About US:
Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE) is a voluntary membership organization established and fully owned by the Employers. It was founded in 1958 as the representative body of all Employers in Uganda. It was registered as an Association in 1960 under the Trustee Incorporation Act. It’s a voice of all Employers on Social and Economic issues. It is an organization that advocates for Employers’ rights. They would like to recruit for one of their clients in the fast foods industry.
Job Summary: The Head Chef will be managing production operations in line with the established standard operating procedures while ensuring quality, creativity, cost control and a memorable guest experience.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide effective leadership to the production staff:
Instruct cooks and other workers in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, and presentation of food
The jobholder will determine production schedules and staff requirements necessary to ensure timely delivery of services
Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff
Ensure staff professionalism
Enhance a skills and talent growth environment
Ensure continuous menu re-engineering so as to enhance the guest′s dining experience and increase sales turn over:
Conduct product development (menu items)
Study customer tastes and preferences
Maintain production efficiency
Apply cost and quality control measures to meet departmental budgets:
Ensure food portion control
Practice requisition control (check the quantity and quality of received products)
Monitor material usage
Maintain a conducive / friendly working environment for the kitchen staff so as to provide service to guest and staff satisfaction:
Ensure work safety and hygiene maintenance for staff and kitchen environment
Conduct regular training in occupational safety
Improving employee relations at all levels
Ensure proper usage of utilities and proper waste management:
Control unnecessary lighting and switching off idle equipment
Control running water at all the sinks
Ensuring proper disposal of waste
Educate staff on recyclable items
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The applicant should preferably hold a Degree/Diploma in Food Production, Culinary Arts, Food Management
Possess related certification/ training in leadership skills (preferred)
At least five years of restaurant experience with three years as an Executive Chef
Awareness of HACCP standards
Evidence of leading a kitchen brigade of 30+
Computer literacy skills
Good leadership and supervisory skills
Detail oriented and organized in work
Ability to meet assigned deadlines
Excellent problem analysis and problem-solving skills
Excellent interpersonal skills with a customer service focus
Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from immediate Manager
Good oral and written communication skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants should submit an application letter and an up to date CV ONLY that provides details of the applicant’s specific qualifications for the desired position, current and expected salary and contacts of three professional referees by Email to: applications@fuemployers.org addressing them to The Human Resource Specialist, Federation of Uganda Employers, Plot 1207, Kiwanga Road, Namanve P.O. Box 3820, Kampala. Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.
Deadline: 3rd March, 2017 by 5:00 pm