Kitchen Manager - Boston Market

Life Alive • Cambridge, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Life Alive is seeking a Kitchen Manager (KM) to lead their prep team. The KM is responsible for hiring, onboarding, and overseeing the prep team, possessing strong culinary skills and the ability to train and coach. They will run joyful shifts, embodying Life Alive’s culture and standards, and serve as a role model for their team. This role involves developing team members using the prep path tool for progress tracking and consistent coaching. The KM owns the prep and purchasing operation, ensuring quality control by touching, tasting, and correcting to maintain Life Alive’s commitment to whole food and vitality. They will check all orders for freshness and quality, taste scratch-made sauces, soups, and broths for flavor and consistency, and use the Fabrication model to ensure proper prep and stocking each shift. Maintaining Life Alive’s open kitchens and production lines, which handle high volume and significant product daily, requires a keen eye for detail and dedication to standards. This includes upholding daily deep cleans with the prep team, training a “clean as you go” style, and adhering to food safety guidelines with regular audits. The KM is also responsible for managing purchasing and labor in the back of house to ensure optimal product and staffing levels, aligning with sales forecasting and labor budgets. They will manage the prep, dish, and sage schedules within the labor template, develop the team for efficiency to maintain operations within margins, and adhere to the purchase system and declining budget for proper inventory and stocking. Life Alive believes profits are a byproduct of making the right decisions daily.

Requirements

• 2 years of Kitchen Manager/Head Chef/Sous experience
• Experience leading a team (>5 people)
• Experience making schedules & using labor templates
• Kitchen experience 4+ years
• History of growth in position
• Independently motivated
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to manage through ambiguity
• Growth mindset orientated
• Ability to work 9+ hours on your feet multiple days a week
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs
• Keen eye for detail and quality
• Use of labor and food management systems
• Capable of running operations without supervision
• Cool and Calm Demeanor under pressure
• Able to troubleshoot and solve problems in the moment
• Solves problems and follows through until solved
• Demonstrated ability to train and grow leaders
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Interpersonal skills
• Team-building skills
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to coach and mentor others
• Ability to plan and prioritize workload

Nice To Haves

• Will to learn and participate
• Skills required of a GM
• Passion for community, food, and service

Responsibilities

• Hire, onboard, and oversee the prep team.
• Train and coach team members.
• Run joyful shifts and embody Life Alive’s culture and standards.
• Develop team members using the prep path tool for progress tracking.
• Provide consistent coaching and development of the team.
• Take ownership of the prep and purchasing operation.
• Ensure quality control by touching, tasting, and course correcting.
• Check all orders for freshness and quality.
• Taste scratch-made sauces, soups, and broths for flavor and consistency.
• Use the Fabrication model to assure full stocking and proper prep each shift.
• Uphold daily deep cleans with the prep team.
• Train “clean as you go” style.
• Adhere to food safety guidelines and audit space regularly.
• Manage purchasing and labor in the back of house.
• Ensure the right amount of product and people, but never too much.
• Manage sales forecasting (sales ledger) and labor budget.
• Own the prep, dish, and sage schedule within the labor template.
• Develop team for efficiency to maintain operations within margins.
• Adhere to purchase system and use of declining budget to inventory properly and stay fully stocked.

Benefits

• Plentiful Food Discounts & Yoga Perks
• 401k and IRA, Life Alive matches 401k contributions at 100%, up to 3%
• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• Life Insurance, MetLaw, TeleDoc, Short Term & Long Term Disability, Mental Health Support via My Strength
• Parking and Transportation Reimbursement
• 10 days paid vacation
• 40 hours paid sick leave
• 8 hours of community service pay
• 8 paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees