Senior Pastry Sous Chef - Multi-Section Production Lead

Hire Fellows; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 60,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Hire Fellows is seeking an experienced Sous Chef to manage day-to-day operations across cake artistry, decorating, baking, chocolate, and stewarding. You will lead and develop the kitchen team, drive production planning, and ensure adherence to food safety and quality standards.

You will monitor production against order volumes, optimize labor, ingredients, and wastage, and act as a senior decision-maker for production workflows and equipment, collaborating with cross-functional teams across the

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of professional kitchen, bakery, or food production experience.
• Strong knowledge of cake production, decoration, and multi-section operations.
• Proven leadership, coaching, and team development skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day kitchen operations across multiple production sections: cake artistry, decorating, baking, chocolate, and stewarding.
• Manage daily production plans, ensuring orders are completed on time and to standard.
• Monitor recipe adherence and product quality, addressing issues before dispatch.
• Enforce food safety, hygiene, sanitation, and HACCP standards across the facility.
• Develop capacity plans, staff schedules, and optimize labor and ingredient usage to reduce waste.
• Lead, coach, and develop section heads and teams, aligning with procurement and inventory.

Skills

Leadership

Quality-focused

Problem-solving

Staff management

Food safety

Tools

HACCP

Job description

Hire Fellows is seeking an experienced Sous Chef to manage day-to-day operations across cake artistry, decorating, baking, chocolate, and stewarding. You will lead and develop the kitchen team, drive production planning, and ensure adherence to food safety and quality standards.

You will monitor production against order volumes, optimize labor, ingredients, and wastage, and act as a senior decision-maker for production workflows and equipment, collaborating with cross-functional teams across the