Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

FOOD PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR ~ KITCHEN MANAGER ~ CULINARY SUPERVISOR

LSG Sky Chefs is hiring experienced BOH Managers in San Francisco!

- Job Title: Food Production Manager - Cold Food Dept
Salary Range: $90,000 to $113,000 per year

- Job Title: Food Production Supervisor - Cold Food Dept
Salary Range: $71,000 to $89,000 per year

Location: San Francisco-USA-94128
Location Type: On-Site

Benefits:
- Lucrative compensation package
- Medical, Dental, Vision -- ELIGIBLE DAY 1
- Employer paid life insurance, AD&D, and voluntary benefits -- ELIGIBLE DAY 1
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Vacation, Sick, and Holiday Pay
- 401(k) including company match
- Free Meals & Parking
- Membership to American Airlines Credit Union
- Opportunities for Advancement

About us: LSG Sky Chefs is one of the world’s largest airline catering and hospitality providers, known for its outstanding reputation and dynamic approach in the industry. Voted “Airline Caterer of the Year in North America” for 2023 and 2024, we are committed to excellence and innovation, driven by the dedication and expertise of our talented employees. Our team members are the heart and soul of our success, consistently delivering exceptional culinary experiences and outstanding service to our clients and their passengers across North and Latin America.

FOOD PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
-- The Cold Food Production Supervisor at Sky Chefs plays a critical role in overseeing and managing the preparation, storage, and distribution of cold food items in accordance with company standards, customer specifications, and food safety regulations. This position is responsible for supervising a team of kitchen staff, ensuring that all cold food items are prepared efficiently and meet quality standards. The supervisor will also manage inventory, monitor the adherence to food safety protocols, and work collaboratively with other departments to ensure seamless operations. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of food production processes, and a commitment to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and safety. This role is essential in ensuring that Sky Chefs delivers premium, high-quality cold food products to our airline and hospitality clients.

Food Production Supervisor -- Main Accountabilities Include:
• Responsible for supervising the Cold Food Department and working closely with other department leaders
• Ensure that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed and directed and that all delivery times are being met timely
• Conduct daily work group meetings
• Maintains all financial goals related to material, productivity, overtime, and labor goals
• Ensure compliance with all government regulatory agencies standards (example: FDA, USDA, OSHA, EPA, DOT, HACCP, etc.)
• Document and follow up on all department processes in order to implement improvements
• Guide, motivate and develop staff
• Responsible for performance evaluation, coaching, counseling and preparing corrective action for employees and liaises appropriately with HR and other support functions
• Manage productivity hours and costs in the area of responsibility; initiate and steer corrective actions
• Participate and support company sponsored initiatives such as Quality, HACCP, Lean Manufacturing, Employee Safety and Production systems

Food Production Supervisor – Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
• One to three years of supervisory experience in a food production and restaurant or catering environment
• Food handling and food safety knowledge experience
• Must have strong and effective leadership and communication skills and the ability to successfully manage a staff of 20+ hourly employees
• Candidate must be comfortable with all levels of employees and have the ability to drive positive program change.
• Ability to give negative and positive feedback to employees on a daily basis
• Working knowledge of OSHA, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), FDA, USDA and EPA regulations
• Excellent verbal, written and organizational skills required along with the ability to multi-task
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Windows-based computer applications

FOOD PRODUCTION MANAGER :
-- As the Food Production Manager Cold Food you will be responsible for leading the Cold Food team in tandem with the Operations Management Team. This will include oversight of all aspects of the day to day operation including employee engagement, training, safety, and accountability. Your leadership will be instrumental in optimizing resource utilization, meeting stringent regulatory standards, and delivering exceptional service to our airline clients. You'll play a critical role in shaping the future of our operations and ensuring our continued success.

Food Production Manager -- Main Accountabilities Include:
• Strategically plan, organize, and manage a department with regards to daily hours, schedules, productivity, quality and safety.
• Responsible for department costs to budget through effective manpower planning, scheduling and overtime usage
• Ensure compliance with customer specifications, quality standards, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), safety, health, environmental and other regulations
• Ensure on-time and accurate production in the preparation of food/equipment and catering of flights
• Investigate customer quality issues, develop and implement corrective actions
• Maintain an ongoing, positive and pro-active relationship with all internal and external customers
• Attend the daily operations briefing
• Ensure par levels of customer inventory and customer specific goods
• Provide data for the development of an annual business plan and budgeting for the department
• Ensure optimal deployment of human, technical and material resources in the department
• Initiate and control continuous optimization of processes
• Ensure that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed and directed
• Guide, motivate and develop the subordinate employees within the Human Resources Policy
• Participates in coaching the expanded Global Performance System (GPS) process, as well as additional career development activities to enhance the effectiveness and potential of the team
• Make the company's values and management principles live in the department(s)
• Plan / Implement and control the cost budget in the area of responsibility; initiate and steer corrective actions in case of deviations
• Participate and support company sponsored initiatives such as Global Quality Standard (GQS), HACCP, Lean Manufacturing, Employee Safety

Food Production Manager – Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
• One to five years of directly related experience required in a management role
• Experience in using and managing Variable Production Systems and schedules
• Strong presentation, communication, training and interpersonal skills
• Proven success in improving work processes and leading change in a complex, fast environment
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills
• Proven track record of understanding the drivers of product and labor cost variances
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Windows-based computer application

INTERESTED?
Apply today for immediate consideration!

LSG Sky Chefs is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

The ideal candidates will have previous experience as a Kitchen Manager, Senior Kitchen Manager, KM, Executive Kitchen Manager, Culinary Manager, Executive Chef, Culinary Director, or another high volume, Catering BOH MAnager or High Volume Chain Restaurant Kitchen Management position.

 

 

 

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