Kitchen Operations Supervisor at Owens and Xley

Location: Yaba, Lagos.

Salary: #80,000 to #100,000.

Our client, a fast-growing fast food, is seeking to hire the services of an operations supervisor with several years' experience, who organizes and oversees the work done by a team of chefs and other kitchen staff. The operations supervisor works with the whole restaurant team - chefs, kitchen assistants and front-of-house staff, and often prepares food as well. They also deal with suppliers of equipment and contractors, such as market vendors, cleaning companies...etc.

Responsibilities:

• Managing the kitchen porters
• Making sure that the food is prepared to a high quality, at the right price and on time.
• Planning menus, taking into account special dietary requirements.
• Ordering ingredients and negotiating with suppliers.
• Keeping control of the budget and increasing profit margins.
• Deciding what needs to be done and delegating to members of the team.
• Producing duty rotas.
• Interviewing, recruiting, training and disciplining staff.
• Keeping computer records on staff, suppliers, food orders and accounts.
• Ensuring kitchen hygiene and dealing with environmental health inspections.
• Organizing the inventory, storage, and distribution of foodstuffs and supplies
• Helping to plan menus, apportion ingredients and use food surpluses
• Control portion costs by working out the number of portions per food batch
• In some jobs, will be required to cook

Requirements:

• A degree in restaurant management or any relevant field
• Experience working in a kitchen, perhaps as a kitchen porter or commis chef
• Cooking/Culinary skills is a MUST have
• Ability to plan menus and order materials and ingredients accordingly
• Familiarization with a wide variety of recipes
• Great organizational skills 
• Good conflict management skills
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work extensive hours throughout the day
• Good Managerial and Leadership skills
• Ability to multitask
• Health and safety or food hygiene qualifications is an advantage