Job Description Summary

We’re looking for someone with a passion for food to play a key leadership role in our Hot & Cold Food Preparation & Assembly Departments. If you have strong culinary, leadership and production experience this is an opportunity to take your career to the next level.

Why work for Gate Gourmet:

• no waiting period for medical or dental benefits
• RRSP matching
• subsidized meals
• free parking
• free access to an EAP
• company-wide corporate discounts, Good Life Fitness, TELUS mobility, Bell mobility, Rogers, Dell computers
• annual salary $80,000 gross

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leverage your culinary expertise to take our customer’s experience to the next level
• Contribute to new menu design
• Ensuring customer’s quality standards are always met or exceeded
• Responsible for safety, quality and compliance to customer specifications and regulatory requirements and company policies and procedures.
• Champions employee safety without compromise
• Manages daily manpower planning including assignment of responsibilities and workstations.
• Responsible for evaluating employee performance, coaching and corrective action for employees and liaises as required with HR and other support functions. 
• Trains and monitors employees on proper work procedures to ensure maximum productivity with minimum labour and food costs
• Always looks for ways to minimize labour and material cost
• Works closely with all internal customers & suppliers to continuously improve the overall supply chain
• Works with entire leadership team toward a unified goal
• Administrative tasks including creation of requisitions, production sheets, HACCP documentation, shift reports etc.

Education:

• Red Seal Chef preferred

Work Experience:

• Minimum 3 years cooking or food preparation experience with a wide array of cuisines
• Minimum 2 years of leadership experience in a high volume, fast paced food production environment with complex menus
• Production planning experience a plus

Job Skills:

• Strong and effective leadership skills with the ability to successfully manage a staff of 30+ employees
• Ability to train and mentor others
• Must have the ability to give constructive feedback to employees daily
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Able to balance multiple objectives in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Strong organizational & analytical skills
• Ability to create a production plan & execute that plan
• Must be innovative and have the ability to make changes to the operation as needed to further improve the work environment and unit performance
• Basic computer skills with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office products
• Knowledge of SAP a plus