Kitchen Manager

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Kitchen Manager, someone who is looking for the next step in their career in a role which offers great work life balance with no late nights!

Working in collaboration with the Café manager to take the business to the next level. This role will be pivotal in the success and running of the café, its all about creating a winning team and delivering the best café experience for our customers.

As a Kitchen Manager you will be responsible for the daily operations of your kitchen. You will be responsible for managing the stocks, controlling how food is stored and prepared and supervising how the customers are served. To support your back of house colleagues you will help train and develop them to deliver quality timely food to all of our customers.

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

You will be responsible for:

Be responsible for the operation of the kitchen, ensuring routines, processes, and change are all well managed.
Put your skills, experience, and instincts to the test, chasing opportunities, finding better ways of working and getting things right for our customers and colleagues.
Be the café menu expert who can share their knowledge with the team, helping colleagues to know and love our menu
Ensuring that all training, H&S and Food Safety requirements are met
Adapt your leadership styles appropriately to different people and situations.
Work closely with your café manager to have effective communication within the team.
Passionate about creating an inclusive environment where your team feel not only respected, but safe and valued
Make sure that all the team adhere to food safety and hygiene regulations to ensure café is safe and legal.
Oversee gross profit, ordering and stock control.
Competent to oversee the full Café operation, in the absence of your line manager.

You will need:

Have previous management experience within the hospitality industry.
Ability to remain productive in a high-pressure environment
Passionate about great customer service
To be an excellent communicator and inspirational leader.
In-depth knowledge within the hospitality industry
Be able to coach with an inclusive style
Have great planning and organisational skills
To be someone who thrives in a branded business, with set menus, food specs, etc.
The ability to coordinate multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
To be 18 years of age or older.

What's in it for you:

Alongside a fantastic work life balance, we offer excellent benefits that help make The Cafe a great place to work. These include but aren’t limited to::

Colleague Clubcard after 3 months service - 10% increasing to 15% after every pay day for a four-day period, off most purchases at Tesco
Request flexible working from day one
Retirement savings plan
Life Assurance
Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life
An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for the home
Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life’s moments, big and small
Holiday starting at 28 days (Including Bank Holidays)
Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here.

About us:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility