Culinary Operations Manager
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19 hours ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About CookUnity:
Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it it has lost the power to nourish inspire and connect us. So in 2018 CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today CookUnity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industrys best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.
Unwilling to stop there CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.
If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one youve found the right job posting.
The Role
The Culinary Operations Manageris responsible for providing operational oversight and strong leadership to a growing team of associates and supervisors. This individual will have their hands in multiple aspects of the facility managing the optimization and execution of the Kitchen operations.
Success for this role is to become a partner and ally to our chef community making sure they have everything they need to execute an optimal menu strategy and execution.
As Culinary Manager you will also be collaborating across multiple departments focusing on providing the best experience for our eaters.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver strategic operational leadership across all aspects of Kitchen and Marketplace operations with a hands-on approach
- Manage coach and motivate a team of associates and supervisors providing them with the necessary equipment training and quality direction
- Lead growth and development of direct team including performance management and professional development
- Maintain weekly and monthly financial reporting (forecasting labor food cost and revenue)
- Partner with Supply Chain for an accurate ordering of materials supplies and ingredients based on demand
- Maintain relationships with Local and National purveyors
- Oversee the Marketplace team to ensure all ingredients are properly sourced and received daily and perform weekly inventory counts
- Maintain a work environment that guarantees and promotes food & team safety ensuring compliance with Food Safety and Sustainability policies at all times
- Collaborate with Chefs onboarding and implementation of new menu items as well as ensuring recipe accuracy during food production
- 3 years of Supervisor or Management experience in Food Manufacturing and/or High Volume Commercial Kitchen
- In-depth knowledge of kitchen health and safety regulations
- Servsafe certification or willing to complete upon hiring
- Proficiency with Google apps (Gmail Drive spreadsheets etc.)
- Ability to lead a team in a fast-paced environment with a high level of ambiguity and change
- Outstanding communication and organizational skills. Being able to speak conversational Spanish is strongly preferred.
Benefits
- Health Insurance coverage
- PTO policy and paid sick days
- We grow you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1.
- Eligible for bi-annual performance bonus
- Paid Family leave
- Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
- A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals added to your account monthly
- Customize the benefits that suit your needs! Access a range of perks tailored to you including learning opportunities wellness memberships delivery apps and more through our comprehensive benefit platform
- Personalized Spanish coach
- Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!
5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
Compensation
All final pay rates will be determined by candidates experience knowledge skills and abilities of the applicant internal equity and alignment with market data.If youre interested in this role please submit your application and if we think you might be a fit well get in touch with you.Thank you for your time!
CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age sexual orientation gender identity national origin citizenship status protected veteran status genetic information or physical or mental disability.
A quick note for all candidates
Weve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams across the industry and we want to make sure you (and your data)stay safe while applying to CookUnity.We also want you to know that we take this seriously sometimes as part of our process we may ask for a briefproof of humanity to confirm that were connecting with a real person not an impersonator. Here are a few tips to help you protect yourself and know what to expect from us:
- Apply only through our official channels. All open roles are listed on our official careers page:
- Our recruiters are real people and easy to verify. You can always find them on LinkedIn with verified profiles. If youre unsure feel free to reach out to us on our officialLinkedIn Company Page.
- We only communicate through official CookUnity channels. That means emails ending in
@and interviews held through official company platforms (Google Meet or Zoom) never WhatsApp Telegram or SMS. - Well never ask for payment or personal financial details. If anyone does please dont share any information and let us know right away.
If something ever feels off or youre unsure about a message wed much rather you double-check with us. You can always contact us directly through any of our social media channels. We appreciate your interest in joining CookUnity and we care about keeping your experience (and safety) as genuine as possible.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Six Sigma
- Lean
- Management Experience
- Process Improvement
- Microsoft Outlook
- Analysis Skills
- Warehouse Management System
- Operations Management
- Kaizen
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Retail Management
About Company
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