Chief, Kitchen Processes at Beacongate Limited in Lagos

Position Objective

The Chief of Kitchen Processes is accountable for managing the comprehensive food generation process across the QSR chain, making sure regular quality, food safety, effectiveness, and creative invention. This position supervises central kitchen, supplier connections, standard recipe execution, and expense management measures to assist operations excellency and client fulfillment

Primary duties

• Head and oversee food generation processes across central kitchen and generation units.
• Guarantee promptness and productive project setup and dispatch of food items to all dining venue outlets.
• Execute and track standard operating standardized processes (SOPs) for food generation to preserve uniformity and quality.
• Ensure adherence to full compliance to food safety guidelines (e.g., HACCP, ISO, or local rules).
• Routinely audit manufacturing workflows for hygiene, sanitation, and adherence.
• Collaborate with Quality assurance/Quality control teams to settle quality concerns and carry out root cause evaluation.
• Work alongside Research & development and promotion teams to formulate and roll out new menu items.
• Standardize recipes and portion sizes to guarantee uniformity across all outlets.
• Enhance cooking methods and ingredient procurement (in conjunction with Procurement team) for effectiveness and scalability.
• Oversee connections (in conjunction with the procurement team) with unedited material and ingredient suppliers to guarantee on-time completion and cost-performance.
• Collaborate with procurement to assess vendors and bargain agreements.
• Track stock levels, wastage, and reordering plans to reduce losses.
• Track food generation expenses and execute measures to enhance margins.
• Recognize avenues for process automatic control, lean generation, and waste reduction.
• Ensure most effective asset utilization (work, tools, ingredients) to meet requirement without overproduction.
• Hire (in conjunction with the Human resources team), educate, and oversee production worker across sites.
• Promote an environment that fosters discipline, ongoing development, and responsibility inside the team.
• Set effectiveness targets and assess team performance routinely

Credentials

• Bsc in Food Tech, Culinary Arts, Food Science, Industrial Engineering, or a relevant field.
• Must possess 8–10 years of expertise in food generation, ideally in QSR, culinary service, or large-scale food production operations.
• Established leadership in coordinating central kitchens or large generation teams.

Competencies and Skills:

• Solid understanding of food generation operational structures, safety guidelines, and QA.
• Outstanding corporate, organizing, and schedule control competencies.
• Expertise with food expense management, stock chain management, and generation predicting.
• Skilled in food generation software, Enterprise platform planning operational structures, and Office productivity software resources.
• Robust interpersonal and management abilities with the capability to operate under pressure.