Kitchen Manager | Weckerly's | Now Hiring

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Weckerly's - Now Hiring: Kitchen Manager

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At Weckerly's we believe in offering a superior product with all nautral ingredients made from scratch right in our production kitchen located in Philadelphia. We are growing! That's why we are looking for a talented individual with a baking / kitchen leadership background to lead our production kitchen. Leading our production ice cream kitchen and bakery with a staff of 5, responsibe for end to end delivery of our product offering from plannning through to readiness for sale - both for ice cream and baked goods. We offer daytime weekday working hours, generous compensation with bonus potential, significant flexibility, a fun working environment, great team and generous benefits. Not only that, we are looking to bring somebody who has a creative side to help us dream up new flavors that our customers will love.Responsibilities Include: ProductionPlanning Creating a weekly schedule that accounts for a minimum of two weeks of production. Tracking progress throughout the week and making adjustments to stay on schedule. Daily delegation and troubleshooting. Managing communication with those responsible for retail operations, wholesale fulfillment, and catering. Ingredient ordering schedule. People Management & training ofproduction kitchenstaff Training new employees. Coordinating kitchen staff, task assignment, etc. Providing assistance, support, and necessary on-job training for kitchen staff. Interviewing & hiring of new staff. Work with owners, other managers, and creamery staff to make process improvements, product changes, and resolve issues as they arise. Recipes and Formulas Making sure all weights and outputs are documented for new recipes. Maintaining organized and accessible information for all departments. Documentation of fruit processing yields and ratios. Quality Control Regular checks throughout the week with solution-based troubleshooting. Point of contact for other departments when there issues with products. Development, training, and implementation of quality control procedures. Cleaning, Sanitation, and Maintenance Systems for daily/weekly/monthly cleaning and sanitation. Temperature and maintenance logs for equipment. Inventory & Ordering Keep track of cost fluctuations. Maintain necessary pars based on lead times. Build relationships with key suppliers. Includes stocktaking of small wares and packaging. Regulatory Inspections Scheduling and facilitating quarterly inspections by the Department of Agriculture. Sending product out for monthly lab testing. Upholding best practices for safety and sanitation. Production Tasks: Pasteurization of ice cream bases. Operation of batch freezer in producing ice cream for ice cream sandwiches, pints, and tubs. Assisting with baking. Ice cream sandwich production and packaging. Catering order fulfillment. Product development and recipe testing. Some regular functions of the job include: Maintaining systems that ensure proper daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning and sanitation. Ordering ingredients and supplies from multiple vendors in a manner that assures products will be made on schedule with little to no food or material waste. Scheduling maintenance and repair for equipment. Scheduling shifts for the production team and managing requests for time off. Delegating daily tasks to meet production schedule goals. Tracking ingredient and supply costs. Working directly with owners, baker, and retail shop manager to create a two to three week production schedule, refreshed on a weekly basis. Act as a first point of contact for any work or personal/interpersonal issues among production staff. Direct supervision of all food preparation and production tasks. Making sure that all food and ingredients are stored safely and in compliance with FIFO.

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