Job Description

Academic Qualifications and Background

• A formal management qualification
• Bachelor degree and/or diploma in Culinary Arts

Languages

• Ability to effectively communicate with others in English, in written and verbal form.

Work Experience

• 8 Years experience in a culinary leadership role
• Demonstrated extensive previous experience in a luxury hotel, cruise or private residence environment
• Job Technical Skills
• Ability to lead kitchen and stewarding teams
• Experienced in overseeing and directing multiple teams
• Experienced in selecting, motivating and guiding culinary management and operations team members
• Experienced in preparing annual plans including budgets and monitoring financial performance
• Competent in developing and ensuring policies, processes and standards are implemented and applied across the kitchen and stewarding functions
• Ability to analyze and improve kitchen and stewarding operational effectiveness and efficiencies
• Ability to monitor and ensure compliance with health, safety, security and other legal requirements across kitchen and stewarding operations
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite Applications

Personal Qualities

• Committed to creating an environment where kitchen and stewarding teams are able to provide exceptional levels of service to others
• Ability to influence others to adopt a collaborative working style and teamwork across departments and functions
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible, adjust and adapt to changing circumstances in a fast paced and deadline driven service environment
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver results, even when urgent and deadlines are short
• Emotionally stable, even tempered and calm when faced with challenges
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively as a member of a team
• Demonstrates exceptional levels of integrity
• Ability to work independently without receiving detailed instructions

Business Values

• Embraces, supports and models organizational values and culture

Physical Abilities

• Ability to work for extended hours with at times limited periods of rest

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