Kitchen Manager

Hotspot Convenience Store (RL Jordan) • Summerville, SC

7d

About The Position

The Kitchen Manager oversees kitchen employees and daily kitchen operations, ensuring food safety, sanitation, quality, customer satisfaction, and efficient service. The role includes managing food preparation and cooking, ordering and receiving supplies, inventory and waste tracking, employee training and scheduling, and maintaining equipment and required records. The manager must follow company procedures and communicate with the kitchen supervisor or district manager.

Requirements

• Must pass ServSafe Certification.
• Must be knowledgeable about kitchen operations and safety procedures.
• Knowledge of first aid for burns and cuts.
• Knowledge of how to complete the company incident report.
• Excellent communication skills and positive leadership.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Must follow company money-handling procedures.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise kitchen employees in accordance with food safety standards, and ensure employees carry out their duties.
• Ensure compliance with state, federal, and local food-handling requirements, health regulations, and fire department regulations.
• Set cleaning standards and verify that staff maintain sanitation and safety standards.
• Order food and kitchen supplies; check in vendors by counting items and verifying orders.
• Supervise food preparation and cooking times, check food temperatures, maintain portion sizes, and stage food in warmers, making smaller batches more often.
• Ensure food is dated and labeled according to DHEC standards and rotated using FIFO; store products according to food safety practices.
• Perform weekly inventory counts, track waste, and make daily build-to's.
• Train kitchen employees on food preparation, procedures, and inventory management.
• Promote customer satisfaction through food quality control and efficiency.
• Supervise, coach, and motivate kitchen employees; recruit and interview candidates and complete new-hire paperwork.
• Create weekly schedules and ensure kitchen staff clock in correctly.
• Follow company money-handling procedures and complete company incident reports as needed.
• Ensure food equipment is clean and in good working order, and submit work orders as needed.
• Maintain high-performance standards and communicate with the kitchen supervisor or district manager.
• Use first-aid knowledge in response to burns and cuts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed