Culinary Operations Director

1 month ago


Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Invictus Education Group Full time
Job Description:

This position is responsible for leading the culinary operations across all campuses of Invictus Education Group.

About the Role:

The Head of Culinary will be an innovative, highly motivated and strategic thinking individual, comfortable in a high-performance environment. They will represent the company amongst national and international culinary networks, associations and institutions, build industry partnerships with corporate clients, and manage the execution and roll out of culinary programmes.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Lead culinary operations across all campuses
  2. Represent the company at national and international culinary events
  3. Build and maintain industry partnerships with corporate clients
  4. Manage the execution and roll out of culinary programmes
Requirements:Essential Qualifications & Experience:
  • Minimum 10 years industry experience
  • Hospitality industry experience essential
  • Understanding of the academic sector, experience in education/training beneficial
  • Strong finance background
  • Solid understanding of operations, kitchens, recipes, SOPs and stock control
Essential Skills:
  • People Management
  • Customer Management
  • Academic Management
  • Operations Management
  • Financial Management
Qualities:
  • Self-Starter – ability to execute and implement change
  • Passion – for the company's mission
  • Highly energetic personality – a motivator
  • Critical Thinking – strategic and highly analytical
  • Leadership - easily move others to action by planning, motivating, organising and controlling work being done
  • Goal Oriented – naturally motivated to reach goals
  • Interpersonal/Communication Skills – an innate ability to channel different points of view; Able to establish and maintain excellent relationships and credibility quickly; Create team atmosphere with internal staff while achieving key objectives; Excellent consulting skills as well as technical writing and public speaking
  • Maturity – provide a good balance of risk taking and judgment; Is confident; Able to operate independently of a large staff
  • Professional – unquestionable integrity, credibility, and character; Demonstrates high moral and ethical behavior
Salary:

R850,000 - R1,200,000 per annum (dependent on location and experience)



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