CMR - Sous Chef

The Club at Crazy Mountain Ranch is a private membership experience set on 18,000 extraordinary acres in the state of Montana. Take one part working ranch, combine with golf, lodging, great food, and drink plus everything else there is to see and do and you’ve got something beyond special. 

Job Summary:

The Sous Chef at Crazy Mountain Ranch plays an important role in the Food and Beverage team by ensuring exceptional food quality is produced to the highest industry standards. The Sous Chef will primarily assist the Director of Culinary in overseeing all culinary operations for Crazy Mountain Ranch. The Sous Chef will be involved in all aspects of the operation including leading the associates in their duties, menu creation, and promoting a safe work environment. This role is vital in ensuring a memorable food and beverage experience for members and guests. This is a great opportunity to learn and have fun in a dynamic and ever-changing environment as the Ranch evolves. 

Major Responsibilities:  

• Understands the guest expectations related to food quality and presentation and ensures culinary associates strive to meet or exceed expectations and help build guest loyalty 
• Works closely with the Food & Beverage team to execute the event strategy and focus on meeting and exceeding departmental and hotel goals 
• Assists in menu development to ensure product quality and food cost management
• Participates in the development of operating budgets and administers those budgets on an ongoing basis by monitoring and tracking expenses 
• Helps to manage wages, productivity and expenses in accordance with business demand
• Assist in hiring, trains, coaches and develops a successful and enthusiastic team of associates, and ensures associates are cross-trained to support successful daily operations. 
• Take disciplinary action as needed to create an exceptional team.
• Supports a departmental orientation program for associates to receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job
• Motivates associates by engaging in recognition, coaching, provide input for performance reviews and performance management. 
• Manages scheduling in accordance with employment policies and budget targets and ensures that all time management and payroll processes are carried out in an accurate and timely manner 
• Completes scheduled inventories, stocks and requisitions necessary supplies, supporting procedures for portion and waste controls 
• Purchases appropriate supplies and manages inventories according to budget 
• Ensures compliance with all local, provincial and federal health regulations, and trains associates on the proper handling and temperatures of all food products 
• Assists in maintaining associate cafeteria operation and food quality standards 
• Develops and maintains cleaning schedule to ensure work areas are clean and sanitary and reports malfunctions with department equipment
• Assists the Executive Chef with maintaining all standard recipes 
• Conducts training on food knowledge and menu items including ingredients, preparation methods
• Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels 
• Effectively responds to and handles guest problems and complaints 
• Compliance with all safety regulations of assigned tasks and ensure a clean and safe working environment with active participation in the health and safety program
• Adhere to all environmental policies and programs as required 
• Other duties as assigned by management. 

Essential Job Functions:

• Executes and supervises food production activities, e.g. proper cleaning, cutting, marinating, seasoning, cooking of food items etc.
• Coordinates and controls kitchen helpers in food storage (e.g. maintaining tidiness, following the first in – first out principle)
• Oversee day-to-day production and operations in the kitchen which includes the planning and directing of all food preparation.
• Conducts, coordinates and supervises inventories
• Monitors material consumption and orders required food and equipment on a daily basis to satisfy the daily production plan 
• Participates in the development of food products and menus as needed for menu presentations 
• Must be aware of content in catering manuals; conducts updates when necessary
• Executes countermeasures in the production in case of customer complaints 
• Supports training of kitchen helpers 
• Quality 
  1. Maintains and monitors hygiene, health and safety standards and monitors that Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations are adhered to
  2. Maintains and monitors quality, conducts quality control checks according to HACCP regulations
  3. Conducts quality checks of goods received
  4. Monitors and ensures compliance with recipe specifications
• Leadership
  1. Ensure that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed and directed Page 2 
  2. Create daily schedule to ensure proper staffing requirements are met
  3. Guide, motivate and develop the subordinate employees within the Human Resources Policy 
  4. Teach and train staff of production and presentation changes to menu items 
  5. Make the company’s values and management principles live in the department(s)
  6. Implement and control the cost budget in the area of responsibility; initiate and steer corrective actions in case of deviations 
  7. Discipline and document underperforming staff members 
  8. Act as Executive Chef in the absence of the Executive Chef 
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested

Expected Hours of Work:

This position regularly requires long hours and weekend work and possible holidays.

Physical Demands:

Position requires standing for long periods as well as walk, bending and stooping, ability to lift up to 50 pounds. The position requires working taste buds, ability to smell, feel with fingers and visually inspect, including close and distance vision. The position requires ability to use arms, hands and manipulate fingers to reach, stir, measure, pour, cut, chop, dice, etc.

Qualifications:

Required: 

• Experience in a Culinary or Apprenticeship program
• Four (4) years of progressive experience in high-volume food production or catering in a supervisory or management role, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience

Preferred: 

• Minimum four (4) years of experience as a Sous Chef in a similar sized operation. 
• Prior experience training, inventory, purchasing, and managing budgets. 

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work for this position is usually performed in a climate-controlled environment.  However, the employee may be required to work outside in extreme heat, cold, rain, wind, snow or inclement weather as the demands of the position so dictate. 

 Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  The employee is frequently required to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach with hands and arms or operate a computer. The employee is frequently required to lift up to 40 pounds. The employee is constantly required to stand, walk, talk and hear. While performing the duties of this job the employee is constantly required to use hands and fingers to handle, organize or lift items. While performing the duties of this job the employee is constantly required to use their vision to perform an activity such as but not limited to determining the accuracy, neatness, attention to detail, and thoroughness of the work assigned. 

LMLC Operations, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Crazy Mountain Ranch is a project by Lone Mountain Land Company (LMLC) who manages the planning, entitlement, building, marketing, and sale of premier real estate communities around Big Sky, Montana.