Lead Kitchen Manager — Restaurant & Bakery

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery - KRMM hospitality; Milford (IA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free uniforms

Health insurance

Training & development

Vision insurance

401(k)

Dental insurance

Employee discounts

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery is seeking a capable leader to manage back-of-house operations, drive sales and profitability through policy implementation, and oversee staff to ensure top guest satisfaction. You will direct kitchen activities, enforce safety standards, and coordinate with store personnel to maintain quality and efficiency.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will supervise production leaders and non-exempt staff, mentor team members, and contribute to performance reviews and

Qualifications

• Demonstrates principles actions, uses sound judgment and follow through on commitments.
• Anticipates problems and issues and makes timely and sound decisions.
• Demonstrates a passion and working knowledge of food, liquor, beer and wine.
• Leads by example and maintains a guest first focus.
• Sets and shares goals with team, monitors and tracks progress of goals.
• Directly and honestly addresses issues and resolves conflicts and seeks opportunities for improvement.
• Clarifies roles, responsibilities, priorities and expectations.

Responsibilities

• Assists the restaurant staff to achieve plan profit levels while ensuring maximum guest satisfaction and development and training of employees.
• 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 local health department regulations.
• Required, under certain circumstances, to perform/assist all functions for all positions in the restaurant.
• Ensures that inventory levels for both food and non-food items are properly maintained in accordance with company guidelines through correct ordering procedures and efficient usage and yield application.
• Ensures the unit's compliance to productivity and service standards with 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.
• Conducts employee activities to include staffing, training and conducting performance reviews with all kitchen personnel, as well as recommending salary increases and issuing employee work counseling.
• Accountable for accurate financial data to include: payroll, restaurant supplies, inventories, productivity food costs, and operating expenses.
• Attends unit management meetings and regional kitchen manager meetings; makes presentations as requested.
• Responsible for meeting established objectives during periods of his/her or Production Leader’s supervision.
• Anticipates, identifies and corrects system breakdowns to achieve guest satisfaction.
• Responsible for all communications with regard to system breakdowns and deficiencies.
• Ensures the thorough training and development of Production Leaders and other non-exempt personnel supervised, and the documentation thereof.

Skills

Leadership

Decision making

Guest focus

Team motivation

Goal setting

Conflict resolution

Role clarity

Education

High school diploma

Some college or degree preferred

Job description

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery is seeking a capable leader to manage back-of-house operations, drive sales and profitability through policy implementation, and oversee staff to ensure top guest satisfaction. You will direct kitchen activities, enforce safety standards, and coordinate with store personnel to maintain quality and efficiency.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will supervise production leaders and non-exempt staff, mentor team members, and contribute to performance reviews and