Kitchen Director

Chick-fil-A Restaurants; Houston (TX); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Chick-fil-A Copperfield in Houston, TX is seeking a Kitchen Director to lead a high-performing kitchen focused on safety, quality, and efficiency. You will oversee operations, drive leadership development, and manage costs while upholding Chick-fil-A values.

The role requires ownership, accountability, and the ability to develop leaders who maintain high standards and a caring culture across all shifts.

Qualifikationen

• Previous restaurant management or comparable culinary, operational leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of kitchen operations, food safety, and quality standards.
• Proven ability to coach, develop, and lead teams.
• Spanish fluency is preferred though not required.

Aufgaben

• Operational Excellence & Food Safety: Ensure consistent execution of Chick-fil-A's food safety, quality, cleanliness, and operational standards.
• Operational Excellence & Food Safety: Improve food quality, speed of service, order accuracy, and kitchen efficiency.
• Operational Excellence & Food Safety: Identify operational challenges and implement sustainable solutions across all shifts.
• Leadership & Team Development: Recruit, coach, and develop high-performing kitchen Team Members and leaders.
• Leadership & Team Development: Establish clear expectations, reinforce accountability, and build a strong leadership pipeline.
• Leadership & Team Development: Empower leaders to solve problems, make decisions, and operate independently.
• Leadership & Team Development: Foster a culture of teamwork, continuous improvement, and care.
• Business Performance & Systems: Manage kitchen performance metrics, labor productivity, inventory, food costs, and waste.
• Business Performance & Systems: Analyze performance data, establish measurable goals, and implement improvement plans.
• Business Performance & Systems: Build and maintain systems that ensure consistent execution and operational efficiency.
• Business Performance & Systems: Optimize staffing, equipment utilization, and controllable expenses.
• Culture & Collaboration: Model Integrity, Caring, and Excellence in daily leadership.
• Culture & Collaboration: Partner with Front of House, Training, and Scheduling leaders to achieve restaurant goals.
• Culture & Collaboration: Communicate clearly, lead with emotional intelligence, and balance high standards with Team Member well-being.

Kenntnisse

Restaurant management

Kitchen operations

Coaching & development

Spanish language

Jobbeschreibung

Kitchen Director

Chick-fil-A Copperfield | Houston, TX

About Us

At Chick-fil-A Copperfield, our purpose is simple:To Change Lives.We believe a restaurant can be more than a place to enjoy great food—it can be a place where people grow, develop meaningful relationships, and discover their potential.

Our vision is to be everyone's favorite restaurant, and our mission is to serve excellent food and excellent service with care. We are guided by three core values:Integrity, Caring, and Excellence.

We are looking for an exceptionalKitchen Directorwho shares our commitment to operational excellence, leadership development, and creating a workplace where people thrive.

Role Summary

The Kitchen Director is responsible for leading a high-performing kitchen that consistently delivers safe, high-quality food with speed, accuracy, and efficiency. This roleoversees kitchen operations, leadership development, food safety, labor productivity, and cost management.

The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver who leads withownership, accountability, and care, builds sustainable systems, and developsleaders who can independently maintain operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Excellence & Food Safety

• Ensureconsistent execution of Chick-fil-A's food safety, quality,cleanliness,and operational standards.
• Improve food quality,speed of service, order accuracy, andkitchen efficiency.
• Identify operational challengesand implement sustainable solutionsacross all shifts.

Leadership & Team Development

• Recruit, coach, and develophigh-performing kitchenTeam Members and leaders.
• Establish clear expectations, reinforce accountability, and builda strong leadership pipeline.
• Empower leaders to solve problems, make decisions, and operate independently.
• Foster a cultureof teamwork, continuous improvement, and care.

Business Performance & Systems

• Managekitchen performance metrics,labor productivity, inventory, food costs, and waste.
• Analyze performance data, establish measurable goals, and implement improvement plans.
• Build and maintain systems that ensure consistent execution and operational efficiency.
• Optimize staffing, equipment utilization, and controllable expenses.

Culture & Collaboration

• ModelIntegrity, Caring, and Excellence indaily leadership.
• Partnerwith Front of House, Training,and Scheduling leaders to achieve restaurant goals.
• Communicate clearly, lead with emotional intelligence, and balance high standards with Team Member well-being.

Required Qualifications

• Previous restaurant managementor comparable culinary, operational leadership experience
• Strong knowledgeof kitchen operations, food safety, and quality standards
• Proven ability tocoach, develop, and hold lead
• Spanish fluency is preferred though not required

Working at a Chick-fil-A restaurant is more than a job – it’s an opportunity for teamwork and leadership development in a positive, people-focused environment.