Cafe Kitchen Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Kitchen Manager with hospitality experience to join one of our lively café kitchens. You'll oversee the daily operations of your kitchen, as well as selecting, training and developing kitchen colleagues to deliver delicious food that keeps our customers happy, satisfied, and coming back for more. It's all part of making every day a little better for them, and us. As a Kitchen Manager, you'll be responsible for stock levels, food storage and preparation, as well as the highest levels of food safety and hygiene. You'll bring your experience of working in a similarly busy environment to Tesco, where you'll become a café menu expert keen to share your knowledge with the team around you. From health and safety to limiting food waste, you'll understand the importance of every detail and inspire your team to deliver outstanding food quality and speed of service - after all, no one tries harder for customers than us. Tesco Cafés are a place to get on. We believe in creating a great environment for colleagues to work - and providing opportunities for everyone to be at their best. With your previous experience at supervisory level or above, you'll demonstrate great leadership and people management skills as you build an inclusive place where people feel respected, safe and valued. In doing so, you'll grow as a leader and develop your skills and experience as part of our friendly team.,

• Managing food stocks, ordering, storage and preparation in line with food safety and hygiene regulations.
• Having overall responsibility of the kitchen, including routines, processes, change implementation and gross profit.
• Selecting, training and developing back of house colleagues to deliver timely, tasty food to customers.
• Identifying new and better ways of working to keep improving services for customers and colleagues.
• Ensuring that all training, health and safety and food safety requirements are met.
• Understanding the key drivers of our service plan and delivering to the standard required.
• Stepping up to oversee the full café operation in the absence of the Café Manager.
  
  A background in hospitality, at supervisory level and above.
• People management skills that allow you to lead by example and coach in an inclusive manner.
• Experience of remaining productive in a high-pressure environment.
• A commitment to excellent customer service.
• A desire to create an inclusive work environment where colleagues feel respected, safe and valued.
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• Good planning and organisation skills.
• Confidence using your initiative to identify opportunities to improve our ways of working or adapt to different situations.
• Excellent communication skills to motivate and support a growing team and work closely with the Café Manager., Disability Confident
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Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues. It's part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we're proud to have been accredited as one of Britain's Top Employers again this year. We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers. But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business. We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers

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::
• Get 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends; save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard with an additional card to share with family outside your home.
• 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)