Kitchen Operations Lead - Inventory & BOH Coordination

Eataly North America; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Eataly Chicago is seeking a Kitchen Operations Specialist to coordinate back-of-house activities under the Head Chef. This role requires strong organizational skills and culinary experience to support daily BOH operations and inventory management.

The ideal candidate will enter and maintain recipes, manage ordering for BOH outlets, and ensure SOPs are followed. Some basic cooking may be needed during production periods, with additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in kitchen operations.
• Degree in culinary arts preferred.
• Experience with inventory management is an asset.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate in Spanish is an asset.
• Outstanding attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Supports Executive Chef and Chefs’ Team with daily BOH operations.
• Enters and maintains recipes into Eataly’s database software.
• Main point of contact for each BOH outlet for ordering.
• Maintains the order guides, logs, transfer sheets and SOPs for BOH outlets.
• Oversees monthly inventories - assists Chefs’ Team in counting products, enters data, analyzes gaps.
• Receiving Purchase Orders from other stores and processing orders for shipment.
• Act as a liaison between all inter-store departments & BOH.
• Basic cooking when required during certain periods in production kitchen.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Skills

Kitchen operations

Inventory management

Spanish communication

Attention to detail

Education

Culinary arts degree

Job description

Eataly Chicago is seeking a Kitchen Operations Specialist to coordinate back-of-house activities under the Head Chef. This role requires strong organizational skills and culinary experience to support daily BOH operations and inventory management.

The ideal candidate will enter and maintain recipes, manage ordering for BOH outlets, and ensure SOPs are followed. Some basic cooking may be needed during production periods, with additional duties as assigned.