Kitchen Assistant Manager - Pump & Pantry

Bosselman Enterprises; Kearney (NE); On-site; USD 22,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

401K and matching contributions

Health, dental and vision insurance

Disability insurance (short/long term)

Life insurance

Growth path

On-demand pay with PayActiv

Job summary

Bosselman Enterprises is seeking a Pump Kitchen Assistant Manager to support kitchen operations across multiple brands, ensuring high quality food service and adherence to the food production plan. Responsibilities include assisting with ordering supplies, maintaining safety and cleanliness, and helping train staff for efficient operations.

The role requires flexibility to work holidays and weekends, strong communication, and reliability.

Qualifications

• Minimum six months food handling or food service experience is required.
• Ability to read and follow product specifications.
• Availability to work holidays, weekends, and any other required shift(s).
• Professional appearance and attire.

Responsibilities

• Supports in overseeing food preparation and service across all brands, ensuring adherence to recipes and production plans.
• Helps maintain kitchen cleanliness, organization and appearance to company standards.
• Leads by example and works with team in preparing food items according to make sheet recipes.
• Utilizes production planning tools to ensure correct food qualities and timing; monitors waste to minimize loss.
• Conducts regular checks to ensure consistent, high quality food preparation and service.
• Ensures personnel maintain professional appearance and proper uniform standards.
• Assists in training staff on policies, procedures, and performance expectations.
• Learns opening and closing procedures and ensures smooth shift transitions.
• Adheres to health and safety regulations and maintains safe work conditions.
• Provides friendly, competent customer service across all food brands.
• Reports to work during staffing shortages to keep kitchen operations fully operational.

Skills

Food handling experience

Communication

Flexibility

Teamwork

Reliability

English proficiency

Job description

Overview

The Pump Kitchen Assistant Manager assists in managing kitchen operations at the Pump & Pantry location, supporting high-quality food service across multiple brands, including Pump & Pantry food and any branded concepts. Responsibilities include assisting with ordering supplies, executing the food production plan. Maintain a clean and organized kitchen, ensuring food safety compliance, and helping train staff for efficient, high-quality, and profitable service.

Bosselman has many benefits to offer you that you will not find anywhere else like:

• Paid vacation
• 401K and matching contributions
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Short and long term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• A clearly defined path for growth
• On-demand pay with PayActiv (access to earned but not yet paid wages)
• And much more!

Bosselman offers on-demand pay (access to earned but not yet paid wages) through:

Responsibilities

• Supports employee development and accountability; assists in addressing performance issues and corrective actions. Assists in overseeing food preparation and service across all brands, ensuring adherence to recipes, production plans, and consistent high quality.
• Helps maintain cleanliness, organization and overall appearance of the kitchen to company standards Reports maintenance, customer and personnel issues to upper management.
• Leads by example and works alongside team members in preparing food items according to the make sheet recipes.
• Utilizes production planning tools to ensure correct food qualities are prepared to the correct times. Monitors portion control and proper waste procedures to minimize food waste.
• Conducts regular checks to ensure consistent, high quality food preparation and service.
• Ensures all personnel maintain professional appearance and proper uniform standards.
• Assists in training staff on policies, procedures, performance expectations.
• Learns and assists with the opening and closing procedures, including documentation and smooth shift transition.
• Adheres to all health and safety regulations, maintaining safe work conditions.
• Provides friendly, competent customer service across all food brands.
• Reports to work as necessary during staffing shortages to ensure kitchen operations remain fully operational.

Additional Job Duties:

• Assists with other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Directly supervise three or more employees in the absence of the Kitchen Manager.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience (include certs or licenses needed):

• Minimum six months food handling or food service experience is required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to read and follow product specifications.
• Positive, enthusiastic attitude.
• Flexibility and adaptability to change as needed.
• Strong communication skills.
• Professional appearance and attire.
• Availability to work holidays, weekends, and any other required shift(s).
• Reliable transportation and phone access.
• Ability to communicate in English, – IF APPLICABLE
• Ability to work cooperatively with team members.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the Pump Kitchen Assistant Manager to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions, provided such accommodations do not create an undue hardship for the Company.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs., while performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand for long periods of time; frequently walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear; occasionally sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Physical attendance at the primary work location is required.