Assistant Store Manager

The Habit Food Group; Makati; On-site; PHP 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

The Habit Food Group in Makati is seeking an experienced Kitchen Manager to lead a diverse team and uphold our standards for quality and safety. You will oversee cooks, assistants, and dispatchers, ensuring efficient operations, adherence to recipes, and SOP compliance.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of kitchen management, strong communication skills in English and Tagalog, and a proven ability to train and develop staff while staying highly organized in a fast-paced cloud kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of proven experience managing a kitchen or restaurant - including leading and coaching people.
• Preferred: Graduate of an HRM or culinary school program or certificate.
• Excellent communication skills (English and Tagalog).
• Highly organized and capable of handling multiple competing priorities.
• Understanding of various ingredients, culinary equipment, and cooking procedures.
• Knowledge of best practices for operating in a commercial kitchen setting.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Willing to work in Makati.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing a team of assistant managers, line cooks, and dispatchers, ensuring high efficiency and productivity.
• Maintaining company standards across food and beverage quality, food safety, adherence to recipes, and SOP compliance.
• Ensuring the proper maintenance of the store environment, such as its cleanliness and equipment.
• Training, mentoring, and motivating members of the team - we maintain a culture of people development and promotion from within.
• Executing and improving processes such as inventory, stock management, shift scheduling, station assignments, production workflows, and cash management.
• Preparing reports on inventory, sales, spoilage, etc.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Microsoft Office

Education

HRM or culinary school certificate

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

About the company

Our mission is simple: we introduce craft and delight to everyday eating. We believe that eating well should be easy - that food can taste good, feel good, and not break the bank. We take the best ingredients and turn them into delectable meals customers can’t help but eat (like a habit!).

We’re one of the first cloud kitchens in Manila and have served 1M+ meals through digital-only brands - and we’re only getting started. We’re looking for bright, passionate folks to help us change the way Filipinos eat.

What you’ll be doing:

• Assist in managing a team of assistant managers, line cooks, and dispatchers, ensuring high efficiency and productivity.
• Maintaining company standards across food and beverage quality, food safety, adherence to recipes, and SOP compliance.
• Ensuring the proper maintenance of the store environment, such as its cleanliness and equipment.
• Training, mentoring, and motivating members of the team - we maintain a culture of people development and promotion from within.
• Executing and improving processes such as inventory, stock management, shift scheduling, station assignments, production workflows, and cash management.
• Preparing reports on inventory, sales, spoilage, etc.

Job Qualifications

What we’re looking for

• 3+ years of proven experience managing a kitchen or restaurant - including leading and coaching people.
• Preferred: Graduate of an HRM or culinary school program or certificate.
• Excellent communication skills (English and Tagalog).
• Highly organized and capable of handling multiple competing priorities.
• Understanding of various ingredients, culinary equipment, and cooking procedures.
• Knowledge of best practices for operating in a commercial kitchen setting.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Willing to work in Makati.

Nice-to-haves

• Exposure to many different cuisines in a professional setting is ideal, but not necessary.
• Experience with HACCP principles.