Kitchen Leadership – Assistant Kitchen Manager position

Demos’ Restaurants; Lebanon (TN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Demos’ Restaurants is seeking an Assistant Kitchen Manager for their Lebanon location. This role involves working closely with the manager to lead the staff in a fast-paced environment, ensuring quality service, food safety, and organization. Applicants should possess strong people skills and a desire to serve others, with prior restaurant experience preferred.

Benefits

Competitive pay based on experience and performance

Comprehensive Management Training Program

Reasonable work hours – 40 hour maximum work week

Complete healthcare package: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Life, and Long Term Disability

Generous paid vacation

Qualifications

• Prior restaurant experience required.
• No management experience required.

Responsibilities

• Uphold and exemplify the restaurant's purpose statement and values.
• Train all staff and assist them when needed.
• Maintain and enforce safety procedures in the kitchen.

Skills

Excellent people skills

Problem-solving skills

Strong work ethic

High standards

Job description

Description

Demos’ Restaurant is an independent, family-owned restaurant group where the Assistant Kitchen Manager works directly with the manager and owners in a fast-paced, fun, service-driven culture to provide a unique experience to our customers and staff and serve as leadership for the store and staff. Throughout the 35 year history of Demos’ Restaurant, the Demos’ name has become synonymous with exceptional service, outstanding quality and authentic recipes - winning awards year after year for excellent service and amazing food.

At Demos’, we genuinely care about you and we pride ourselves on a culture that values respect, integrity, accountability, morality, humility, consistency, dependability, courage, dedication and discipline. You are part of the family.

Assistant Kitchen Manager Responsibilities

• Uphold and exemplify our purpose statement and values.
• Increase sales through customer satisfaction.
• Enforce systems set in place and ensure others, including managers, do the same.
• Monitor and enforce all details.
• Ensure organization.
• Identify and correct wasteful practices.
• Treat all employees fairly, firmly and friendly.
• Be a moral leader for your staff.
• Train all staff.
• Assist staff when needed.
• Maintain and enforce all discipline.
• Always have a plan B, C and D.
• Enforce safety procedures.
• Maintain safe food handling procedures and cleanliness of kitchen
• Keep recipe binders up to date, in good condition and easy to reach.
• Make recipe cards mandatory.
• Have uncompromising value for quality.
• Maintain good appearance of staff and building.

Requirements

Ideal candidate will possess a genuine desire to serve others, excellent people skills, problem solving skills, high standards, a strong work ethic and a continuous drive to improve. Prior restaurant experience required. No management experience required.

Benefits:

• Competitive pay based on experience and performance
• Comprehensive Management Training Program
• Reasonable work hours – 40 hour maximum work week
• Complete healthcare package: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Life, and Long Term Disability
• Corporate Chaplains program for you and your family
• Generous paid vacation
• Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Our History

Great food always has a history. Ours began in 1943 when, at the age of 9, Jim Demos began working with his father Pete in their small, family owned restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama. As a Greek immigrant family, the Demos knew the important of offering exceptional food with authentic ingredients at quality prices. Because of our strong belief that many people enjoy eating in restaurants that offer memorable dishes at a good honest value, we have spent many years developing and collecting authentic recipes from our family, many parts of the country and overseas. Being part of a family that is rich in restaurant traditions has afforded us the opportunity to establish our restaurant as a place where people can enjoy a unique dining experience – one that features exceptional service and a variety of heritage dishes, all handmade with fresh ingredients and served in generous portions. To learn more about Demos’ Restaurant, please visit our website at www.demosrestaurants.com or check us out on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram.