Kitchen Sous Chef

Job description / Role

The Kitchen Sous Chef is responsible for the supervising and controlling the food production process to ensure the complete provisioning of quality products on time and is also responsible for researching new aspects of products, dealking with suppliers and training the kitchen's staff members.

Key Accountabilities
• Supervise all station employees and ensure they comply consistently with the standard recipes and serving portions, cooking methods, quality standards, kitchen rules, hygiene regulations, policies and procedures
• Implement security / fire / safety procedures according to the set rules and regulations and report any incidents to hierarchy
• Control all dishes ready for serving to make sure they are produced according to quality, presentation and time specifications, and take all measures and make prompt decisions to avoid unsatisfactory products
• Record waste items on the revelant forms and accordingly reduce the wastage of products to assist in cost control
• Research, study and suggest new ideas and recipes to the Head Chef that could contribute to meeting/exceeding the set targets
• Follow up on orders with suppliers, receive goods, check specifications, secure appropriate storing and sign acknowledgment receipts accordingly
• Validate the par level needed for all products
• Train team members on all key responsibilities in the kitchen and ensure that they comply with the set statutory regulations
• Upsell products while operating in the butcher shop
• Assist in carrying out functional supervisory responsibilities that include planning and assigning tasks, setting deadlines, monitoring results and quality, and relaying team's request to hierarchy

Requirements

The Kitchen Sous Chef is responsible for the supervising and controlling the food production process to ensure the complete provisioning of quality products on time and is also responsible for researching new aspects of products, dealing with suppliers and training the kitchen's staff members.

Competencies

Attention to details
• Double-checks own work to make sure it is accurate.
• Once a task is completed, goes back to scrutinize it and ensure that things are as they are meant to be.
• Usually gets things right the first time.
• Thoroughly prepares own thoughts, ideas, data, material before meetings, discussions, etc.

Change and Adaptability
• Builds and supports team resilience in changing times.
• Plans change to focus on positive aspects and to minimize negative effects on individuals.
• Provides open leadership and effective communication during change.

Commercial Understanding
• Recognizes when and how to apply principles of commercialization in planning and decision making.
• Understands and utilizes accepted financial planning models.
• Builds contingencies to reduce financial risk on Azadea.
• Predicts changes that may impact upon long term financial issues through analysis of trends.
• Understands market trends and applies principles to areas of responsibility.

Customer Focus
• Understands issues from the customer’s perspective.
• Keeps customers up-to-date with information and decisions that affect them.
• Monitors services provided to customers and makes timely adjustments as required.
• Tracks trends and developments that will affect Azadea’s ability to meet current and future customers’ needs.

Driving and Achieving results
• Consistently achieves established expectations through personal commitment.
• Makes adjustments to activities/processes based on feedback.
• Works on new projects or assignments that add value without compromising current accountabilities.

Initiative
• Looks for ways to achieve greater results or add value.
• Works persistently as needed and when not required to do so.
• Starts and carries on new projects.

Teamwork
• Provides appropriate information, support and encouragement to enable successful task completion.
• Actively participates in team meetings through sharing ideas and contributing to discussions.
• Accomplishes shared goals through accepting joint responsibility.
• Supports team members to achieve their goals by sharing workloads.
• Exercises tact, tolerance and humor to promote team harmony.

About the Company

Azadea Group is a premier fashion and lifestyle retail company that owns and operates more than 50 leading international franchise concepts across the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe. Since its inception in 1978, the Group has grown a substantial chain of stores representing leading international brand names in fashion and accessories, food and beverage, home furnishing, sporting goods and multimedia.With over 11,000 employees, the company boasts a solid infrastructure overseeing more than 600 stores spread across 15 countries including Algeria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and United Arab Emirates.