Executive Chef Manager

2 days ago


Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Oak View Group Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Chef Manager to join our team at Oak View Group. As a key member of our culinary team, you will be responsible for managing the daily operations of our cafe, ensuring exceptional food quality, and providing outstanding customer service.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage and Develop Staff: Supervise, train, and mentor a team of 5-10 full-time and part-time cafe employees, including initiating employment actions such as hiring, firing, and disciplining.
  • Catering Planning and Execution: Plan, book, and execute catering events within the office building, ensuring seamless execution and exceptional customer satisfaction.
  • Event Staff Management: Ensure event staff are aware of workplace expectations, provide ongoing assistance, training, and mentoring, and promote a positive, enthusiastic, and cooperative workplace environment.
  • Food Cost Control: Implement effective control measures to achieve budgeted food percentages, including portion controls, kitchen timings, food inventory rotation, and purchasing procedures.
  • Labor Cost Control: Control labor costs through effective scheduling, cross-training, and development of employees, and monitor breaks and break documentation for kitchen staff.
  • Menu Development and Quality Control: Develop menus that meet OVG standards of quality and consistency, and monitor production of food preparation to ensure recipe specifications, portion controls, and kitchen timings are met.
  • Equipment Maintenance and Repair: Coordinate the storage, maintenance, and repair of all kitchen equipment to ensure operational readiness.
  • Staff Training and Development: Arrange and manage kitchen staff skills training and development, including departmental orientation of new employees, and provide leadership and support to the entire kitchen staff.
  • Employee Relations and Compliance: Maintain a positive and compliant employee relations climate, ensuring compliance with health, sanitation, safety, and employment regulations.
  • Administrative Tasks: Ensure proper kitchen record keeping and administrative requirements, including food inventories and invoicing of food products, and organize employee work schedules.
Requirements
  • Education and Experience: Minimum of 2-3 years kitchen management experience in a full-service restaurant or events venue, with a demonstrated track record of meeting projected costs.
  • Professional Appearance and Presentation: Professional appearance and presentation required.
  • Technical Proficiency: Basic computer proficiency, including email, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Schedule+, as well as working knowledge of Point of Sale and timekeeping systems.
  • Cash Handling and Math Skills: Cash handling abilities and basic math skills, including significant number manipulation.
  • Variable Work Schedule: Ability to work a variable work schedule, including evenings and weekends, as required.
  • Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to positively interact with diverse personalities, including co-workers, subordinates, guests, and purveyors.
About Oak View Group

Oak View Group is a global leader in venue development, management, and premium hospitality services for the live event industry. We offer an unmatched, 360-degree solution set for a collection of world-class owned venues and a client roster that includes the most influential, highest attended arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions on the planet.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity and do not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis, including veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.



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