Kitchen Manager - Catering (PM Production)

About the role

A Sydney-based food business producing fresh, high-quality food at scale for major corporate workplaces is looking for a kitchen manager to take ownership of its PM production operation. The client is a rapidly growing business and wants a leader who can get a team of about 15 people performing well, balancing people, productivity, labour, food quality and deadlines. The role is Monday to Friday, approximately 12:30pm to 9:30pm, with no routine weekends.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, organise and motivate a high-volume production team
• Ensure daily production is completed accurately and on time
• Allocate and reallocate staff as workloads change
• Monitor productivity and labour hours throughout the shift
• Identify bottlenecks early and respond proactively
• Maintain recipe, portioning, presentation and food-quality standards
• Coach team members, train and cross-train staff across production areas, and develop a 2IC and future team leaders
• Use production data and systems to make operational decisions and improve efficiency and workflow

Required profile

• At least two years' experience in high-volume kitchens or food production
• Experience leading, training or coordinating kitchen staff
• Experience in large-scale catering, corporate catering, production kitchens, hotels, events, airline catering or similar is particularly relevant
• Strong food safety and hygiene standards, and a calm, accountable leadership style

What we offer

• Salary of $95,000 to $105,000 plus superannuation
• Monday to Friday roster, approx. 12:30pm to 9:30pm, with no routine weekend work
• Leadership of a growing team and exposure to labour management, KPIs and production data
• Opportunities to develop future team leaders and internal career progression