What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kitchen Supervisor position at Lou Malnati's Pizzeria?
Essential Responsibilities to Assist the Management Team Run the Kitchen:
- Oversee all Food Safety and Sanitation Guidelines
- Share complete responsibility with the management team for all food quality.
- Supervises, coordinates, and participates in activities of cooks and other kitchen personnel
- Engaged in preparing and cooking food in the restaurant.
- Provides input on estimates of food consumption and ordering.
- Maintain established level/quality of sanitation and cleanliness.
- Comply with established sanitation standards, personal hygiene, and health standards.
- Assists with recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training, and developing kitchen personnel and with
employee discipline and termination.
- Train and cross-train Kitchen Team Members as assigned.
- Support execution throughout the shift.
- Assist in catering and special events.
- Reports maintenance, repair, and safety concerns to Management.
- Participates in kitchen inspections. Assists in developing plans of action to solve and prevent
recurring violations.
- Attend staff meetings as deemed by Store Managers.
- Any other responsibilities as may be assigned.
Essential Skills and Abilities:
- Prepare menu items per Malnati quality and ingredient standards.
- Leadership: A demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others. Ability to
delegate responsibilities.
- Interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to mentor potential candidates for kitchen supervising positions
- Ability to do and coordinate/supervise MIT kitchen training.
- Ability to operate kitchen equipment and utilize tools necessary to complete their job duties.
- Ability to make and flip pizzas; work pizza ovens (proper cooking and rotation of oven, especially at busiest times); and work steam and pantry.
- Ability to correct pizza mistakes according to standards set by Malnati’s.
- Ability to train all Kitchen positions according to high quality standards as set by the Malnati
Organization.
- Ability to work varied hours/days including holidays and weekends.
- Ability to work extra days and hours when circumstances require.
- Willingness to work towards conflict resolution with the management team and staff.
- Ability to be part of creating a safe, fun, efficient, positive team orientated environment.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
- Ability to freely access all areas of the locations.
- Ability to stand, reach, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, and move about the facility; ability to stand
approximately 90% of the workday; manual dexterity.
- Ability to move, handle, lift, push, or pull goods throughout the location generally weighing 0-55
pounds.
- Ability to withstand warm temperatures.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
essential functions.
Education and/or Training:
- Manager Level Serve Safe Certification
- Allergen Certification
- Full Service Kitchen Restaurant Experience: 2 years required
- Kitchen Supervisory Experience: 2 years required
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