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Company Name : Puesto
Location : San Diego, CA
Position : Director of Kitchen Operations

Job Description : Job Summary: Primary responsibility is to spend time in every Puesto kitchen and work with CDCs and sous chefs to tighten kitchen operations in terms of food quality and operations. Work with BOH management to ensure all recipes are being followed, flavor profiles are correct, portioning and plating are aligned with the recipes. Teaching CDCs and sous chefs to operate their kitchens with better efficiency in terms of labor scheduling, line set up, ordering/receiving, flow of service. Creating training material as well as hand on training with the roll out of new menu items, ensuring correct product sku# is being order, order guides and storage locations updated. Working with CDCs on maintaining food cost of 25% and BOH labor of 9%-11% depending on location. Participating in Puesto offsite/catering events, as well as being present for service in under preforming kitchens. Working with the Culinary Director to develop menu and source new ingredients and partnerships.
Key Responsibilities
FINANCIAL. Work with Director of Culinary and Home Office to establish and achieve clear profitability, performance goals and metrics:

Monitor CTUIT data on a daily and weekly basis to find areas of opportunity for food cost and labor
Ensure all managers are reviewing monthly inventories and are making adjustments to ordering habits to meet our goals
Reviewing storage locations to ensure product pars are strategic and the BOH is operating organized and efficiently with the space given
Guide managers and sous chefs in monitoring ordering habits, as well as labor habits to ensure labor/food cost goals
Monitor staff schedules and staffing pars to ensure we have an appropriate number of staff members on each shift
Work with DOO, Puesto Home Office, CDC and Culinary Leadership to determine what capital improvements are needed in the kitchen and restaurant spaces

LEADERSHIP TEAM: Work with the BOH managers to grow the business while strengthening the Puesto brand and culture:

Be the standard you wish to set and constantly look to ‘inspect what you expect’ from your leaders
Hold management team accountable to achieving goals and strategic plans
Constantly coach and train chefs to better regulate inventory, staffing, food costs, and service flow, food quality and finessed plating
Continuously seek opportunities to connect with our community internal and external to the business
Coach Chefs on having strong relationships with vendors
Review staffing templates as well as shift times to ensure kitchen is running smoothly while maintaining a baseline labor percentage
Review shift notes and follow up promptly with restaurant management to resolve issues, provide answers, and assure that Puesto standards and culture are not being sacrificed
Perform routine quality control checks on food quality, plating, line checks, order guides, and systems in place to uphold Puesto standard

Skills and Knowledge:

Excellent communication skills (verbal/oral/listening)
Expert on all areas of the employee lifecycle; hiring, training, feedback, growth, acknowledgement, employee exits
Excellent understanding of Puesto culture/philosophy
Excellent kitchen and BOH operations knowledge
Excellent food and beverage knowledge, specifically in Mexican food, beer and spirits
Multi-tasking, problem solving & delegation
Initiative & follow through
Attention to detail
Understanding of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point)
Understanding of restaurant POS systems Toast, CTUIT, Tripleseat, Opentable

Experience

5+ years of restaurant management experience
8+ years’ experience in fine casual or fine dining, high volume and sales preferred

Education

Preferred Bachelor’s Degree or Certification in Hospitality-related field or equivalent expertise gained from time on the job

Physical

Must be able to stand and/or walk for extended periods of time.
Must be able to reach with arms and hands, bend, kneel and crouch.
Must be able to lift items between 10 and 50 lbs.

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $80,000.00 – $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:

Dental insurance
Employee discount
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance

Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Weekend availability

Work Location: On the road

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