Kitchen Manager

Smokey Bones; Warwick (RI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Kitchen Manager to lead a vibrant team in a dynamic restaurant environment. This role emphasizes guest experience, operational excellence, and financial performance. As a Kitchen Manager, you will coach and develop your team, ensuring high standards in food quality and service. Enjoy a fun and flexible work atmosphere with numerous perks from day one, including free meals, scholarships, and comprehensive health plans. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in the hospitality industry while making a significant impact on guest satisfaction and team morale.

Benefits

Flexible scheduling

Free meals on working shifts

College scholarships

Multiple health care plans

Employee Life Assistance Program

Discounts on products and services

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous Kitchen Management Experience in a full-service restaurant.
• Ability to engage and develop team members.

Responsibilities

• Coaches teammates on delivering an excellent guest experience.
• Models and teaches values and culture to others.

Skills

Kitchen Management

Team Leadership

Guest Experience

Financial Performance

Computer Knowledge (Excel, POS)

Education

High School Diploma

Culinary Degree

Tools

POS Systems

Microsoft Excel

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What We Offer

• A fun environment where we value and celebrate our family members!
• Flexible scheduling.
• Perks for ALL employees on DAY 1!
• Free meals on working shifts, meal discounts, and savings on gift cards
• FREE Employee Life Assistance Program services to ALL Smokey Bones employees including a crisis helpline and 3 free counseling sessions.
• Discounts on 1000's of products and services, including pay-as-you-go plans, through free membership through the benefits hub.
• College scholarships for ALL Smokey Bones employees and their immediate family members with Bellevue University
• Multiple health care plans to choose from
• Dental
• Vision
• Accident
• Critical Illness
• Limited indemnity for diagnostic, hospital, prescription drug
• Short-term disability and long-term disability
• Whole Life
• Preferred legal plan which includes numerous FREE legal services, and up to 70% reduction on representation. *
• Patient planning & advocacy services
• Opportunities for career growth and development throughout the organization. We want to help you reach your fullest potential!
  
  

About Smokey Bones

Smokey Bones is a full-service restaurant delivering great barbecue, award-winning ribs, and good times in 63 locations across 16 states. Smokey Bones serves lunch and dinner and has a full bar featuring a variety of bourbons and whiskeys; a selection of domestic, import, and local craft beers; and signature, handcrafted cocktails. We offer a variety of meats that are slow-smoked, fire-grilled, and available for dine-in, pick-up, online ordering, or catering and delivery.

Roles And Responsibilities

Guest Experience

Coaches teammates on how to deliver an excellent guest experience.

Coaches teammates on how to anticipate, identify, and resolve issues that impact the guest experience.

Coaches teammates on how actions impact the guest experience and how results indicate the level of guest service provided.

Positively interacts and visits with guests and solicits feedback.

Handles and follows up on guest concerns escalated from the teammate level, escalates to GM and DO as necessary

Ensures the quality of all restaurant facilities throughout the region by aligning with the General Manager and Director on priority needs, communicating with vendors, and supporting others in overseeing the repair or maintenance of the building, landscape, parking lot, equipment, seating, and technology.

Operations Leadership

Models standards and expected behaviors for Restaurant managers, and teammates to follow.

Models and teaches our values and culture in a manner that others understand.

Models and trains all new menu items and changes in standards for departmental team members

Writes schedules for department staff

Coaches teammates on operational excellence, maintenance, and facilities.

Motivates teammates to improve performance

Delivers positive and constructive performance feedback to teammates; aligns with the General Manager/Director on appropriate progressive disciplinary action when teammates are not meeting performance standards.

Develops leadership skills in self and teammates

Financial Performance

Establishes plans, communicates strategy to General Manager and Management Staff, and measures specific goals to achieve Company accepted inventory level, departmental sales growth, and guest satisfaction

Communicates areas of performance needing improvement within their department to meet business plan goals

Reviews sales and trends for your department and helps initiate programs to grow sales.

Willingness to learn Profit vs Loss statements, forecasting, and scheduling budgets

Conducts a wide variety of administrative duties in support of restaurant operations as it pertains to teammates and in compliance with local, state, and federal laws.

Requirements

The RIGHT person needs the following experience and qualities:

Previous Kitchen Management Experience (Experience must be in a full-service restaurant with a full bar)

Computer knowledge (Excel, Windows, POS, etc.)

Results-driven, trustworthy and team-oriented

Ability to engage and develop team members and coach in adherence to our company policies

Must be passionate about the hospitality industry and focused on creating amazing guest and employee experiences

Must be able to stand for 10 hours and lift 50 lbs.

Pre-Employment Screening Required Post Offer. Including but not limited to drug-test, criminal background check, and verifiable employment references.

Required

Preferred

Job Industries

• Other

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Restaurants

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