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The Assistant Kitchen Manager is responsible for assisting the kitchen manager in the daily operations of the kitchen. The major accountability of the Assistant Kitchen Manager is to provide the best service possible by preparing each and every product in compliance with company specifications to meet and exceed the expectations of our guests.

Bosselman has many benefits to offer you that you will not find anywhere else like:

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  Paid vacation
• 401K and matching contributions
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Short and long term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• A clearly defined path for growth
• On-demand pay with PayActiv (access to earned but not yet paid wages)
• And much more!

• Works directly with the Kitchen Manager to maximize food quality, quick ticket times, labor efficiency and food/supply cost minimization.
• Prepares schedules for kitchen, bus and dish Team Members.
• Provides proper training and retraining to all new kitchen Team Members.
• Completes daily inventory counts and verifies with the Manager.
• Assists in monitoring and implementing housekeeping and sanitation standards, which includes cleaning of the entire kitchen; responsible for maintaining appropriate cleaning schedules for the entire kitchen: floors, mats, walls, hoods, ceiling, other equipment, and food storage areas.
• Assists in calculating food cost percentages, food cost extensions by conducting a weekly food inventory, and reports them to the General Manager and Executive Chef/District Manager of Restaurants.
• Assists the Kitchen Manager in conducting regular departmental meetings.
• Assists in providing recaps to all special events and holidays.
• Maintains sanitation procedures.
• Adheres to checklists and maintenance schedules.
• Receives, verifies and delivers items to the proper storage areas while dating items received.
• Completes food order from suppliers in the absence of the Kitchen Manager.
• Rotates food products to preserve quality and control waste.
• Assists Kitchen Manager with food orders.
• Preserves the food’s value through proper ordering, rotation, and defrosting procedures.
• Monitors food preparation along with ensuring the freshness of the food to only serve quality food.
• Ensures kitchen Team Members have all the tools necessary to perform their jobs.
• Ensures the maintenance and cleaning of all kitchen equipment and all stock areas.
• Understands proper sanitation procedures.
• Ensures all daily sidework is completed by staff and checked out by management before leaving the building.
• Generates fun and excitement through personality and positive attitude to help ensure many return visits from guests.
• Providing friendly and competent customer service.
• Reports for work in a timely manner when scheduled.

Additional Job Duties:

• Assisting in other duties, as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Directly supervises 10 or more employees in the absence of the Kitchen Manager.

Education and/or Experience (include certs or licenses needed):

• Minimum of six months kitchen experience is required, supervisory experience is preferred.
• Serv-Safe Certified.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong culinary aptitude from work and/or educational experiences.
• Effectively manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and handle stressful situations.
• Must be highly motivated, organized and able to handle multiple priorities while meeting deadlines.
• Understand safe food handling and safety procedures in the kitchen.
• Strong attention to detail with a sense of urgency.
• Must conduct self in a professional and respectful manner at all times.
• Must have PC Software experience.
• Must possess a positive, enthusiastic attitude to promote teamwork.
• Must be flexible with the ability to adapt to change when required.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Maintains confidentiality of all trade secrets, including recipes, policies and procedures.
• Must be well groomed and properly attired.
• Must be able to work special events, holidays, and weekends.
• Must have reliable transportation and phone.
• Must be able to communicate in English. – IF APPLICABLE
• Able and willing to deliver friendly, courteous, and prompt customer service.
• Able and willing to work cooperatively with other team members.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the Assistant Kitchen Manager to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions, provided such accommodations do not create an undue hardship for the Company.

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  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs., while performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand for long periods of time; frequently walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear; occasionally sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.