Executive Chef: Lead Culinary Innovation & Operations

Burjline Builders; Manama; Vor Ort; BHD 24.000 - 42.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Burjline Builders is seeking an Executive Chef to oversee all culinary operations, including menu creation, kitchen leadership, and maintaining high-quality food and service standards across bakery, pastry, and hot-kitchen teams.

The role requires strong leadership, crisis management, and cost control experience to balance creative menus with efficient production, compliance with Bahrain regulations, and sustained guest satisfaction.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum of 10 years of experience as an Executive Chef.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Excellent communication and organizational abilities.
• Knowledge of current industry trends and techniques.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.
• Strong understanding of food and labor costs and the ability to manage them effectively.

Aufgaben

• Oversee culinary standards across bakery, pastry, and hot-kitchen divisions.
• Scale and document master recipes, SOPs, portion sizes, allergens, and photos for brands like Costa and Pickl.
• Lead shelf-life testing, menu engineering, sensory evaluations, and trial runs for new cloud kitchen or B2B opportunities.
• Balance recipe creativity with scalability, cost efficiency, and operational simplicity.
• Convert store forecasts and demand into efficient daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules.
• Oversee workflow execution to optimize capacity, prevent bottlenecks, and eliminate unnecessary overtime.
• Maintain strict cut-off times, dispatch routines, and replenishment schedules with logistics teams.
• Build contingency procedures for equipment failure, peak demand spikes, or supply shortages.
• Design and enforce HACCP-based controls, SOPs, and strict food safety compliance aligned with Bahrain regulations.
• Standardize receiving, storage, temperature tracking, date coding (FIFO/FEFO), batch tracing, and allergen management.
• Direct investigations into non-conformances, quality complaints, or safety incidents to implement preventative fixes.
• Ensure audit readiness for internal, brand, and municipal regulatory inspections.
• Manage full recipe costing to track precise raw material, portion, and packaging expenses.
• Monitor theoretical vs. actual yields and track waste categories to minimize trim loss, spoilage, and overproduction.
• Partner with Finance to manage food cost variances, labor budgets, and pricing structures for internal and B2B orders.
• Optimize productivity and product mix to support overall facility break-even and long-term margins.
• Set strict ingredient/packaging specifications and evaluate suppliers to ensure quality and contingency options.
• Set par levels based on lead times, storage space, and product shelf life while monitoring slow-moving items.
• Coordinate with stores and logistics teams on cold-chain integrity, packing, and dispatch windows.
• Recruit, train, and mentor supervisors and production staff across all kitchen sections.
• Build shift rosters aligned with demand, track staff performance, and establish cross-training programs.
• Foster a strong culture of ownership, strict food safety, continuous learning, and workplace discipline.
• Author a central-kitchen operating manual containing master recipes, work instructions, and cleaning schedules.
• Implement tracking systems for production outputs, actual yields, downtime, waste drivers, and labor efficiency.
• Drive process simplification and recommend practical technology or automation to increase throughput.
• Evaluate operational feasibility, costing, and capacity for B2B, HORECA, corporate catering, and private-label ventures.
• Conduct customer tastings and support product readiness for external revenue channels and cloud kitchens.
• Ensure new commercial revenue streams scale safely without impacting core internal brand standards.
• Collaborate with brand operations (Costa/Pickl), Finance, HR, Marketing, Procurement, and Maintenance teams.
• Provide clear operational reports, capacity assessments, risk analyses, and performance updates to the General Manager.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Management

Communication

Organizational abilities

Industry knowledge

Fast-paced environment

High-pressure environment

Food cost management

Labor cost management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Jobbeschreibung

Burjline Builders is seeking an Executive Chef to oversee all culinary operations, including menu creation, kitchen leadership, and maintaining high-quality food and service standards across bakery, pastry, and hot-kitchen teams.

The role requires strong leadership, crisis management, and cost control experience to balance creative menus with efficient production, compliance with Bahrain regulations, and sustained guest satisfaction.