The Sous Chef is second in command over the kitchen staff and is responsible for assisting in purchasing, receiving, and producing food items in the facility, as well as overseeing the kitchen and training of kitchen personnel. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES Include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Ordering, receiving, and preparing food items. Maintaining food costs and budget goals. Produce required product according to Banquet Event Orders for each event. Attend in-house event-related meetings and relays immediate changes with other departments. Control presentation and quality of all food items per executive chef’s direction Responsible for the sanitation and giving the kitchen staff direction in the cleaning of equipment, break down stations and general sanitation policies as set forth by the Executive Chef, local, State, County and City Boards of Health. Training of all kitchen staff to include “ServSafe” and any health department regulations. Inventory controls. Responsible for Kitchen in absence of Executive Chef. Other duties as assigned. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES Manages all kitchen personnel and stewarding department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with ASM Global's policies and applicable laws. Interviewing, hiring and training employees. Planning, assigning, and directing work. SKILLS AND ABILITIES Must adhere to local Health Department codes Advanced oral and written communication skills General knowledge of menu writing and food purchasing Strong orientation to customer service and ability to work with other staff members in the facility Results oriented individual with the ability to meet required budgetary goals Excellent organizational, planning, communication, and inter-personal skills Ability to undertake and complete multiple tasks Ability to be creative with food presentations and maintain a quality product EDUCATION AND/OR EXPEREINCE Certificate from accredited culinary school, college, or technical school. Culinary experience in a banquet facility producing meals for large events preferred. COMPUTER SKILLS To perform this job successfully, an individual should have proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, on-line ordering programs, as well as the ability to quickly learn new computer programs. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS ServSafe certification is required. OTHER QUALIFICATIONS Ability to work with limited supervision. Ability to interact positively with all levels of staff, including management and part-time employees. Ability to work nights, weekends and some holidays in addition to normal business hours of 8:30am-5pm, Monday thru Friday. 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move around the facility; to stand for long hours (12 hours) during events; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. This position may require work inside or outside of the building, as needed by events. NOTE The essential responsibilities of this position are described under the headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Also, this document in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. ASM Global is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and encourages Women, Minorities, Individuals with Disabilities, and protected Veterans to apply. VEVRAA Federal Contractor. This job description portrays in general terms the type and level(s) of work performed and is not intended to be all-inclusive or to represent specific duties of any one incumbent. The knowledge, skills and abilities may be acquired through a combination of formal schooling, self-education, prior experience, or on-the-job training. The company reserves the rights to modify, supplement, delete, or augment the duties and responsibilities specified in the position description, in the company's sole and absolute discretion. Duties other than those expressly specified may be assigned from time to time. Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.