pastry lead - Roastery & Reserve Kitchens, Seattle, WA

Starbucks • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The Pastry Lead for Roastery & Reserve Kitchens will have the exciting opportunity to spend early mornings ensuring high-quality products leave our kitchens for our Roastery & Reserve locations. This leader will work alongside their chef manager to ensure consistency in quality standards and work to create an industry-leading kitchen environment and culture for our Starbucks partners. The candidate for this role must have an unwavering focus on food production and quality. They will work alongside our chef manager to lead a team of partners, assisting with the preparation of pastries and baked goods, providing coaching and recognition throughout each shift. This candidate will support inventory management, training, labor management, and equipment maintenance as needed within the kitchen.

Requirements

• Demonstrated baking and pastry expertise (4 years)
• Culinary Supervision (1-2 years)
• Current local health and safety certifications
• Experience training and coaching others in a kitchen environment

Nice To Haves

• Superior performer who represents Starbucks Roastery & Reserve Mission & Values in daily work
• Demonstrated agility in dealing with ambiguity associated with working in a fast paced, highly visible, and changing environment
• Able to organize and deploy work across people
• Demonstrates strong abilities as a team player and leader, providing coaching when appropriate to kitchen partners
• Ability to build strong relationships and engage across differing cultures and societies

Responsibilities

• Supervise and produce high-quality bakery and pastry items including cakes, tarts, tiramisu, assorted fillings and custards per established recipes, portions and quality standards
• Support the receipt of ingredients and other supplies from main kitchen and/or pantry as required for daily operations
• Work closely with other kitchen leaders and staff to ensure effective production of items
• Provide coaching and recognition to partners while they craft high-quality food offerings for our Roastery & Reserve retail locations
• Review production schedules to determine variety and quantity of goods to bake and to assemble supplies and equipment needed for daily baking activities
• Consult on production sheets and other records as required
• Support hiring activities and supervision of baking team in partnership with the kitchen leadership team
• Support the development of partners through meaningful coaching conversations informed by observed performance
• Set inspirational tone for partners by role modeling Starbucks Mission and Values along with the Reserve vision

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Paid parental leave
• Family expansion reimbursement
• Paid vacation from date of hire
• Sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked)
• Eight paid holidays
• Two personal days per year
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
• Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
• Incentivized emergency savings
• Financial well-being tools
• 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor's degree through Arizona State University's online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan
• Student loan management resources
• Access to other educational opportunities
• Backup care and DACA reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Food Services and Drinking Places
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees