Executive Chief

Job description / Role

Responsible for:

- Ensuring promptness, freshness, and quality of dishes.
- Coordinating cooks' tasks.
- Implementing hygiene policies and examining equipment for cleanliness.
- Designing new recipes, planning menus, and selecting plate presentations.
- Reviewing staffing levels to meet service, operational, and financial objectives.
- Hiring and training kitchen staff, such as cooks, food preparation workers, and dishwashers.
- Performing administrative tasks, taking stock of food and equipment supplies, and doing purchase orders.
- Setting and monitoring performance standards for staff.
- Obtaining feedback on food and service quality, and handling guest problems and complaints.

Job purpose:

- Oversees the daily operations of restaurant and hotel kitchens. This may include hiring, training, and overseeing kitchen staff, and ensuring a high-quality, cost-effective product. Also known a chef manager or head chef.

Key accountabilities:

- Plan and direct food preparation and culinary activities.
- Modify menus or create new ones that meet quality standards.
- Estimate food requirements and food/labor costs.
- Supervise kitchen staff's activities.
- Arrange for equipment purchases and repairs.
- Recruit and manage kitchen staff.

- Extensive experience in a senior leadership role, with a successful track record in driving growth, achieving operational and commercial excellence, and delivering financial results.
- Strong strategic, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the capability to anticipate and proactively manage challenges.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of inspiring and leading diverse teams.
- Unwavering integrity, with a commitment to ethical practices and sound corporate governance.
- Entrepreneurial spirit, with a drive for innovation and a readiness to take calculated risks
- 10 Years Experience in the same role is required

About the Company

A caring employer providing respect, training and career development for our employees. An attractive employer offering more than 100 professions across the 5 continents.

We are much more than a world leader. We are 250,000 hoteliers with the same shared passion for welcoming. We take care of millions of guests in our 4,300 addresses and on our digital platforms. As an operator and franchisor (HotelServices), owner and investor (HotelInvest), we invest all our energy into making "Feel Welcome" resonate as the finest hotel promise.

From luxury to economy and in every corner of the globe, AccorHotels'​ more than 20 brands meet all the needs of business and leisure travelers seeking comfort, attention and high-quality services.