Kitchen Manager

Lido Hospitality Group

Kitchen Manager

Hutch + Waldo

The Role

Our kitchen presentation is the focal point of energy for our customer experience and this role is here to insure our standards are met.

We will be looking to you to attract and develop an engaged kitchen team and enforce the training processes you develop and share with senior management. 

In this role you will be expected to consistently deliver through 

  • Strong planning and menu development of current and seasonal offerings. Strong emphasis on menu item costings, item sales, and vendor relations

  • Excellence in consistent execution and quality product

  • Weekly reporting for Stakeholders, Executive Team and Head Line Chefs

  • Creation, management and adjustment when required all forms of guides + checklist operation. These include:

    • Opening and Closing Checklists for all stations

    • Daily/Weekly/Monthly deep cleaning checklists

    • External deep cleaning checklist follow up

    • Preparation checklists

    • Menu build guides

  • Knowledge around stocktake, ordering, food and wage costs and reporting through R365

  • Understanding and adjusting labor controls based on current and forecasted trends

  • Team accountability and ensuring Lido Standards across multiple venues via development plans, company standards + kitchen standards and training checklists for each station

  • R365, Asana and any other Platform Management

  • Strong knowledge of Health Department requirements including daily DOH checklist for all venues, food labelling consistency, etc

  • BOH Management of external maintenance contractors including pest control, plumbing, electrical, AC, and other contractors who impact the daily operational success of the business

  • Follow up of all maintenance and repair of all equipment including adapting to setting standards to avoid future breakdowns

  • All venue walk through each day for consistency and checklist follow up from the team on shift

  • Weekly venue report on the business including:

    • Sales

      • Top / bottom selling items

      • Increases / Decreases on previous weeks/years

    • Labor:

      • Labor Costs $

      • Labor Costs %

      • Tracking actual vs budgeted vs forecasted

      • Action items if required

      • New hires

    • Cost Control:

      • COGS $

      • COGS %

      • Tracking actual vs budgeted vs forecasted

      • Action items if required

      • Ingredient/packaging adjustements required

    • Training + Development:

      • Hiring

      • Onboarding

      • Training program

      • Development program

You will have full accountability of financials across the kitchen operations, including labor, COG’s, forecasting and revenue growth. You will be a vital part of the Executive team working with them collaboratively to continually drive Lido’s brand standards to be the best.

You need to be passionate about product and guest and have a focus on continuous improvement. After all we are obsessed with the customer.

You will need to be influential, solution focused with commercial acumen, operate with a sense of urgency, be able to challenge and ready to be challenged.

 

The Benefits

Lido offers a range of benefits including a competitive salary, staff discounts across our venues, partner discounts, fantastic development opportunities and a strong and supportive team culture.

Compensation

$70,000 - $85,000 / Year + Bonus on Key Performance Indicators and Targets

Apply today to make your next impact-full career move!