The kitchen manager will balance the business needs by supervising day-to-day operations in the back-of-house. Excellent communication skills – solution-based are a necessity. Ensuring guests pleasant experience through the palate is crucial. They will partner with department managers, as well as the general manager, to communicate needs and trouble-shoot issues in a solution-based dialogue. The kitchen manager oversees optimizing and streamlining procedures, growing and building the BOH team, developing the menu and recipes and managing inventory. Assisting with bottom line profitability is critical. The kitchen manager makes it a priority to scrutinize everything that goes on in the kitchen, from ingredient quality and food safety to the plating of the final dish.