Cook at Hubmart Stores Limited

Job Purpose

• To prepare delicious and tasty meals that supersedes customers’ expectation and satisfaction.
• To provide meals at competitive prices and at reduced cost while eliminating shrinkage and at minimal wastage.
• Also to ensure that a high standard of (personal and professional) hygiene is maintained in the kitchen/production area before, during and after the production process.
• Assist to achieve departmental budgeted sales and profit targets.

Personal & Work Environment - Appearance, Grooming & Hygiene:

• Ensure compliance with company’s set standard on personal grooming.
• Ensure the company provided uniforms and kit worn in the right manner - Always wear gloves, caps, aprons, uniform, coats, boots.
• Ensure that the work area is cleaned before, during and after use with recommended solutions & chemicals.
• Ensure all the equipment are cleaned before and after use in the production.
• Ensure housekeeping standards are maintained at all times.
• Ensure all equipments are cleaned in line with the hygiene & safety standards as enshrined the SOP & on-the-job training by the superiors. Ensure cleaning is implemented in accordance with the department schedule.
• All checklist on Operations, Hygiene, Health and safety standards are observed.

Health and Safety standards - Self, Team, Area, Equipment:

• Wearing safety/protective clothes/uniform at all times on duty & ensuring other team-mates does the same.
• Strict Observance of all operation and safety instructions as regards the use and cleaning production equipment.
• Ensure correct dress kits and PPE (personal protective equipments) are used in line with laid down procedure - always wear gloves, caps, aprons, uniforms, coats, boots etc.
• Proper/correct usage of equipment in order to ensure minimum wastage of ingredients during production process.

Partake in the implementation of Daily Production Plan:

• Assist in planning and implementation of production as per targets.
• Ensure the timely implementation of the daily production plan to details as set out by the department manager and target is met.
• Ensure strict adherence to the SOP on production – measurement, time, order, process etc.
• Ensure the use of the right product both in quality and quantity.
• Ensure the timely availability of various products to the sales department; correct products in correct quantities are available at the correct time of day or week.
• Ensure optimum utilization of equipment and inputs to minimize waste by adhering strictly to laid out guidelines and procedure.
• Submit daily check list of tasks done to departmental manager along with the team members lists.

Inventory Management:

• Monitor and ensure the availability of production inputs at all time.
• Ensure that inputs are stored at right place and under the right condition - temperatures & in a hygienic & safe manner.
• Maintain ideal input stock levels per product category & rotate stock(FIFO).
• Buying based on Production chain & production planning.
• Ensure stock of inputs are replenished immediately they fall below the minimum stock level.
• Assist in receiving the stock of inputs from supplier to very and confirm the correctness and the quality.
• Ensure that mixing is done according to prescribed methods/instructions and recipes in accurate quantities to ensure efficient utilization of resources.
• Help plan & assisting in stock take procedures.
• Ensure consistent quality, freshness and presentation all the products.

Responsibilities/Requirements

• Being punctual at work and ensuring adherence to shift timings.
• Always ensure that production schedules are met.
• Prepare and remit daily production report.
• Taking overall responsibility of the tasks given to self and concluding activities/tasks/roles & responsibilities assigned.
• Maintenance of self and mate’s morale.
• Assist in induction and on-the-job training of new employees in the department.
• Daily report of production in relation to production plan.
• Report of wastage/damages in production, loss notes.
• Prompt supply of products to sales team.
• Cleaning culture/adherence to cleaning schedule/checklist.
• Customer survey & Feedback.
• Range and Availability.
• Compliance with regulatory bodies guidelines (NAFDAC, Ministry of Health, SON etc.).
• Stock-take variance.
• Daily report of stock usage and availability..
• Spot checks.
• Input Stock level.
• Attendance record.
• Wastage: Budgeted Vs. Actual.