Hot Kitchen Supervisor

Flying Food Group; Gardena (CA); On-site; USD 60,112 - 81,328; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Prescription coverage

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Accident coverage

Critical illness coverage

Hospital indemnity plans

Flexible spending accounts

Employee assistance program

Commuter benefits

Retirement plan 401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Flying Food Group in Gardena, CA is seeking a full-time production supervisor to lead and coordinate kitchen staff, ensure recipes are followed, and meet daily food production targets in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires strong HACCP knowledge, the ability to manage schedules, control costs, and maintain safety and hygiene standards while guiding a team through production cycles and overtime management.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction, guidance and supervision to employees to enable them to work more effectively
• Knowledge of Hot Food production processes
• Improve production process to increase productivity and process controls
• Ensure "food ready time" is met daily for Cold Food packing
• Ensure all cooks accurately follow recipes and meals are produced to specification; ask questions
• Ensure no shortages occur and portions control is accurately managed
• Train employee in production processes and measurements
• Proactively attend to employee relations issues to resolve them effectively and promptly
• Ensure controls are in place to manage food costs and report waste
• Manage rotation of hot meals produced and minimize waste
• Manage rotation of bulk food production to FIFO
• Hold regular F2F communication meeting with employees to review production results
• Hold regular F2F communication meeting with employees to review safety & hygiene
• Communicate shift schedule changes to employees
• Manage production schedules and processes to minimize overtime
• Manage work force accountability and ensure employees have tools needed for production
• Prepare purchasing orders daily for purchasing dept. to meet production requirements
• Prepare daily production orders for storeroom to ensure product is pulled and thawed on time for production
• Ensure that HACCP standards are achieved and control documents are completed
• Verify all production sheets at the end of each shift to ensure all items were produced
• Knowledge of internal policies and procedures
• Knowledge of HACCP requirements, GMP and sanitation requirements.
• Competent to work independently, ask questions and seek direction as needed.
• Knows and follows all safety requirements; strives to maintain a safe work environment.
• Effectively gives and receives feedback
• Must be able to function within a team environment.

Job description

Salary: $70,720

Reports to: Executive Chef

Date Posted: June 10, 2026

Job Description/Responsibilities

• Provide direction, guidance and supervision to employees to enable them to work more effectively
• Knowledge of Hot Food production processes
• Improve production process to increase productivity and process controls
• Ensure "food ready time" is met daily for Cold Food packing
• Ensure all cooks accurately follow recipes and meals are produced to specification; ask questions
• Ensure no shortages occur and portions control is accurately managed
• Train employee in production processes and measurements
• Proactively attend to employee relations issues to resolve them effectively and promptly
• Ensure controls are in place to manage food costs and report waste
• Manage rotation of hot meals produced and minimize waste
• Manage rotation of bulk food production to FIFO
• Hold regular F2F communication meeting with employees to review production results
• Hold regular F2F communication meeting with employees to review safety & hygiene
• Communicate shift schedule changes to employees
• Manage production schedules and processes to minimize overtime
• Manage work force accountability and ensure employees have tools needed for production
• Prepare purchasing orders daily for purchasing dept. to meet production requirements
• Prepare daily production orders for storeroom to ensure product is pulled and thawed on time for production
• Ensure that HACCP standards are achieved and control documents are completed
• Verify all production sheets at the end of each shift to ensure all items were produced

Other Responsibilities and Duties

• Knowledge of internal policies and procedures
• Knowledge of HACCP requirements, GMP and sanitation requirements.
• Competent to work independently, ask questions and seek direction as needed.
• Knows and follows all safety requirements; strives to maintain a safe work environment.
• Effectively gives and receives feedback
• Must be able to function within a team environment.

Performs tasks under general supervision

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for long periods and reach with hands and arms.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time exempt position in a 24/7/365 work environment. Flexibility with weekdays, evenings and weekend required.

Travel

10 %

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits

Flying Food Group, LLC offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, prescription, drug coverage, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, commuter benefit, retirement program 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and pet insurance.