CookUnity

Kitchen Operations Manager

Seattle, Washington, United States

Sponsorship not specified$85k-$100kDetected 23 hours ago

Financial AnalysisForecastingSupply ChainPerformance ManagementLeadershipCommunicationFinancial ReportingFood Safety

About the role

The Culinary Operations Manager is responsible for providing operational oversight and strong leadership to a growing team of associates and supervisors.
This individual will have their hands in multiple aspects of the facility, managing the optimization and execution of the Kitchen operations.
As Culinary Manager, you will also be collaborating across multiple departments focusing on providing the best experience for our eaters.

Deliver strategic operational leadership across all aspects of Kitchen and Marketplace operations, with a hands-on approach
Manage, coach, and motivate a team of associates and supervisors, providing them with the necessary equipment, training, and quality direction
Lead growth and development of direct team including performance management and professional development
Maintain weekly and monthly financial reporting (forecasting, labor, food cost, and revenue)
Partner with Supply Chain for an accurate ordering of materials, supplies, and ingredients based on demand
Maintain relationships with Local and National purveyors
Oversee the Marketplace team to ensure all ingredients are properly sourced and received daily, and perform weekly inventory counts
Maintain a work environment that guarantees and promotes food & team safety, ensuring compliance with Food Safety and Sustainability policies at all times
Collaborate with Chef's onboarding and implementation of new menu items, as well as ensuring recipe accuracy during food production

3+ years of Supervisor or Management experience in Food Manufacturing and/or High Volume Commercial Kitchen
Proficiency with Google apps (Gmail, Drive, spreadsheets, etc.)
🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
In-depth knowledge of kitchen health and safety regulations
Servsafe certification or willing to complete upon hiring
Ability to lead a team in a fast-paced environment with a high level of ambiguity and change
Outstanding communication and organizational skills. Being able to speak conversational Spanish is strongly preferred.

All final pay rates will be determined by candidates experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
Pay Range for this position
$85,000 - $100,000 USD

🩺 Health Insurance coverage
⛱ PTO policy and paid sick days
📈 We grow, you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1.
🌟 Eligible for bi-annual performance bonus
🐣 Paid Family leave
🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
🧘🏽‍♀️ Customize the benefits that suit your needs!
Access a range of perks tailored to you, including learning opportunities, wellness memberships, delivery apps, and more through our comprehensive benefit platform
All final pay rates will be determined by candidates experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience.
And with it, it has lost the power to nourish, inspire, and connect us.
So in 2018, CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs.
Today, CookUnity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industry's best chefs to homes all over the country.
Ready-to-eat.
And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.
Unwilling to stop there, CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.
If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one, you've found the right job posting.
Success for this role is to become a partner, and ally, to our chef community making sure they have everything they need to execute an optimal menu strategy and execution.
Our recruiters are real people - and easy to verify. You can always find them on LinkedIn with verified profiles. If you're unsure, feel free to reach out to us on our official LinkedIn Company Page.
We only communicate through official CookUnity channels. That means emails ending in @cookunity.com and interviews held through official company platforms (Google Meet or Zoom) - never WhatsApp, Telegram, or SMS.

for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability

This listing is sourced directly from CookUnity's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.