Culinary Administrator

Description

Job Title: Culinary Administrator

Location: Bronx, NY
Department: Kitchen
Reports To: General Manager

Job Summary:

Kommissary is a social enterprise on a mission to spread joy through food. We produce and deliver high volumes of meals spanning a diverse array of cuisines to every demographic in New York City. 

We are looking for a highly organized and tech-savvy Culinary Administrator to support our culinary team. This role requires mastery of various computer applications, software, and design tools, including Google Suite and Adobe. The Culinary Administrator will be responsible for administrative tasks, inventory management, label creation, and ensuring efficient communication within the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administrative Support: Provide comprehensive administrative assistance to the culinary team, including scheduling meetings, calendar management, managing correspondence, and maintaining organized documentation.
• Label Creation: Design and print labels for inventory, menu items, and food storage, ensuring clarity and organization in the kitchen.
• Inventory Management: Assist in inputting manufacturing orders into Inflow, monitoring inventory levels, placing orders for supplies, and conducting regular audits to ensure stock accuracy.
• Menu Coordination: Be the technological hands of the chefs - support Executive Chefs to file updates for recipes, ordering sheets, new menus, menu descriptions and recipe files
• Reporting: Generate reports on unit conversions from recipes, inventory usage, food costs, and operational efficiency to support the culinary team’s decision-making processes.
• Event Coordination: Assist in planning and coordinating culinary events and special projects, managing logistical details to ensure successful execution.
• Health and Safety Compliance: Ensure all culinary operations comply with health and safety regulations, maintaining a clean and organized work environment.
• Communication: Coordinate with Front of House and Back of House to verify timeline and execution.
• Summary: Responsible for clerical functions and administrative support of food service programs.
• Organization: Maintain confidential personnel files. Maintain and update regularly the filing system as required for correspondence, policies, standards, regulations, contact information and various applications.
• Compliance: Attend in-service and/or safety meetings as required.

Qualifications:

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent; a degree in culinary arts, hospitality management, or a related field is preferred.
• Experience: Previous experience in a culinary or administrative role, ideally within a restaurant, catering, or hospitality environment.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Google Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and inventory management software; ability to create visually appealing labels.
• Organizational Skills: Exceptional organizational and multitasking abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.
• Problem-Solving: Proactive approach to identifying challenges and implementing effective solutions.

Physical Demands: Generally, presents standard office and commissary kitchen environment. Must be able to remain in a stationary position, sitting, standing, for 4 to 8 hours, bending, and moving intermittently during working hours. Continually operates a computer, keyboard and mouse, and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, printer, and mobile Smartphone device. Constantly positions self to comfortably maintain computer equipment. May occasionally be required to move about in an office or kitchen setting or position office equipment weighing between 10-25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The person in this position frequently communicates with other people. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations. 

Compensation:

Pay range is $24.00-$25.00 per hour depending on skill level, experience and/or education. Compensation offered is also subject to local wage and hour laws.

Other Duties:

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Health, Dental and Vision 
• 401K
• Commuter Benefits  

Equal Employment Opportunity: Kommissary does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. Kommissary is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact us at [email protected].