Hands-On Kitchen Manager for High-Volume Ops

Stoner's Pizza Joint; Florida; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Stoner's Pizza Joint Cocoa Village is seeking a motivated Kitchen Manager to lead our back-of-house team and oversee the daily operation of our kitchen. You will ensure quality, speed, and consistency across all pizza offerings while maintaining high standards of cleanliness and sanitation.

You will manage inventory, labor, safety, and training, work closely with the General Manager, and uphold our standards during high-volume service.

Qualifications

• Previous restaurant kitchen leadership or management experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of kitchen operations, food safety, sanitation.
• Ability to lead and motivate a diverse BOH team.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with inventory, ordering, food cost, and labor management.
• Willingness to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Food safety certification or ability to obtain certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee all day-to-day back-of-house kitchen operations.
• Ensure all food is prepared according to established recipes, portions, presentation, and quality standards.
• Maintain consistency in pizza preparation, cook times, portioning, ticket accuracy, and overall product execution.
• Actively manage the kitchen during high-volume service periods to maintain speed, organization, communication, and food quality.
• Train, coach, develop, and hold kitchen employees accountable to company expectations.
• Assist with hiring, onboarding, training, scheduling, and performance management of BOH employees.
• Create a positive, productive kitchen culture built around teamwork, urgency, communication, cleanliness, and accountability.
• Monitor BOH labor and make appropriate staffing decisions based on sales volume and operational needs.
• Maintain proper inventory levels and assist with ordering food, supplies, and kitchen products.
• Complete and verify inventory counts accurately and consistently.
• Monitor food cost, portion control, waste, overproduction, spoilage, and product usage.
• Ensure proper receiving, storage, labeling, dating, rotation, and FIFO procedures are followed.
• Maintain appropriate prep levels based on projected business while minimizing unnecessary waste.
• Ensure the kitchen, walk-ins, storage areas, equipment, floors, walls, and workstations remain clean, organized, and inspection-ready.
• Enforce all food safety, sanitation, temperature-control, handwashing, cross-contamination, and allergen procedures.
• Ensure opening, shift-change, and closing checklists are completed thoroughly and consistently.
• Identify equipment or maintenance issues and communicate them promptly to the General Manager.
• Work closely with front-of-house leadership to maintain accurate ticket times, smooth communication, and an excellent guest experience.
• Respond quickly and professionally to food-quality concerns, incorrect orders, ticket-time issues, and other operational challenges.
• Help establish and maintain systems that improve kitchen efficiency, consistency, accountability, and profitability.
• Lead by example and be willing to perform any kitchen position when necessary to support the operation.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Team leadership

Inventory management

Food safety

Staff coaching

Operational discipline

Job description

Stoner's Pizza Joint Cocoa Village is seeking a motivated Kitchen Manager to lead our back-of-house team and oversee the daily operation of our kitchen. You will ensure quality, speed, and consistency across all pizza offerings while maintaining high standards of cleanliness and sanitation.

You will manage inventory, labor, safety, and training, work closely with the General Manager, and uphold our standards during high-volume service.