Kitchen Manager (Makati)

What we're looking for

- 3+ years of proven experience managing a kitchen or restaurant - including leading and coaching people.
- Preferred: Graduate of an HRM or culinary school program or certificate.
- Excellent communication skills (English and Tagalog).
- Highly organized and capable of handling multiple competing priorities.
- Understanding of various ingredients, culinary equipment, and cooking procedures. Knowledge of best practices of operating in a commercial kitchen setting.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Nice-to-haves:

- Exposure to many different cuisines in a professional setting is ideal, but not necessary.
- Having produced and released your own dish on a commercial menu is a plus.
- Experience with HACCP principles.

What you'll be doing

- Managing a team of assistant kitchen managers, line cooks, and dispatchers, ensuring high efficiency and productivity.
- Maintaining company standards across food and beverage quality, food safety, adherence to recipes, and SOP compliance.
- Training, mentoring, and motivating members of the team - we maintain a culture of people development and promotion from within.
- Executing and improving processes such as inventory, shift scheduling, station assignments, and production workflows.
- Preparing reports on inventory, sales, spoilage, etc.
- Assisting R&D for new brands and dishes (tasting, sourcing ingredients, brainstorming, experimenting).