Director of Culinary Excellence - California, United States - Salted

Salted California, United States

5 days ago

Description

We'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. (Please note that we encourage candidates who are highly interested in this role to email us directly at with your resumé and a brief note about yourself. Please include "Culinary Excellence" in the subject line.)

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

-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 roll out 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 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

Development and Training

-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

Quality Assurance

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

WHO YOU ARE

The ideal candidate is extremely detail oriented, has a deep understanding for 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.

-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 for the inner-workings of a fast-paced kitchen environment and the necessary controls to ensure quality at scale

-Knowledge of HACCP, SOP's, 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 some flexibility to travel to kitchens around the US

-Passion for better-for-you food and building something great

You can apply through LinkedIn, but again, we highly recommend that serious candidates email us directly ) with a brief note about yourself and your resumé. Please include "Culinary Excellence" in the subject line. Every email will be read.

BENEFITS

• Competitive Pay

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Retirement Plan (401k)

• Stock Options in Company

• Career Advancement Opportunities

• Work with a team that's transforming the restaurant industry

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