What are the responsibilities and job description for the Culinary Director position at Angela Bancalari Hospitality Recruitment & Consultancy?
We're searching for a Director of Culinary Operations for a high volume producing commissary.
In this role, you will plan, direct, and coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for the preparation of raw materials needed to support manufacturing menus.
Responsibilities include:
- Direct and coordinate all kitchen activities in preparation to make 20,000 meals daily.
- Ensure food safety policies, procedures, and workplace safety policies are up to date and adhered to.
- Work closely with warehouse and purchasing to requisition supplies, materials, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
- Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- Control labor expenses, based on the production schedule, utilizing forecasting tools, and comparing to budgeted numbers.
- Control food expenses through recipe compliance, portion monitoring and production oversite.
- Motivate, train, and manage hourly supervisors, hourly team members.
- Responsible for recommending or conducting disciplinary action, including termination of staff as necessary according to company standards.
- Monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
- Review plans and confer with team to develop new products or processes.
- Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
- Conduct hourly spot checks on production, SOP compliance, and safety.
- Ability to communicate in English and Spanish is preferred.
Salary : $120,000 - $140,000