ABOUT US
At Bertucci's, we are truly passionate about being restaurant people. We have high standards and a joyful passion for hospitality that is the heart of our success. We call it being “Guest Obsessed”. Your excitement and dedication to our team will be the foundation of our relationship. We aim to provide you with an opportunity to progress as far as your hard work and passion will allow. Your commitment to being Guest Obsessed; one meal, one guest at a time, makes Bertucci’s great and is the commitment we ask of you if you join Bertucci’s. Together, we will deliver great food and great service, every time, to every one of our guests at every one of our restaurants.
Basic Purpose of Position:
The Culinary Manager is a high-energy, passionate individual who will be responsible for all kitchen operations on an opening, mid, or closing shift including supervision of a culinary team, made from scratch food preparation, safety and sanitation, and all to ensure Absolute Guest Satisfaction. The CM is responsible for proper staffing, scheduling, and staff development of all culinary team members.
Essential Job Functions:
- Selecting, scheduling, training, developing, mentoring, and leading a team of talented culinary professionals.
- Continuously strives to develop all culinary team members by giving timely, honest, and ongoing coaching through one-on-ones and performance evaluations.
- Adheres to the operational basics and standards with total commitment and passion: working with the entire culinary team accountable for maintaining proper culinary standards and expectations.
- Maintaining high food quality through recipe adherence, accurate production planning, ensuring proper sanitation/safety standards, and service production time standards.
- Drive and deliver sales and profitability through operational excellence including responsibility for food cost, labor costs, and kitchen supplies.
- Position Requirements:
- Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience working in an upscale or polished casual full-service restaurant with annual sales of $2.5M plus.
- Strong passion for culinary excellence and guest satisfaction both internal and external with the ability to transfer that passion to the entire culinary team through ongoing coaching.
- Must be an actively engaged manager who will commit to unlocking employee potential to drive high performance.
- Exceptional attention to detail and have the ability to hold others accountable to the high standards of exceptional service and food quality i.e. Absolute Guest Satisfaction.
- Proven success working with corporate systems, methods, and processes that contribute to great execution and deliver bottom-line results.
- Stable job history which demonstrates upward career progression.
- Exceptional communication skills and fluent in English.
- Must be able to stand and walk for periods of eight to ten hours in length each shift.
- Must be able to reach, bend, balance, and transport various objects weighing up to 50 lbs repeatedly during a shift.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $63,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Vision insurance
Experience level:
Restaurant type:
Shift:
- 10 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift
Weekly day range:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Experience:
- Full Service/Scratch Kitchen Restaurant Management: 2 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Reading, MA 01867 (Required)
Work Location: In person