**Kitchen Manager** at **Local Kitchens** Local Kitchens helps the best local restaurants expand to new cities with our network of micro food halls. We are helping the $900bn restaurant industry go digital while bringing high-quality food options to families in every neighborhood. Today, we are operating in the SF Bay Area and rapidly expanding throughout California in 2022. , , and in the . About the Role: Local Kitchens is seeking a Kitchen Manager with strong personal drive and elite leadership skills to run our business in San Jose. We work with brilliant local chefs and exciting restaurant brands. Your job is to exceed the expectations of our guests and our team members, and create a high-performing team that is a destination for talent. This is a great role for an entrepreneurial individual who thrives in a dynamic environment, and wants to join a rising team early. You will inspire your team to execute perfect food for our guests across many menus. You will maintain a clean, organized, well stocked business with properly-maintained equipment. You will promote high standards, respect, fun, exceptional customer service and help our team grow within the company. Youll be responsible for administrative work like scheduling and inventory as well as working side by side with your team during peak hours to guarantee success. **Responsibilities:**

Highest quality standard in the room - Protect food quality by being detail oriented and following kitchen procedures. Monitor food waste and inventory levels, and resolve guest issues by exceeding expectations

Team Development - Develop and retain a high-performing team. Train and develop team members to become Supervisors and Managers. Communicate effectively with your team to achieve throughput and take care of our guests. Lead from the front - master every job in the room.

Admin - Schedule with operational and financial vision. Own inventory ordering / manage waste. Ensure opening and closing tasks are completed, manage employee lifecycle.

**Requirements:**

Entrepreneurial, works with autonomy

Strong communicator

Proven team builder

Guest First - always do whats best for the guest

Respect - yourself, your teammates, your customers

Data Driven - make decisions based on data

Team Wins - do whats best for the team because the team can accomplish more than the individual

Ownership - take pride in everything you do

Relentless - work ethic

On Time - to work, in preparing food for our customers, in everything you do

Comfortable with technology

Bilingual, English and Spanish

Strong teacher/trainer

Kitchen Experience - competent line cook

Experience with inventory systems

**Benefits:**

Meaningful equity in a fast-growing company

Health care, Dental, Vision

Unlimited PTO

Interact directly with the founders

Massive, rapid growth potential

COVID-19 considerations: We are taking full precautions in relation to COVID-19. Face masks and social distancing is required while working. This is an opportunity of a lifetime! Local Food Group is being built by some of the best in the world including the first few employees at DoorDash and Momofuku. We are backed by some of the best investors in the world. We have set out to work as hard as humanly possible, to work as a team and to serve local communities with the best selection and the best employment opportunities. If you're someone who is looking for a career defining opportunity, someone who is willing to grind it out day after day, someone who has enthusiasm for guests and partners - we want to hear from you. For more insight about Local Kitchens, visit our website and follow us on instagram .