Production Kitchen Manager Lola's Kitchen for Pets
- Date Posted January 20, 2023
- Location San Mateo, CA
- Category Culinary / Production
- Job type Full-Time
We love dogs. And Lola’s Kitchn wants to work with people who love dogs too. We are a Meal Delivery Service for dogs providing the proper nutritional needs for all dogs – No Matter Size, Shape or Age. After suffering through the loss of a long-time family companion, we took a deep dive into the pet food industry and the actual health of our animals. What we discovered was chemicals and additives and unnecessary fillers that are making our dogs obese and highly susceptible to cancers. What we didn’t find was locally sourced proteins, fruits & vegetables and other ingredients that you or I wouldn’t hesitate to eat ourselves.
We strive to create a convenient, personalized diet delivered directly to pet-owners on a weekly basis for the well-being and continued health for the lifespan of the dog and we need people like you to help us meet our goals.
Job description The Production Kitchen Manager will oversee all phases of ingredient procurement, processing, packaging and overall maintenance and cleaning of production kitchens. This includes ordering, receiving and inventory, storage and rotation, food preparation, proper food handling, packaging and delivery staging.Recipe adherence, proper food hygiene and sanitation and overall cleanliness are always expected. The PKM will be expected to encourage a positive culture in the production facility thru enthusiastic effort, never-ending commitment to the highest quality and role modeling Lola’s Kitchn standards of execution. The PKM is responsible for hiring, training, retaining, and developing the Kitchen department, meeting profitability objectives by controlling food and labor costs, writing schedules to support labor initiatives and growth, new recipe development and deployment.
Sounds great, right? We are looking for our leaders to fit these criteria:
- 2+ years of Kitchen experience.
- 2- 3 years in Kitchen / Culinary management or supervisory experience preferred.
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- High school diploma or equivalent required, some college preferred.
- Serv Safe certificate required.
- Must be able to work a flexible schedule including opening, closing and weekends.
Responsibilities
- Create purchase orders based upon current inventory and projected weekly orders. Place orders to be received in person as scheduled.
- Properly maintain safe food handling procedures when receiving orders of all product, especially perishable product.
- Coordinate the freezing/thawing/refrigeration of perishable product as needed for production.
- Utilize prep sheets to optimize the production of ingredients requiring additional steps to be recipe-ready.
- Operate packaging/processing equipment including vacuum sealer, Meat grinder, Food Processor, Microwave Ovens and Meat mixer as instructed.
- Enforce daily equipment checks to prevent injury, equipment damage, and downtime. Maintain scheduled service visits as required by warranty.
- Build and Pack boxes; load and unload trucks and freezers; utilize light equipment for meal processing; quality control steps and documentation.
- Pack customer orders. Ensure boxes are packed neatly and accurately. Handle dry ice, rolling carts, and tape guns to pack and seal boxes in a presentable manner to ensure product quality.
- Transition prepared meals from Refrigeration to Delivery vehicle in conjunction with Driver and assist in staging them for next step in shipping process.
- Participate in inventory cycle counts. Thoroughly count and document product volume and quality.
- Responsible for maintaining a clean and organized production area.
- Must be able to routinely lift 40+ lb. cases of product.
- Assist with onboarding new team members.
- Adhere to work rules, GMPs, Safety processes, procedures and rules, as well as comply with OSHA Safety and Health rules.