Sous Chef - Burdick's Downtown Kalamazoo

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

May include, but not limited to:

• Leading talented people in a high volume, fast paced, casual dining restaurant, to achieve profitable return to the owner, world class guest loyalty, high performance culture, and continuously improving talented organization.
• Increase Kitchen team’s effectiveness through implementation of sound business practices processes and systems in high-volume arena.
• Develop cross functional collaboration between all restaurant outlets.
• Establishes & sustains key, cross functional, customer focused processes.
• Contributes to Radisson Hotel’s total effort, maintains professional and technical knowledge.
• Must be high energy. Must be driven by purpose, mission, values, and has a sense of urgency.
• Leading and supporting all facets of kitchen operations with an eye towards growth and success.
• Working with the Restaurant General Manager on implementing processes and standards through regular interaction with managers and staff.
  

WHAT YOU NEED FOR THIS POSITION:

• 3+ years as a Sous Chef or Kitchen Manager at a high volume restaurant
• Talent level above benchmark.
• Strong people acumen to develop solid working with relationship both internally and with customers
• Decisiveness with “big picture” perspective
• Drives to improve work and implement new ideas to improve the goals of the business
• Sets direction, maintains it and achieves the agreed-upon goal.
• Has an upbeat attitude that creates a contagious work environment
• Good decision maker who understands the use of measurements and data in running a business
• Experience with developing processes and systems in a Kitchen environment
• Driven by purpose, mission, values, and has sense of urgency
• Night, weekend and holiday availability
• Able to work closely with staff through strong communication and verbal skills
• Able to stand for long periods of time, up to 10 hours or more
• Able to stoop and bend
• Able to lift up to 40 pounds from time to time
• Able to safely work with potentially dangerous chemicals and equipment
• Able to comply with safety and health code standards
• Able to handle responsibilities that require repetitive motion tasks