Assistant Kitchen Manager Hollywood, CA

Cloudkitchens; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

401(k) with company match

HSA and FSA options

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

CloudKitchens in the United States is seeking an Assistant Kitchen Manager to lead shifts, ensure food quality, safety, and inventory control. You will bridge software-guided operations with hands-on leadership in an automated kitchen environment.

Responsibilities include executing recipes, performing quality checkpoints, and coaching staff while managing sanitation and robotics maintenance. This role is onsite with full-time hours.

Qualifications

• Previous kitchen experience with a focus on team leadership or shift management.
• Meticulous attention to detail, specifically for portioning, weighing ingredients, and tracking food waste.
• Ability to follow and enforce precise, software-guided SOPs and adapt to tech-driven protocols.
• Demonstrated ability to coach teams and maintain high food safety standards.
• Comfort working in an automated kitchen environment (robotics training provided).

Responsibilities

• Own the shift end-to-end, executing recipes for proteins, vegetables, and sauces per SOPs.
• Conduct per-shift quality checkpoints, log results, and correct drift in quality.
• Manage sanitation through nightly cleaning protocols and robot component washing.
• Drive team culture through coaching and training, including shadowing new hires.
• Operate kitchen tech including induction stoves, combi ovens, blenders, blast chillers; troubleshoot robots.
• Perform end-of-week inventory counts to identify reordering needs.

Skills

Team leadership

Shift ownership

Quality control

Sanitation

Robotics

Inventory management

Tools

Induction stoves

Combi ovens

Blenders

Blast chillers

Job description

CloudKitchens helps restaurateurs around the world succeed in online food delivery - our goal is to make food more affordable, higher quality and convenient for everyone.

We take underutilized properties and transform them into smart kitchens so they can better serve restaurateurs, customers and the neighborhoods they’re in. Every time we launch a new facility we create jobs in that neighborhood, and we’re proud to provide a wide range of cuisines and options for healthy food at an affordable price.

We're changing the game for restaurateurs whether they’re entrepreneurs opening their first restaurant all the way through to your favorite global quick-service restaurant chains.

About the role

As an Assistant Kitchen Manager, you will serve as the shift lead, responsible for ensuring seamless prep execution, team performance, and operational standards. You will bridge the gap between software-guided operations and hands-on team leadership, ensuring that food quality, safety, and inventory management meet our rigorous standards. You will oversee the preparation of proteins, vegetables, and sauces, ensuring all components are staged for our bowl-building robots.

What you'll do

• Shift Ownership: Own the shift end-to-end, executing standardized recipes for proteins (like chicken and beef), vegetables, and sauces according to precise software-guided SOPs.
• Quality Control: Conduct per-shift quality checkpoints, including taste and spot-checks to log results and proactively correct any drift in food quality.
• Operations & Safety: Manage sanitation through strict nightly cleaning protocols, including weighing hot food waste for tracking and disassembling robot components for washing.
• Team Leadership & Coaching: Drive team culture through hands-on coaching and training; you will have the authority to coach staff on technical drift and lead new hire shadowing and certification.
• Equipment & Robotics: Operate commercial kitchen technology including induction stoves, combi ovens, blenders, and blast chillers. Manage robot interaction, including clean loading of hoppers and basic troubleshooting.
• Inventory Management: Conduct end-of-week inventory counts to identify reordering needs and ensure operational flow.

What we are looking for

• Previous kitchen experience with a focus on team leadership or shift management.
• Meticulous attention to detail, specifically for portioning, weighing ingredients (e.g., salt), and tracking food waste.
• Ability to follow and enforce precise, software-guided SOPs and adapt to frequently changing technology-driven protocols.
• Demonstrated ability to coach teams and maintain high food safety standards.
• Comfort working in an automated kitchen environment (robotics training provided).
• Demand for online food delivery is growing really fast! In the last 5 years, just in the US, the overall market has expanded 10X from $10B to $100B, and could expand to $500bn- $1T by 2030.
• Changing the restaurant industry: You’ll be part of a team that helps restaurants succeed in online food delivery.
• Collaborative environment: You will receive support and guidance from experienced colleagues and managers, helping you to learn, grow and achieve your goals, and you’ll work closely with other teams to ensure our customer’s success.

What else you need to know

As a company driven by invention and continuous change - we are constantly reimagining our industries, building new products, and refining how we operate. We do our best work together. That’s why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.

The base starting rate for this role is $28.00 per hour (Full-time positions available).

Benefits Summary

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl. HSA options)
• Company-paid life and disability insurance (short- and long-term)
• Voluntary insurance: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity
• Optional supplemental life insurance for self, spouse, and children
• 401(k)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Paid Vacation Time (1h for every 26h worked)
• 8 paid holidays per year

Ready to join us as we serve those who serve others?

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