The Role:

The Culinary Manager is responsible for providing operational oversight and strong leadership to a growing team of associates and supervisors. This individual will have their hands in multiple aspects of the facility, managing the optimization and execution of Kitchen operations, and managing the dish and cleaning teams. 

Success for this role is to become a partner, and ally, to our chef community making sure they have everything they need to execute an optimal menu strategy and execution.

As Culinary Manager, you will also be collaborating across multiple departments focusing on providing the best experience for our eaters.

Responsibilities:

• Help hire, train and manage kitchen staff, organizing their scheduled work shifts
• Manage daily & weekly workflow, pace and efficiency of the team
• Monitor inventory levels of materials, supplies, and ingredients and perform weekly inventory counts
• Oversee the food preparation and cooking process
• Store all food products in compliance with health and safety regulations. Ensure the kitchen is clean and organized. Oversee the cleaning and steward team 
• Oversee the food safety, ensuring food is produced and packaged in accordance with state and local health regulations
• Maintaining a fully-stocked kitchen inventory, including but not limited to upholding strong vendor relations and handling shorted items/returns in a respectful and timely manner

Qualifications:

• 3 years of Supervisor or Management experience in Food Manufacturing and/or High Volume Commercial Kitchen
• In-depth knowledge of kitchen health and safety regulations
• Servsafe certification or willing to complete upon hiring
• Proficiency with Google apps (Gmail, drive, spreadsheets, etc.)
• Ability to lead a team in a fast-paced environment with a high level of ambiguity and change
• Outstanding communication and organizational skills. Being able to speak conversational Spanish is strongly preferred. 

Benefits: 

• Health Coverage with Cigna
• 401K
• Stock options plan granted on Day 1 
• PTO policy and paid sick days
• Family leave: 12 weeks for primary caregiver and 4 weeks for secondary caregiver, fully paid 
• Compassionate leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises 
• A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy amazing meals, added to your account monthly 
• Wellness perks: fitness subsides to build a healthy lifestyle 
• Awesome opportunity to joins a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!