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Thistle Health Inc.

Supervisor, Culinary (62024)

Thistle Health Inc., Burlington, New Jersey, us, 08016

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Job Details Job Location:

Burlington Production Facility - Burlington, NJ 08016

Education Level:

High School

Salary Range:

$68,000.00 - $78,000.00 Salary/year

Title:

Supervisor, Culinary

Department:

Kitchen

Reports To:

Manager, Culinary

About the Role Reporting to the Culinary Manager, the Culinary Supervisor is responsible for supervising a team consisting of Culinary Leads and Associates on the production floor. Culinary Supervisors ensure the food production function is performed satisfactorily in the Kitchen which includes prep, hotline, staging, dish-room, blixer and organization of the Cold room produce area in partnership with Warehouse.

How You’ll Make a Difference People Supervision:

Provide Culinary Leadership in overseeing production process on kitchen floor which includes: Production execution, Quality Control/Quality Assurance and time tracking

Ensure employees are following GMPs ensuring that products are consistently produced and controlled according to policy

Maintain working knowledge of and assist with implementation of new and existing SOPs and policies across production teams; ensure processes and policies are adhered to at all times

Provide daily oversight of culinary production leads and culinary production staff to ensure that all recipes and specifications are always followed

Support in instructing and guiding proper food handling, production, storage, service and execution

Maintain strong communication with Culinary and cross-partnering managers

Support in setting production objectives and implement action plans for achieving set targets

Production Oversight:

Ensure consistency, quality and accuracy of product produced and delivered

Keep all kitchen spaces to the highest level of cleanliness in accordance with local and HACCP health codes and guidelines

Driving and challenging production for better efficiency and accuracy to accomplish targeted goals for the shift.

Understanding and communicating which meal the line will be working on and address any major allergies, meal specifics and/or other pertinent information

Ensure that Sanitation buckets, cleaning solution and materials are on the line prior to production as well as making sure all GMPs are followed.

Understand targeted weight volume needed to fulfill meal and anticipate early enough to provide Kitchen ample time to supplement the short called out

Ensure all documentation, Quality Control and Quality Assurance are conducted, completed and submitted on time.

Communicating break and lunch time allotted and expectations of when to return to the line. Ensuring that all associates returning are on time and accounted for.

Updating Production Board with Line progression numbers either every hour or 2 hours.

Submit all Documentation into the Production Manager's office and input metrics into appropriate digital forms

Ensure that Meal Components are properly labeled with correct amount, date, meal code

Identify and communicate all shorts including, but not limited to, bin weights, components, meal count shorts, etc.

Proper updates and communication on Slack and other necessary methods such as the call-out line, phone, meetings, etc.

Work cross functionally with the Production and development teams

Prepare periodic reports to update upper management on food production activities

Ensure products and raw materials are stored properly at optimum conditions

Additional duties that may be assigned

Safety & OSHA Compliance:

Attend consistent safety meetings once per week keeping track of policy changes and rollouts

Support Production leadership in ensuring OSHA compliance standards are adhered at all times by staff

Support Production leadership with internal QA Audits initiatives

Qualifications Who You Are

High school diploma required

Associates Degree or Culinary Certificate preferred

2+ years as a Sous Chef or Kitchen Assistant Manager in a catering, food manufacturing, or high-volume food production environment

Must have strong culinary background, preferably having worked in a high volume, fast paced environment where accuracy and consistency of product are critical to success

Knowledge of HACCP and safe food handling procedures

Master in executing food prep production tasks with minimal / no supervision and guidance

Master in reading and executing recipes accurately

Highly proficient in executing all four (4) culinary competencies without supervision: Prep, Blixer, Hotline or Staging

Strong proficiency in operating all commercial cooking equipment

Highly proficient in understanding and updating all Culinary Dashboards

Comprehensive ability to pull and print Kitchen Printouts and recipes

Highly proficient in executing production needs to accommodate Plating sequence order

Ability to properly label and verify materials accordingly with minimal supervision

Ability to communicate Culinary needs and challenges to the appropriate stakeholders with minimal supervisor and guidance

Strong leadership skills in managing associates on the floor to hit throughput targets and efficiency goals

Strong communication skills that put compliance first

Ability to balance empathetic and direct feedback in order to, both support and advocate for the team and maintain consistent standards of performance.

Able to elevate Employee-related concerns and/or issues to the appropriate parties with clear documentation and follow through

Ability to form effective working relationships with a cross-functional team

Ability to adhere to company SOPs and implement new initiatives as needed

Our Culture Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential values at Thistle. We know we do our best and most impactful work when we feel represented and belong. We're proud to actively recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”), including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, hairstyles, hair texture, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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