Restaurant Kitchen Manager

Perkins Bakery; Brookings (SD); On-site; USD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life/Disability Insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Bonus based on performance

Dental insurance

Job summary

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery in Brookings, SD is seeking a Kitchen Manager to lead back-of-house operations and drive sales and profit goals while upholding all policies and standards. This role reports to the General Manager and requires weekend work with a 50-hour week.

The successful candidate will supervise kitchen staff, ensure top quality food, and maintain inventory and costs efficiently. As a Kitchen Manager, you will enforce health and safety regulations, participate in management

Qualifications

• Experience leading back-of-house operations in a high-volume restaurant.
• Knowledge of health department regulations and food safety standards.
• Ability to manage costs, control waste, and optimize labor.
• Strong leadership with the ability to train and develop staff.
• Commitment to delivering excellent guest service and a positive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead back-of-house operations to meet sales and profit targets while enforcing company policies.
• Direct back-of-house staff to ensure guest satisfaction and a high-quality work environment.
• Maintain inventory levels for food and non-food items, oversee ordering and usage.
• Oversee facility and equipment maintenance, safety, and sanitation compliance.
• Conduct staffing, training, and performance reviews for kitchen personnel.
• Attend unit management and regional kitchen manager meetings and present as requested.
• Oversee payroll, restaurant supplies, inventories, productivity, and food costs.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Food safety

Cost control

Staff training

Customer service

Job description

Benefits

• Life/Disability Insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Bonus based on performance
• Dental insurance

CyHawk Hospitality, Inc., franchisee for Perkins Restaurant and Bakery, is now hiring a Kitchen Manager for our location in Brookings. Weekends are required with a 50-hour typical workweek.

Salary range is $55,000 - $60,000, depending on experience, plus bonus. Benefits include 2 weeks of vacation, health, dental, life/disability insurance, and more. Plus, we’re closed on Christmas day.

CyHawk is a growing company that opened our first Perkins in 2007 and have now grown to 21 locations.

Summary Of Position

Manages back of the house operations of assigned restaurant; responsible for achieving planned sales and profit levels for the restaurant through the implementation, management, and enforcement of company policies, procedures, programs, and performance standards. Provide direction to back of house staff, ensuring execution of all employee duties to guarantee maximum guest satisfaction and quality work environment.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

• Reports: Directly to General Manager
• Internal: Extensive contacts with all levels of store personnel as well as all home office departments.
• External: Extensive contacts include guests, distributors, repair technicians, salespersons, and community organizations and schools

Leadership Abilities

• 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.

POSITION ACTIVITIES AND TASKS

• 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 n 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.

Disclaimer

This position description in not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with job. It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principle job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development and compensation. As such, the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

Compensation: $55,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Founded in 1958, Perkins® operates 290 restaurants in 32 states and two Canadian provinces. The Perkins system includes 85 company-owned and operated restaurants and 205 franchised units. With its diverse, moderately priced menu featuring breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bakery offerings, and its attractive and recently remodeled restaurants designed to facilitate efficiency and guest satisfaction, Perkins Restaurant & Bakery is a dining favorite with a solid and respected reputation in the marketplace.

The longevity and success of Perkins Restaurant & Bakery is largely attributed to the concept’s ability to adapt to shifts in consumer dining trends and evolving taste preferences while delivering that homestyle goodness that guests crave. At Perkins, we’re always updating our menu with fresh, flavorful and innovative items that take their place right alongside Perkins’ iconic guest favorites, some of which have been on our menu for more than 30 years. We also take great pride in differentiating ourselves with the service and experience we provide. This has and continues to be a hallmark of our brand.

BE A PART OF OUR SUCCESS

Perkins has experienced years of success through ensuring 100% guest satisfaction on every visit. If you want to work and grow with a company who has a proven track record of success, has an unmatched commitment to their employees and employees the best in the industry, you are in the right place!

This franchise is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this franchisee. All inquiries about employment at this franchisee should be made directly to the franchise location, and not to Perkins Corporate.