Senior Chef de Partie - Pastry at Andela

Job description

About The Role

This position is tasked with creating a harmonious interface between the Food and Beverage Services unit and other stakeholders to ensure efficiency in service delivery. The position will also be key in ensuring implementation of company policies as communicated through the Executive Chef and Sous Chef, and also enforcing compliance to the documented operating procedures. The position is very strategically stationed for an individual with real quest for career growth and progression.

Roles And Responsibilities

Reporting directly to the Sous Chef and indirectly to the Executive Chef, the ideal candidate should be competent in the following key performance indicators among others:

• Implementing and enforcing the requisite cost control measures right from receiving of raw materials to preparation and dispense stages of food and beverages
  Identifying, advising and justifying to the Executive Chef and Sous Chef the gaps for CAPEX and OPEX
• Ensuring Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM), and fumigation/pest control schedules for the kitchen installations is up to date and duly documented
• Ensuring the manuals for existing and envisaged Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) are in place and enforcing strict compliance to their documented processes
• Planning and overseeing execution of material inventory and stock-take, and generating requisite reports
• Ensuring kitchen and food cleaning and sanitation materials are cost effective and their composition as per documented Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) complies with FSMS guidelines
• Organizing and leading the kitchen brigade shifts and generally taking charge of the daily kitchen operations
• Maintaining functional teamwork and discipline by engaging positively, energizing, motivating and being a firm but fair team leader
• Identifying training needs, documenting and executing the training and mentor-ship programs
• Continually reviewing the menu items versus the elements of cost, functionality, and popularity index to maintain relevance and vibrancy
• Taking a very proactive hands-on approach to all levels of food and beverages preparation and service to ensure compliance to the documented recipes and portion control, and to internalize eye for detail for the quality and quantity of meals, to the team
• Ability to work odd and often long hours including night time while standing, walking, lifting and carrying weights within recommended margins

Qualifications

• At least a certificate in food production/culinary arts or related discipline from a reputable institution
• Minimum of 6 years experience in a similar or higher position, two of which should be in a busy pastry section of a properly structured food and beverage establishment
• Good leadership and interpersonal skills coupled with sound business acumen
• Demonstrable experience and skills set for creating a variety of exciting, functional and healthy office and indoor work stations bitings, besides a great repertoire of fresh bakeries, tea break pastries, sweets and desserts, will be a big plus

EPIC Values Alignment

• Demonstrable commitment to the learning & development of people and technology
• The ability to learn new things fast enough to amaze your friends and family

Interested?

• If the above sounds like an exciting role to you, please tell us why you believe you’re a good fit and we’ll be in touch.

Benefits & Compensation

• Breakfast, lunch and snacks provided daily
• Beautiful working environment
• Opportunity to work with the brightest minds on the planet
• Oh, and a chance to change the world!