DOE. Happy Day offers a variety of benefits to qualifying employees, including medical and dental insurance, 401(k) with matching, daycare reimbursement, tuition assistance, and a monthly discount meal card, among other benefits. Bonus programs available for hitting targeted food & labor costs. Ability to work Saturdays is required.
Qualifications and Requirements:- Willingness and ability to adhere to Happy Day Restaurants standards of excellence.
- High familiarity with food preparation, current culinary trends, and presentation styles
- Highly organized and detail-oriented. Be resourceful, creative, and able to quickly formulate solutions
- Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task. Respond calmly in stressful situations.
- Computer literate, Word, Excel, Toast, Vendor ordering platforms
- Access to reliable transportation
- Flexible schedule (as schedule varies by events booked)
- 7 years of professional kitchen experience
- 3 years of supervisory or management experience
- SERV Safe manager certification is required, along with WA State Food Handler card within 14 days of hire.
- Opportunities for advancement and growth through one of our many restaurants and New Warehouse Commissary, Butcher shop, Bakery available.
We offer the most dynamic and professional service in the industry and seek to constantly raise our standards while developing each of our employees into leaders. If you want to be a part of this community of excellence, apply today! Learn more about us at happydayrestaurants.com, happydaycatering.com or follow us on Facebook at FB.com/HDCatering.
Compensation: $43,000.00 per year
Happy Day RestaurantsTHIS IS OUR STORYInducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame in 2016, Happy Day Corporation was founded in 1969 with the opening of a single Taco Time. Now, nearly 50 years later Happy Day is comprised of 13 multi-conceptual restaurants and a large catering division, employing over 500 employees. As one of the largest employers in the LC Valley we offer many benefits, as well as opportunities for growth and advancement.
Our company offers thorough and comprehensive training, enabling individuals with the desire and determination to work their way up in the Happy Day Corporation. We also offer a VIP discount to employees that is good not just at the restaurant you work, but all 13 of them. We have daycare and tuition assistance, a good grades reward program for student employees, and medical benefits available to full time employees.
Our employees are the heart of Happy Day Corporation. Their dedication to development and growth keep our company in the forefront of the LC Valley. If you love working with people, are dependable, and desire personal growth, come be a part of the Happy Day family.
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