Primary Responsibilities:
Essential duties include, but are not limited to:
• Prepare necessary food items by following standardized operational procedures.
• Handle cutting equipment. • Follow established weights and measures procedures.
• Suggestive sales with customers.
• Inventory control & stock
• Order inventory for the department
• Daily and weekly cleaning schedules
• Create schedules for department employees
• Be part of the interview process in hiring
• Train employees
• Proper food preparation and kitchen techniques
• Cook various types of dishes.
• Other duties common to the Kitchen department may be assigned by the supervisor as needed. Skills/Qualifications:
• Minimum of 2 year of experience in food handling, food preparation role preferred.
• High school diploma/GED or equivalent work experience preferred
• Must be 18 years of age
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
• Ability to apply understand and carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
• Bilingual (English and Spanish) highly preferred
• Work well with others in a team-oriented environment where one willingly takes on additional tasks with a positive attitude to help out the team/department.’
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer services - this includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
• Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to coach and lead diverse work teams to
El Rio Grande Latin Market is an Equal Opportunity Employer