Kitchen Manager: Growth, Flexible Schedule, Perks

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery; Billings (MT); On-site; USD 52,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free uniforms

Health insurance

Advancement opportunities

Paid time off

Parental leave

Training & development

Vision insurance

Wellness resources

401(k)

401(k) matching

Bonus based on performance

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Employee discounts

Flexible schedule

Free food & snacks

Educational assistance

Daily Pay

All you can eat pancakes

Job summary

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery in Billings, MT is seeking a Kitchen Manager to lead back-of-house operations, drive sales and profits, and enforce company policies and standards. You will guide kitchen staff, ensure food quality and safety, and coordinate staffing and training to maintain exceptional guest experiences.

The role emphasizes supervision, menu execution, and maintaining high standards of sanitation and profitability in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate clearly with employees, vendors and guests.
• Must be able to coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Assists the General Manager in planning and analyzing administration and operations manpower.
• Responsible for achieving plan profit levels while ensuring maximum guest satisfaction.
• Assists in the planning and analysis of restaurant unit manpower, ensuring sufficient development and training of all employees, including subordinate managers
• Assists General Manager in all aspects of employment and restaurant staffing including recruitment (interviewing and selecting), training, and conducting new hire orientation.
• Attends University of Perkins and successfully completes all coursework.
• Achieves and maintains ServSafe certification.
• Performs and is able to assist in all functions for all positions in the restaurant.
• Ensures that all menu items are prepared, portioned, and presented properly in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner according to all established procedures, performance standards, and specifications.
• Ensures managers and all team members are monitoring and overseeing food temperatures during hot and cold handling to reduce the incidence of risk factors known to cause food-borne illness.
• Ensures restaurant compliance to productivity and service standards by scheduling and staffing a sufficient number of well-trained and productive employees.
• Ensures proper management of the facility and equipment through preventive maintenance, energy conservation, repairs, security measures, and adherence to safety and sanitation requirements.
• Ensures inventory levels for both food and non-food items are properly maintained in accordance with company guidelines through correct ordering procedures and efficiency usage and yield application.
• Ensures accurate financial data to include: restaurant supplies, inventories, food cost, payroll/productivity, and operating expenses.
• Anticipates, identifies and corrects system breakdowns to achieve guest satisfaction.Accountable for accurate financial data to include: payroll, cash and receipts, productivity food costs, security of funds, and operating expenses; prepares and reviews financial reports.
• Attends scheduled restaurant and region team meetings; makes presentations to peers and management as requested.

Skills

Clear communication

Multi-tasking

Education

High school diploma; some college or degree preferred

Job description

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery in Billings, MT is seeking a Kitchen Manager to lead back-of-house operations, drive sales and profits, and enforce company policies and standards. You will guide kitchen staff, ensure food quality and safety, and coordinate staffing and training to maintain exceptional guest experiences.

The role emphasizes supervision, menu execution, and maintaining high standards of sanitation and profitability in a fast-paced environment.