Kitchen Supervisor

Lou Malnati's Pizzeria • Elmhurst, IL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for assisting the management team in running the kitchen, ensuring adherence to food safety and sanitation guidelines, and maintaining food quality. The Kitchen Supervisor will oversee cooks and other kitchen personnel, participate in food preparation, and contribute to inventory management. They will also be involved in training, supporting shift execution, assisting with catering and special events, and reporting maintenance or safety concerns. The position requires a strong understanding of menu items, leadership abilities, and the capacity to train kitchen staff on various roles and quality standards.

Requirements

• Prepare menu items per Malnati quality and ingredient standards
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others
• Ability to delegate responsibilities
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to mentor potential candidates for kitchen supervising positions
• Ability to do and coordinate/supervise MIT kitchen training
• Ability to operate kitchen equipment and utilize tools necessary to complete their job duties
• Ability to make and flip pizzas; work pizza ovens (proper cooking and rotation of oven, especially at busiest times); and work steam and pantry
• Ability to correct pizza mistakes according to standards set by Malnati’s
• Ability to train all Kitchen positions according to high quality standards as set by the Malnati Organization
• Ability to work varied hours/days including holidays and weekends
• Ability to work extra days and hours when circumstances require
• Willingness to work towards conflict resolution with the management team and staff
• Ability to be part of creating a safe, fun, efficient, positive team orientated environment
• Must be able to open (2pm start) a minimum of three days a week
• Manager Level Serve Safe Certification
• Allergen Certification

Responsibilities

• Oversee all Food Safety and Sanitation Guidelines
• Share complete responsibility with management team for all food quality
• Supervise, coordinate and participate in activities of cooks and other kitchen personnel
• Prepare and cook food in the restaurant
• Provide input on estimates of food consumption and ordering
• Maintain established level/quality of sanitation and cleanliness
• Comply with established sanitation standards, personal hygiene and health standards
• Assist with recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training and developing kitchen personnel and with employee discipline and termination
• Train and cross-train Kitchen Team Members as assigned
• Support execution throughout the shift
• Assist in catering and special events
• Report maintenance, repair and safety concerns to Management
• Participate in kitchen inspections
• Assist in developing plans of action to solve and prevent recurring violations
• Attend staff meetings as deemed by Store Managers
• Any other responsibilities as may be assigned

What This Job Offers

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