The Chef will be responsible for assigning work in the kitchen, preparing meals for our diners expert in continental and fast food, interviewing and training staff, kitchen inventory management and partnering with the Sous Chef to come up with delectable new dishes to add to our growing menu. If you are passionate about the restaurant industry and have prior experience as a Chef, we invite you to apply today.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with distributors and resolve issues with vendors promptly 
• Follow the budget established by the restaurant manager 
• Ensure safety and sanitation practices in the kitchen
• Manage kitchen staff and delegate tasks related to meal prep, cooking and delivering food to diners in a timely fashion 
• Maintain the schedule for kitchen staff Monitor food and labor costs Keep up with industry trends and create new recipes in collaboration with the Sous Chef

Skills required

• Associate Degree in Culinary Arts required (Bachelor’s preferred)
• 5+ years’ experience as a Chef in a full-service restaurant
• 2+ years’ experience in a supervisory role
• Excellent communication and organization skillsAble to work in a fast-paced environment
• Dedicated to food quality and controlStrong knowledge of proper food handling and sanitation standards

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Applies understanding and knowledge of consumer, market and industry trends in developing compelling core and promotional menu offerings that drive guest satisfaction, guest traffic and brand awareness while meeting Nekter’s financial requirements.
• Manage and problem solve and manage all aspects of new and existing menu development. This will include but not limited to: recipes, nutrition requirements, yields, in-store procedures and smallwares.
• Analyze and study competition, direct and non-direct, to ensure that we are staying current with industry trends at the same time introducing initiatives that put us above and first with our customers and competition.
• Create a pipeline of new items developed, approved and tested ready to be implemented as needed.
• Supported technically the local teams for new product development, adaptation and transfer of international innovations.
• Involved in costing of new and existing products.
• In depth market understanding and competitor intelligence in the region.
• Trained the local teams on best practices in sensory analysis .
• To initiate and active involvement in new product development (NPD) using advice and information from the quality, sales, marketing & operations departments as inputs.
• To conduct the study on shelf life of newly developing product to offer quality product to our customer.
• Ensuring raw Materials, Pre-Mixes, in process Material, Packaging Material and finished Goods needed for new products are in place for the work to be carried out.
• To ensure all records are maintained with proper back up and presented to the management.
• Ensuring new products conforms the standards and advice QC in setting HACCP for new products.
• Performed lead role in setting and establishing a proper R&D department and perform other duties as per the further expansion of the department.
• Check audit reports to ensure daily opening & closing balance of all raw and packaging material to avoid difference in the monthly audit.

Managing the overall sales and operations (including administration, maintenance, security etc) and business performance of different retail outlets

•  Managing sales staff, their schedules,  performance and give training accordingly
•  Handling customer complaints efficiently, investigating and solving customers’ problems
•  Designing and implementing a strategic sales plan
•  Improving customer service procedures, policies and standards for all locations
•  Analyzing standards and quality records to certify compliance with company policies and product specifications
•  Training staff on delivering excellent customer service, having great product knowledge and maintaining food safety and hygiene practices
•  Compiling daily. weekly and monthly sales report of all outlets
•  Ensuring sales targets are met at all locations