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Culinary Operations Manager – Fast Casual Restaurant Group

$90,000 - $120,000 + Bonus

This trail-blazing fast casual restaurant group, who leads the way in premium service and made from scratch food, is looking for a Culinary Operations Manager who has strong experience managing multi-unit food, product, and SOP development projects.

Company:

• Has 14 units throughout California and continues to grow
• High-volume, all scratch, healthier fast casual option
• Leadership team is headed by chefs and food business entrepreneurs who have founded and grown other highly successful fast casual chains

Benefits and Features:

• Outstanding career growth opportunity with this fast-growing company
• Competitive Salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Paid Vacation
• Free meals
• Bonus potential
• Generous tuition reimbursement and language learning support
• Hybrid (in field, in-office, home)

Your Role:

The Culinary Operations Manager oversees all food, product and SOP development projects. Other duties include:

• Sources, evaluates, and provides development direction for new products and ingredients
• Assists with the generation of bench top recipes of new products for introduction
• Conducts culinary testing of products to deliver on the concept, validating the viability of the new product’s ingredients
• Collaborates cross-functionally with teams to prepare food products for field testing, documents build along with product photos for training purposes
• Delivers new product and SOP training to Operations, providing details of product development to support the creation of training materials
• Participates with Ops and Training in system implementation of products and programs
• Maintains recipe database, with intricate knowledge of prep recipes, yields and inventory management software

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience as a multi-unit Executive Chef or Kitchen Manager for a chain restaurant group, managing food and product development projects
• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred
• Food Handler’s Certification, Manager Certification preferred
• Must possess a car and Driver’s License and ability to travel 25%
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and G Suite required
• Inventory and recipe management software experience required
• Experience writing SOP's and operationalizing recipes
• Ability to prioritize and plan work assignments and work under pressure of frequent and tight deadlines

EOE – EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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