- Provide vision for ongoing culinary development.
- Collaborate with our Senior R&D chef to introduce new items to existing brand menus and develop new brands from scratch.
- Spearhead the rollout of new licensed brands that we introduce to our kitchens, ensuring these brands are properly integrated into our existing training materials, tools, and kitchen operations.
- Research and stay current with supplier opportunities to reduce costs and improve the quality of ingredients.
- Collaborate with our Operations team to manage supply chain challenges and opportunities.
- Collaborate with our Senior R&D Chef and marketing team to develop culinary initiatives that align with business goals, market trends, and customer preferences.
- Develop strategies to simplify and improve our culinary operations.
- Manage the quality and consistency of our culinary documentation and supporting tools that are used to train kitchen team members.
- Collaborate with key Operations team members to ensure the correct training materials are always in place and used as intended.
- Solicit and incorporate feedback from kitchen team members to constantly improve our training materials and tools.
- Collaborate with our Senior R&D Chef to optimize recipes, yields, and portion sizes to maintain consistency across our backend recipe management and ordering systems.
- Provide culinary guidance and support to Kitchen Managers and Area Operation Managers across the country.
- Oversee a team of Culinary Excellence Managers specifically tasked with ensuring our culinary standards are met on a day-to-day basis.
- Conduct regular quality checks, remotely and occasionally in person, to ensure adherence to established recipes and standards.
- Address any issues related to food quality, taste, or presentation promptly, and work with Kitchen Managers, Area Operation Managers, and Culinary Excellence Managers to take the appropriate action.
- Highly organized and able to juggle multiple tasks with changing priorities.
- 5+ years experience working in the QSR or fast food industry in a culinary role (eg, R&D, training/development, project management).
- Deep understanding of the inner workings of a fast-paced kitchen environment and the necessary controls to ensure quality at scale.
- Knowledge of HACCP, SOPs, and government/industry food safety and quality regulations, codes, and standards.
- Ability to collaborate with other departments, proactively identify problems/opportunities, and take ownership of deadlines and deliverables.
- Wants to work in an extremely fast-paced, data-driven environment with ambitious goals.
- Must be based in the Los Angeles area with the ability to commute to local kitchens and the flexibility to travel to kitchens around the US.
- Passion for better-for-you food and building something great.
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- 401k with a 4% employer match
- Stock Options in Company
- Parental Leave
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- Work with a team that's transforming the restaurant industry
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Director of Culinary Excellence - Los Angeles, United States - Salted Services Inc
Description
WHO WE AREWe're looking for a Director of Culinary Excellence to be the newest member of a team that is transforming the restaurant industry. At Salted, we're building the next generation of fast-casual brands all across the country, with a focus on better-for-you cuisine that's delivery and take-out only. If you have a passion for culinary excellence and want to make a big impact in building the brands of tomorrow, then we want to hear from you
WHAT YOU'LL DO
In this position, you will play a key role in driving culinary excellence at our kitchens across the country.
Key responsibilities:
Innovation and Planning
The ideal candidate is extremely detail-oriented, has a deep understanding of the complexities of scaling quality and consistency across hundreds of locations, is comfortable working in a fast-changing environment, and has an unquenchable thirst to create food that impacts millions of people's lives.
SALARY
$100,000 - $180,000/annually
BENEFITS
Responsibilities and tasks outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of the company.
