Kitchen Manager

itsu; Rothwell; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Asian-inspired quick-service brand in Rothwell is seeking a Kitchen Manager to oversee kitchen operations and lead a team. This role focuses on ensuring food quality, compliance with health and safety standards, and profitability. Ideal candidates should have experience in kitchen management and strong people management skills. The position offers a competitive salary with additional benefits.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Company pension scheme

Group income protection

Life assurance

Health cash plan

Employee assistance program

Critical illness scheme

Food allowance

Discounts at major retailers

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a kitchen management role delivering high quality food.
• Strong people management skills to train and develop the team.
• Ability to maintain health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure food is produced according to standards.
• Lead and motivate the kitchen team.
• Manage kitchen tasks and ensure profitability.
• Maintain health & safety compliance.

Skills

Team leadership

Food quality standards

Health & safety compliance

Stock management

Job description

Kitchen Manager - £32, per annum + bonus, up to 25%

scope of the role

Our Kitchen Managers are the key toa successful shopoperation. The Kitchen Managers support the General Managerby managing the kitchen and the team within the kitchen, and areaccountable for People, Quality, Standards and Profitabilitywithin their shop.

As a Kitchen Manager, you willmanage the kitchen through constant MBWA (ManagingBy Walking Around) and yourperformance will bemeasured against the KPIs set for your store, alongside other key responsibilities. You willlook after the training and development of your team through succession planning to ensure the shop structure is always stable and the individual team members potential is maximised.

Main responsibilities

• Ensure itsu produces beautiful food according to the itsu standards and in line with the business needs.
• Lead and motivate the team by promoting and living the itsu qualities
• Be the guardian and the owner of itsu quality
• Comply to all itsu health & safety policies to ensure all the products we serve to our customers are safe
• Ensure EHO 5 stars are achieved
• To complete the weekly stock count & administration processes accurately and consistently

You put people at the heart of everything you do by displaying the 4 itsu qualities :

• I take pride [in what I do]
• I genuinely care [for people]
• I want to grow [myself & others]
• I build trust [around me]

Things that we like

Listeners, empathisers, commercial thinkers, challenging minds, critical friends, team players, creatives, those who have people at the forefront of their mind, those who think shop first, those who are themselves

Perks and benefits

• Private medicalinsurance
• Company pension scheme
• Groupincome protection
• Life assurance
• Health cash plan
• Employee assistance program
• Critical illness scheme
• Food allowance
• Discounts at major retailers
• Cycle to work scheme

About us

We are itsu, the leading Asian-inspired quick-service retail and grocery brand with over 80 restaurants across the UK, Belgium, and France, and a growing wholesale business across Europe and beyond. Our renowned delicious food made fresh in every restaurant, every day, has made itsu a top choice for healthy eating.

In addition to our restaurants, itsu [grocery] offers a range of high-quality Asian-inspired foods available online and in supermarkets. We are excited to be one of the leading brands in this specific group and have ambitious plans for continued growth both domestically and globally.

With its best-in-class-food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.

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