Executive Sous Chef - Culinary Innovator & Team Leader

Hyatt Hotels Corporation; Dhofar; On-site; OMR 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyatt Hotels Corporation seeks an experienced culinary professional to lead kitchen operations on site, ensuring high-quality dishes, efficient production, and strict adherence to standards. The role focuses on menu planning, cost control, and staff development within a luxury hotel setting.

The position requires hands-on management of kitchen personnel, collaboration with departments, and a commitment to guest satisfaction and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with other employees in a supportive and flexible manner, focusing on the overall success of the hotel and the satisfaction of hotel guests.
• Buys locally available fresh products wherever possible and has limited menus which are changed frequently to ensure the guest is always offered a variety of food items.
• Participates in planning menus and utilisation of food surpluses and leftovers, taking into account probable number of guests, market conditions, and popularity of various dishes and frequency of menu.
• Reviews menus, analyzes recipes, determines food, labour, overhead costs and assigns prices to menu items.
• Directs food apportionment policy to control costs.
• Introduces and tests the market with new products which are market-orientated in terms of price and product.
• Serves fresh food to the guests which is prepared a la minute, is consistent in quality, and which reflects the style of the outlet concept.
• Supervises cooking and other kitchen personnel and coordinate their assignments to ensure economical and timely food production.
• Observes methods of food preparation and cooking, sizes of portions, and garnishing of foods to ensure food is prepared in prescribed manner.
• Tests cooked foods before plate-up and service.
• Estimates food consumption and purchases or requisitions of foodstuffs and kitchen supplies.
• Devises special dishes and develops innovative recipes.
• Establishes and enforces nutrition and sanitation standards for outlet kitchen.
• Encourages the team to be supportive of Food and Beverage Division's marketing and up-selling activities.
• Responds to the results of the Consumer Audit and ensures that the relevant changes are implemented. Administrative:
• Assists to ensure that culinary activities are aligned with the respective Corporate Strategy, and that the Hotel Actions have been implemented where appropriate.
• Assists in the preparation and updates of individual Departmental Operations Manuals.
• Assists to conduct regular communications meetings and ensure that departmental briefings and meetings are effective and conducted as necessary.
• Maximises employee productivity through the use of multi-skilling, multi-tasking and flexible scheduling to meet the financial goals of the business as well as the expectations of the guests.
• Focuses attention on improving productivity levels and the need to prudently manage utility/payroll costs within acceptable guidelines ensuring optimum deployment and energy efficiency of all equipment.
• Ensures new technology and equipment are embraced, improving productivity whilst taking work out of the system.

Job description

Hyatt Hotels Corporation seeks an experienced culinary professional to lead kitchen operations on site, ensuring high-quality dishes, efficient production, and strict adherence to standards. The role focuses on menu planning, cost control, and staff development within a luxury hotel setting.

The position requires hands-on management of kitchen personnel, collaboration with departments, and a commitment to guest satisfaction and operational excellence.