Store Associate

You are responsible for all aspects of your kitchen and ensure that all dishes served meet quality standards. With your experience, you inspire your team to grow and follow company standards at all times. Hygiene and sanitation management, organization, food quality, and cost management are fundamental aspects of your job.

Your main responsibilities:

• To ensure that the standards of food quality and food preparation are respected.
• Ensure the smooth running of the kitchen and actively participate where needed.
• Be proactive in food safety by promoting and maintaining good practices, ensuring the use of checklists, and monitoring the temperature of food and storage areas.
• Ensure the recruitment, development, and management of all kitchen staff.
• Rotate inventory and conduct food inventory according to company standards.
• Manage food costs by ensuring adherence to recipes, waste management, and taking corrective action when discrepancies between actual and theoretical inventory quantities are noted.
• Develop team member schedules and manage labor costs using standard tools and taking into account objectives.
• Ensure the health and safety of kitchen employees by training employees, registering them for mandatory certifications, and ensuring proper maintenance of equipment.
• Ensure the cleanliness, preventive maintenance, and repair of equipment.
• Participate in operational meetings with managers and chefs.
• Perform administrative tasks related to payroll, schedules, emails, follow-ups, etc.

Skills to succeed in your role:

You communicate your ideas clearly to your colleagues and use tact to help them grow in their knowledge of beer. You are open-minded when it comes to beer and have no difficulty adapting to other people to make yourself understood.

Ability to work in a team:

You realize that your team is the strength of your restaurant and is a valuable asset in your work. You make sure to listen to your team and give feedback so that all your colleagues are proud to be beer ambassadors. You are also committed to helping your fellow brewers.

Coaching:

The development of your colleagues is one of your ultimate responsibilities. You take a coaching and mentoring approach to your team and provide them with opportunities to become better. You understand that the more your employees' skills are developed, the more effective they will be. It will be easier for you to delegate tasks to them and rely on them if they have a higher level of expertise.

Leadership:

You have the ability to bring out the best in your employees. You are able to share your vision and expectations effectively while ensuring buy-in from all your colleagues. You demonstrate managerial courage when necessary and take the time to listen to the needs of your team members.

Time and priority management:

You have to deal with many priorities on a daily basis, both planned and unplanned. You know how to prioritize them according to their urgency and according to the time available. You understand that in order to manage all of these priorities, you must delegate effectively to your team members.