kitchen manager

Education

• College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
• Business administration and management, general
• Hospitality administration / management, general
• Restaurant / food services management

Work setting

• Restaurant

Tasks

• Establish methods to meet work schedules
• Requisition food and kitchen supplies
• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of staff who prepare and portion food
• Train staff in job duties, sanitation and safety procedures
• Estimate ingredient and supplies required for meal preparation
• Ensure that food and service meet quality control standards
• Prepare budget and cost estimates
• Address customers' complaints or concerns
• Maintain records of stock, repairs, sales and wastage
• Prepare and submit reports
• Prepare food order summaries for chef
• Must have knowledge of the establishment's culinary genres
• Supervise and check assembly of trays
• Supervise and check delivery of food trolleys
• Establish work schedules
• Train staff
• Supervise staff
• Participate in marketing plans and implementation
• Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
• Cost products and services
• Conduct performance reviews
• Negotiate arrangements with suppliers for food and other supplies
• Leading / instructing individuals
• Organize and maintain inventory
• MS Office
• Determine type of services to be offered and implement operational procedures
• Manage events
• Set staff work schedules
• Recruit staff
• Plan and organize daily operations
• Monitor staff performance
• Monitor revenues to determine labour cost
• Modify food preparation methods and menu prices according to the restaurant budget
• Evaluate daily operations
• Develop budget to determine cost of food, ingredients, alcohol, kitchen and cleaning supplies
• Analyze budget to boost and maintain the restaurant's profits

Supervision

• Staff in various areas of responsibility

Computer and technology knowledge

• Spreadsheet
• MS Access
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Windows
• MS Word
• MS Outlook

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Standing for extended periods
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Overtime required

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Team player
• Initiative
• Dependability
• Accurate
• Excellent written communication
• Reliability
• Organized
• Ability to multitask

Experience

• 2 years to less than 3 years

Support for persons with disabilities

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for Indigenous people

• Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers