Company description

Pixie Scout is a collaborative team of food and hospitality professionals creating and sharing food and beverage provisions in service of transformative and joyful food experiences. We source our ingredients from biodiverse and sustainable operations within our regional foodshed as well as suppliers aligned with our values. We rely on collaborative teamwork where ideas and contributions are encouraged and valued. We practice mutual respect, sharing leadership roles, empowering each other to take ownership of what we do and how we do it.

Job description

Pixie Scout’s Corporate Food Service Culinary Lead at Etsy

Pixie Scout is seeking a passionate and experienced culinary manager to lead our corporate food service program at Etsy’s global headquarters. We prepare a wide range of breakfast and lunch items for Etsy employees in a grab-and-go “Cafe, as well as a self-service, buffet-style “Canteen”. We work in well-appointed, newly-renovated kitchens in Etsy’s green, bright, and modern offices in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

The Culinary Lead position is a collaborative management role, focused on the following areas of leadership and responsibility:

Daily Food Service Preparedness

• Planning and directing a weekly food production schedule

• Planning and directing daily food services to meet pars and item availability benchmarks
• Working closely with Pixie Scout’s Etsy Operations Lead to track food service data
• Leading Culinary Team in minimizing waste and redirecting potential waste streams into menu items and/or donated food product for Pixie Scout to distribute to its community partners
• Receiving internal and external food service feedback, and implementing remediations as needed

Staff Oversight

• Working closely with Pixie Scout’s Etsy Operations Lead to manage a team of ~10-12 Culinary and Facilities team members
• Working closely with Pixie Scout’s Etsy Operations Lead to hire, onboard, and train new team members
• Working closely with Pixie Scout’s Etsy Operations Lead to maintain DOHMH compliance in all culinary spaces
• Training team members in culinary techniques and the execution of new and rotating menu concepts

Inventory Management

• Managing onsite food product inventory across multiple cold- and dry-storage spaces
• Working closely with Pixie Scout’s Culinary Director to place orders and requisition prepared food product from the Pixie Scout commissary.

Menu Planning

• Collaboratively planning new menus quarterly with the Pixie Scout and Etsy Leadership team
• Collaboratively researching and developing new menu concepts.
• Documenting menu item recipes and preparation procedures
• Facilitating the remediation of menu items and menu concepts based on feedback from Pixie Scout and Etsy

Collaborating with Guest Culinary Professionals

• Working with Pixie Scout’s leadership team to welcome esteemed and accomplished guest chefs as part of our Etsy Chef Residency program
• Leading the Culinary Team in the execution of guest chef menus

You are likely to be a great fit for this position if you are:

• Passionate about food – you love to cook; you’re invested in local, equitable food systems; and you enjoy sharing this knowledge and passion with your team.
• Communicative – you communicate clearly with your team to ensure smooth service.
• Clean and fastidious – you are diligent about proper hygiene and maintaining a clean, orderly kitchen; familiar with and compliant to DOHMH standards and policies; detail-oriented in the execution of dishes, and passionate about food and food presentation.
• Quick and efficient – you are experienced in a high-volume kitchen setting; equipped with an excellent sense of timing; able to meet service deadlines; motivated to move through tasks quickly; flexible and adaptable in technique and workflow so as to “work smart, not hard”.
• Punctual and present – you begin your workday with an eagerness to stay on top of, and even get ahead of, the production schedule and food service flow.
• Professional and supportive – you demonstrate professionalism and respect in and out of the kitchen at all times as a representative of Pixie Scout; you treat team members with care, and seek out ways to help and support your team.

Job requirements:

• 4+ years of professional culinary experience
• 1+ year of professional culinary leadership experience
• Understanding of and adherence to NYC DOHMH standards and policies
• NYC Food Protection Certificate required
• Able to stand for at least 8 hours and complete tasks that may require lifting up to 50 lbs.
• English Language Proficiency: written and verbal fluency required
• Computer Skills: Google Workspace applications including Docs and Sheets

Job details:

• 40 hour work week, Monday - Friday with a daily schedule that falls between 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM; Preference given to applicants with the capacity to begin daily shifts by 7:30 AM
• For this position, we are offering a starting salary of $65,000.00 annually

• Employer-sponsored Health Insurance, Dental and Vision benefits

Pixie Scout offers all Lead Positions the opportunity to enroll in Medical, Dental and Vision insurance managed through our small group insurance provider. Plan options are outlined by our broker. Enrollment is open each fall for a set number of weeks. Enrollment is also open to new hires or promoted employees 30 days after their hire or promotion date. Enrollment in any plan is optional. Pixie Scout coverage begins at 75% of the base plan premium for medical insurance. Employees may upgrade their medical plan and/or add supplemental dental or vision plans as well as dependent coverage at their own expense. These additional expenses as well as the remainder of any plan premium are deducted prior to income taxes from a Lead Position’s weekly paycheck.

• Employer-Sponsored 401k

Pixie Scout offers all employees an opportunity to enroll in our Employer-Sponsored 401k. We match up to 3.5% of employee contributions and only require 2 years of consecutive employment for those contributions to vest. More information about our 401k can be found here.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, $50,000 - $75,000

Application instructions

Deadline

May 24, 2024