€19k - €25k
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Kitchen Leader
On-site in Madrid·Full-time·Added 10 months ago
This job was published 10 months ago
Overview
Job details
Full-time hours
Per the ad.
Requirements
Have the right to work in Spain
No sponsorship mentioned, and this kind of work is rarely sponsored in Spain.
Work on-site in Madrid
No relocation package mentioned.
This job was automatically translated to English.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
We believe our employees are the engine of our success and we strive to create a positive and supportive work environment. As a member of our team, you will have access to a range of benefits, which include:
- Fuel your workday with delicious lunches and snacks, free daily menu.
- Join our dynamic company where your ideas are welcome and valued.
- Elevate your career with genuine growth opportunities, even abroad!
- Take the opportunity to work with a world leader in luxury gourmet entertainment and leave your mark on the sector.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Leadership: Ability to manage and motivate a team of approximately 10 people, ensuring the achievement of objectives and operational efficiency.
- Management: Ability to organize and coordinate team tasks, optimizing time and resources.
- Quality Knowledge: Mastery of product and service quality standards, as well as the corresponding sanitary regulations.
- Incident Resolution: Ability to identify and resolve incidents quickly and effectively, minimizing their impact on the operation.
- Proactivity: Proactive attitude to detect opportunities for improvement and propose innovative solutions that contribute to the optimization of the kitchen space and processes.
The role
The creation of a Kitchen Leader position is requested, whose main objective will be to ensure efficient kitchen operation, product quality, and team supervision and leadership. This position requires a profile with outstanding skills in team management, quick and effective decision-making in the face of incidents, and proactivity in continuous process improvement.
What you'll do
- Preparation of kitchen rosters: Planning staff work shifts, ensuring adequate coverage at all times.
- Order management: Supervision and control of orders and products necessary for the kitchen.
- FIFO control and Records and regulations (HACCP): Ensuring compliance with FIFO procedures and maintaining proper records of the movement and conditions of stored products.
- Preparation of cycle changes and Chef Table: Coordination and execution of cycle changes in the kitchen, as well as the preparation and presentation of dishes at the Chef Table.
- Team management: Direct supervision of a team of approximately 10 people, guaranteeing the correct execution of tasks and compliance with quality standards and working times.
- Monitoring of temperatures and quality: Daily control of temperatures according to HACCP.
- Quality audits: Carrying out internal audits to evaluate HACCP compliance in the kitchen, generating reports and proposing corrective actions when necessary.
- Training in plating and visual product image: Continuous training for the team and visual presentation of dishes, ensuring that all products are presented in a manner consistent with company standards.
- Improvement proposals: Identification and proposal of improvements in operational processes, team efficiency, and product quality.
- Incident resolution: Acting decisively in the face of any operational, technical, or quality incident, minimizing the impact on service and maintaining kitchen operating standards.
- APP security management: Ensuring the correct management of the knife flow. Carrying out inventories, managing losses.
- Waste management: Ensuring control of food waste, coordinating with the central kitchen to reduce consumption as well as product waste.
How you'll work
- 5 days a week (Monday - Sunday), 8 hours per day.
- Rotating schedule according to the operational needs of the kitchen.
About DO & CO
DO & CO is an employer that recruits for hospitality and catering roles across several European countries. Its careers page lists openings in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Germany, and Spain, with advertised positions spanning kitchen and culinary roles (chefs, pastry, kitchen help), food and lounge service staff, and catering operations support such as packing, warehouse, and dispatch roles.
In Spain, DO & CO's careers page currently lists openings in Barcelona, including a contract EVENT WAITER/WAITRESS position. For international professionals, the company's evidenced multi-country European footprint means hospitality and catering candidates may find hiring entry points in more than one market, with Barcelona being the confirmed Spanish location on its careers site.
- Website
- doco.com
Good to know if you are moving
- DO & CO's careers page currently lists an opening in Barcelona, Spain: an EVENT WAITER/WAITRESS position offered on a contract basis.
- The company recruits for hospitality and catering roles across multiple European countries, with current listings in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Germany, and Spain.
- Advertised roles include culinary positions (chefs, pastry, kitchen help), lounge and event service staff, and catering operations support such as warehouse and dispatch roles.
In their own words
About the company & team
DO & CO is a gourmet catering company and our main activity in Spain is airline catering. We started more than forty years ago with a family restaurant and, although today we are a large company, we continue to maintain our tradition and family values. The most important ingredient in all our recipes is the people who are part of this company. That is why your well-being is our priority, and from the Human Resources team, we work day by day to improve our employees' experience. Joining a new job is a very important moment. Therefore, we want everything to go perfectly at the start of your adventure with DO & CO.
Additional information
DO&CO is an equal opportunity employer. All candidates will be considered without distinction of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, veteran status, or disability.
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