Kitchen Manager

Hard Rock Cafe; Iskandar Puteri; On-site; MYR 33,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora Malaysia is seeking a kitchen-focused leader to guide daily operations and ensure guest satisfaction. You will open and close the kitchen with a manager, oversee food quality, and coach staff to uphold high standards.

The role requires multitasking, strong communication skills in Malay, English, or Mandarin, and a professional appearance. Weekend and holiday availability is expected to support restaurant needs.

Qualifications

• Must be friendly and approachable to guests and team members.
• Available to start immediately or on short notice.
• Able to work on weekends or public holidays.
• Able to communicate in Bahasa Malaysia, English or Mandarin; Mandarin proficiency preferred for Mandarin-speaking clients.

Responsibilities

• Open and close kitchens with another manager on site.
• Monitor and control food and labor costs using standard procedures.
• Train and coach staff to meet service and quality standards.
• Prepare menu items to support the kitchen team and guest experience.
• Place orders with vendors to maintain adequate inventory and freshness.
• Inspect equipment and maintain cleanliness, safety, and sanitation.

Skills

Friendly

Immediately available

Weekend availability

Multilingual communication

Mandarin proficiency

Professional appearance

Job description

Jora Malaysia will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

• Continuously provides employees with verbal recognition, direction, and support.
• Communicates with employees to keep them informed or restaurant, regional, and corporate procedures.
• Communicates with managers to evaluate work procedures, review standards, identify methods for increasing efficiency or effectiveness, and respond proactively to any needs that have arisen.
• Trains and empowers employees to exercise good judgment to make decisions regarding service, food quality, and customer satisfaction by adhering to company training standards
• Monitors/coaches employees on performance, compliance with procedures and workload.
• Creates and modifies the weekly work schedule to accommodate employees, volume or other emerging trends.
• Teaches/coaches employees, in conjunction with management, who fail to meet standards to maintain a high quality workforce.
• Ensure employees follow safety, sanitation and security procedures.
• Listens to comments, criticisms, and feedback from customers, employees and managers to gain an understanding of areas of strength and opportunity to improve personal/restaurant performance.
• Greets employees as they begin their shift to promote an atmosphere
• Performs tasks such as preparing menu items to help employees.
• Prepares "Heart of the House" and employees for shift and ensures the restaurant is ready to open according to standards.
• Opens and closes the kitchens, with another manager in the building.
• Monitors and controls food, labor costs using established methods to meet goals.
• Evaluates condition of equipment and conducts routine maintenance and minor repairs to ensure smooth operation and save on costs. Fixes minor equipment problems (light bulbs) or calls for maintenance assistance when necessary.
• Inspects product levels and storage areas to determine if enough product is on hand; and to maintain proper storage, rotation, freshness of product and sanitation conditions.
• Performs kitchen inventory with KM.
• Supervises deliveries by counting and checking product quality to ensure that the billing and delivery meet amount and standards.
• Communicates with managers (including the use of the Manager's Log) to ensure that assigned cleaning duties were completed up to standard.
• Writes prep lists to ensure proper amounts of product are prepared.
• Places orders with vendors to maintain adequate stock of inventory.
• Inspects, tastes and touches food and bar items to ensure freshness, proper temperature, and recipe adherence during line checks.
• Expedites food preparation by checking lead times and monitoring ticket times to ensure that food is prepared and served timely.
• Performs employees' tasks such as preparing menu items to ensure the quality of the guest experience.

Requirements

• Friendly
• Able to start immediately
• Able to work during weekends or public holiday
• Able to communicate in Bahasa Malaysia, English or Mandarin. We are seeking candidates proficient in Mandarin to effectively communicate with Mandarin-speaking clients.
• Maintains a high level of personal appearance and hygiene

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