Chick-fil-A Senior Kitchen Director

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Full-time

Starting at $75,000.00 per year

Kitchen Director (Executive Leadership Role)

We are seeking an experienced and high-capacity Kitchen Director to join our Executive Team. This senior leader will oversee all back-of-house operations in a fast pace high-volume restaurant environment, ensuring excellence in food safety, quality, team performance, and operational execution. This is senior level position and is a leader of leaders while still being hands on.

This role is critical to our success-you will directly lead, manage, coach, and develop our kitchen leadership team and team members while building systems that support speed, accuracy, and an exceptional guest experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all kitchen operations, including scheduling, labor stewardship, production, and daily execution
• Ensure food safety standards are consistently met and embedded in team culture
• Manage food quality, food costs, throughput, and speed of service
• Maintain a positive, respectful, and professional work environment
• Provide ongoing coaching and development for junior kitchen leaders and team members
• Troubleshoot operational challenges and make confident, timely decisions
• Oversee inventory management, food truck operations, and facilities coordination
• Drive continuous improvement in systems, processes, and team performance

Requirements

• Prior experience leading a high-volume kitchen or food service operation in a Director or Manager position
• Strong communicator capable of coaching diverse teams and handling challenging situations with professionalism
• Strategic thinker with a continuous improvement mindset
• Highly dependable, results-oriented, and detail-focused
• Ability to thrive in a team environment and lead by example
• Demonstrated success managing food costs and operational KPIs
• High integrity, strong character, and a servant-leadership approach
• Ability to lift and move 30 pounds
• Creative, flexible, and proactive problem-solver
• Bilingual preferred, but not required
• Chick-fil-A experience is a plus, but not mandatory

Team Member Benefits

• Sundays off
• No late nights
• Multiple bonus opportunities
• Local, hands-on ownership
• Generous Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off and Paid Sick Time
• 401(k) with company match
• Advancement opportunities
• Meal discounts
• Flexible scheduling
• Company Phone

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Work schedule

• Weekend availability
• Overtime
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay

• Bonus pay

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Employee discount
• Disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid training

Chick-fil-A - Jefferson City

3407 Missouri Blvd, Jefferson City, MO, 65109

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This job posting is for an opportunity at a Chick-fil-A Restaurant business independently owned and operated by a local franchised Operator. If you choose to apply for this position, you understand and acknowledge that your application and any information included with it will only be submitted to the Operator. Chick-fil-A, Inc. will not receive a copy of your employment application and will not be involved in any decisions regarding whether to hire you. If you are hired for this position, you also understand and acknowledge that the Operator's restaurant business will be your employer, not Chick-fil-A, Inc., and that the Operator is solely responsible for all decisions related to your employment, including hiring, firing, discipline, compensation, scheduling and supervision.

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