FT Kitchen Assistant Manager

Kitchen Assistant Manager
Full Time Hourly – $22.00 - $27.00 per hour
depending on qualifications and experience
Must be at least 18 years and older

Position Description:
With limited supervision, the assistant manager is responsible for assisting with the overall operations, sales goals and profitability of the Kitchen Department.

Your day-to-day:

Ensure the salad bar and displays are merchandised and appropriate signage is visible
Ensure displays are full and product is rotated appropriately

Ensure daily production plan is met
Show and sell and cross merchandise whenever possible
Review One Idea Report to identify opportunities to achieve goals
Place orders with vendors and transfers, when needed
Participate in monthly, quarterly and yearly department inventories
Attend department BASH and Strategy meetings
Assist in hiring, promoting, and training team members
Provide timely feedback by completing and delivering comprehensive 90 day and mid-year Performance Chats
Provide feedback to department manager for Annual Performance Appraisals
Create schedules and enter them into HRIS system for team members to access at least 3 weeks in advance
Ensure team member time cards are accurate for weekly payroll processing
Following and enforcing SOP’s
Conduct and/or actively participate in monthly department communication meetings
Address disciplinary issues in a timely fashion
Ensure compliance with all employment laws

Ensure the department is in compliance with all health codes, sanitation and safety regulations
Ensure representation is present at all monthly Safety Committee Meetings
Conduct/oversee daily/periodic department cleaning
Any other projects, as needed
Oversee daily production to sales within the department to control over/ under sales.

Qualifications:

High School Diploma or equivalent with 1 to 3 years’ culinary experience. Successful completion of an accredited culinary program preferred, but not a requirement
Safely operate a choppers, ovens, fryers and all other equipment used in the day to day operation of the kitchen department
Demonstrate safe knife handling skills
Demonstrate an understanding of product costing and how to minimize waste
Demonstrate a basic knowledge of simple math (measurements and conversions for recipes)
Great customer service skills
Good computer skills and a basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Outlook and the HRIS, purchase order/transfer, and item maintenance systems
Good communications skills, both written and oral
Good organizational skills
The ability to delegate tasks and give clear directions
The ability to multi-task

What you bring to the team:

Lead by example
Excellent work ethic
Excellent interpersonal skill
Honest
Confidential
Quick thinker
The ability to problem solver
Firm, but fair
Flexible

Working Conditions:

The temperature in the department can be warmer than room temperature due to the ovens, fryers and other equipment used in department production
Exposure to different weather conditions may be possible when the seasonal grill is in operation (April to October)
Exposure to smoke produced by grills and grease and oil from fryers may be possible
The position requires frequent walking, standing, lifting, pushing, pulling, squatting, and reach is required with a maximum of 50lbs.

Why you’ll love working here!
Family Oriented: We respect the personal balance between work and family with career opportunity and growth- over 80% of our managers have been promoted from within.
Benefits: High value, high quality Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, 401 K plan for FT & PT team members, family & personal time, life insurance, short term disability insurance, legal insurance, sick time off, profit sharing, commuter assistance, Annual performance reviews.
Environment: Have you seen the Avocado Girls? Chiquita Banana? Or the singing Parrot?
Pay Day: We’re thrilled to offer our Team Members Sunday premium pay, Holiday pay, Dayforce Wallet – a new way to get paid. Say bye-bye to pay day and hello to pay your way. Get your pay as soon as you earn it, at no cost to you – It’s your money, why should you have to wait? Request your pay as you earn it.
We take pride in the power of diversity, inclusion, and being socially responsible to the communities which we live and do business
Apply today and start as soon as 1 week!
For more information on working at Stew Leonard’s click on the link below!
http://www.stewleonards.com/work-at-stews/