Night Kitchen Leader

Night Kitchen Leader

The leaders primarily focus is on ensuring every guest has a consistent food experience of excellence with regards to food quality presentation and speed of service. The kitchen leader must demonstrate intentional coaching daily to ensure a successful team. The leaders underlying focus is placed on teamwork to ensure cleanliness implement LEAN systems and processes and demonstrate all kitchen positions with excellence as means to lead their team by example.

The kitchen leader works closely with day and night kitchen staff to provide cohesion within the ChickfilA back of house (BOH) program. Day to day activities include but are not limited to: creating craveable products in a timely manner practicing food safety measures (temping food cleaning & sanitizing) and promoting a culture of open communication between front of house and back of house. The leaders role functions include problem solving planning organizing directing and coaching.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Food Safety & Quality:

Deliver craveable food in a timely manner that meets or exceeds CFA Quality Requirements.

Comply with all portion sizes quality standardsEcoSureand Health Inspection Standards.

Clean and sanitize food contact surfaces at least every 4 hours.

Maintain a sanitary and safe restaurant by mopping sweeping floors removing trash cleaning and equipment care.

Maintaining a wellgroomed and clean appearance.

Manage holding times and timers for all food products: AHA.

Conduct daily SAFE.

Check temperatures of freezer and refrigerator regularly during shifts

Implement necessary changes as indicated by health inspection.

Stewardship & Job Tasks

Maintain a LEAN production environment.

Ensure accuracy of orders

Communicate effectively with the front of house about wait times & when to park cars.

Complete daily and weekly checklists.

Maintain and provide a clean environment: leave the restaurant better than you found it.

Ensure that the team exhibits care in maintaining and handling equipment to ensure longevity.

Ensure products are consistent with our brand culture and excellence.

Assemble clean maintain and operate equipment properly: pressure fryer open fryer grill etc.

Prepare assemble and serve quality products to food stations

Leadership:

Create culture of continuous improvement in kitchen (no shortcuts).

Support other leaders and your team.

Proactively check teams work.

Ensure team members maintain a wellgroomed and clean appearance.

Monitor the grounds and inside of the building before end of shift.

Place each member of the team in positions they are strong in during peak hours (Aces in places.

Crosstrain team during nonpeak hours.

Ensure all systems and processes are in effect LEAN cleanliness waste & chicken tracking.

Monitors prep to ensure team is not over or under producing.

Track speed of service reports

Coach evaluate and hold all kitchen TMs accountable on their shifts.

Evaluate and provide coaching for the following behaviors of the team daily:

Hustle (sense of urgency) that creates a surprisingly fast speed of service.

Attention to detail that ensures prep and production procedures are followed.

Maintaining a work environment that ensures and promotes food safety.

Vigilant attention to the organization and appearance of the kitchen.

of systems that ensure a refreshingly clean environment.

Behavioral traits:

Good interpersonal and communication skills (a person of influence)

Ability to communicate kitchen goals with fellow team members and leaders

Effectively coach and give direction to TMs

Ability to successfully delegate tasks

Ability to motivate others

Ability to make decisions quickly

Demonstrate a heart of service

Show honor dignity and respect for all

Show up to work on time

Be an example for the team

Be professional and mature.

Knowledge:

Food safety expert (Servsafe manager certification).

Demonstrate expertise in all areas of the kitchen (score of at least 90 on all kitchen tests).

Performs at a high standard of proficiency in assigned kitchen stations.

Trained & efficient in a minimum of 3 kitchen stations.

Stays current on Pathway updates and new product rollouts for assigned stations.