Kitchen Supervisor - Taco Shack at Hollywood

The Kitchen Supervisor must interact with fellow chefs and managers, employees and other supervisors in a polite, courteous and hospitable manner to ensure that the restaurant's guests are having an exemplary dining experience. Coordinates activities and training kitchen employees, engaged in preparing and cooking foods to ensure an efficient and profitable food service.

• Communicates effectively and genuinely with guests, employees and other departments.
• Maintains a friendly and caring demeanor at all times in a fast pace environment.
• Shows initiative and anticipates needs in job performance.
• Demonstrates teamwork; is dependable and productive.
• Able to find guest centric solutions.
• Professionally deals with situations and people, having conflict solution skills.
• Has knowledge of and assist in all emergency procedures as required.
• Inspects establishment, supervises workers to ensure compliance with occupational, health, and safety standards.

• Assists in the maintaining of daily, weekly and monthly budgets regarding food, operating items and labor (including but not limited to):

• Participating in the planning of menus and utilization of food surpluses and leftovers, taking into account probable number of guests, marketing conditions, popularity of various dishes, and execution of menus.
• Estimating food consumption and assisting purchasing or requisitioning foods and kitchen supplies.
• Supervising cooks and other kitchen personnel and coordinating their assignments to ensure economical and timely food production.

• Assists in insuring that entire restaurant is maintained and cleaned (including but not limited to):

• Confirming all side duty sheets are being followed and updated, and checking all work is completed daily and weekly
• Communicating with the Maintenance Department
• Checking all storage areas are maintained.
• Confirming all equipment is maintained and functioning properly and when necessary take appropriate action

• Assigning work tasks, coordinating and overseeing activities of kitchen personnel and service personnel to ensure prompt and courteous service to guests.
• Perform any other duties assign by his/her manager.

• Ethical Conduct.
• Collaboration Skills.
• Customer/client Focus.
• Stress management/composure

This position has supervisory responsibilities.

This job operates in a kitchen environment, housed with equipment such as an oven, stove, dishwasher, slicer, coffee machine, steamer, mixer and chef's knives. The employee is frequently exposed to heat, steam, fire and noise.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

The employee is occasionally required sit, stand, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push and pull items weighing 50 pounds or less. The position requires manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills; and the ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures

This is a full-time position, and hours of work and days vary based on business needs. This includes weekends, holidays, evenings and/or overnight shifts.

• A minimum of (2) years of relevant culinary experience.
• A minimum of (1) year of experience in a hotel environment.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Culinary degree and/or experience in a hotel or related field preferred.
• Must be able to work independently and exercise good judgment to resolve issues.
• Flexible schedule. Able to work weekends and holidays.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. Employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action; and policies in the employee handbook.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time or without notice.

No job description for any position can possibly include all duties which may be requested by guests or required by the needs of the hotel. Listed above is a summary of the major responsibilities for this position.