Junior Kitchen Manager

Butlins Skyline LTD; Bognor Regis; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading leisure and hospitality company is seeking a Junior Kitchen Manager for their Bognor Regis location. This permanent, full-time role involves leading a kitchen team of up to 10 people, ensuring high guest satisfaction while managing food cost budgets and hygiene standards. Candidates should have experience in a similar role and a Level 3 Food Safety qualification. This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to step up in their kitchen career.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar level role in the kitchen.
• Hard working, reliable, and able to drive team performance.
• Energetic, enthusiastic, and enjoy working in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the running of the kitchen and lead the team.
• Monitor guest experience and implement improvement plans.
• Manage food cost budgets and enforce hygiene standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Menu planning

Food hygiene compliance

Cost control

Education

Level 3 Food Safety qualification

Job description

Junior Kitchen Manager

Department: Restaurants & QSR

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Bognor Regis

Description

About The Role

We’re looking for a Junior Kitchen Manager to join the Restaurant & QSR Department based in Bognor Regis. Reporting to the Senior Kitchen Manager, you will support the running of the kitchen and lead a team of up to 10 per shift. Making our guests smile is at the heart of our values, and you will ensure this happens consistently by keeping guests central to all operational decisions. This will include resource planning, recruitment and selection, ensuring that we have the best team in place to deliver an amazing service.

You will be passionate about exceptional experience and will monitor this regularly to develop action plans in your venue with a focus on continuous improvement. Financial performance will play an important part in your role, and you will deliver food cost budgets through effective menu planning, cooking to standards and specification. You will also support the accountability of food hygiene standards and health and safety, in line with legislation and company policies.

Typical working hours: this role is based on 40 hours per week, 5 days over 7 with a wide variety of shifts between 7am and 3am, dependent on the restaurant's opening hours.

About You

We are looking for individuals with experience in a similar level role and would also love to hear from you if you're looking to step up to your next role in the kitchen.

You will need to be hard working and determined, a reliable person who likes to get things done and who will look for better ways for the team to consistently deliver our brand standards.

We are looking for candidates who are energetic and enthusiastic, high spirited and fun loving and who will understand their role and the value they can add to the guest experience by unleashing the potential of the team.

You should have also passed your Level 3 Food Safety qualification and be confident in leading a team to continually deliver high standards in a fast paced and busy kitchen environment.

As with any chef role at this level, you will also be responsible for managing margins and controlling costs and all things health, safety and hygiene related.

Interested?

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