VP of Kitchen Operations

Posted on 3/2/2023

INACTIVE

51-200 employees

Digital micro food halls expanding local restaurants

Company Overview

Local Kitchens is a dynamic company that is reshaping the restaurant industry by enabling local eateries to expand digitally through their network of micro food halls. The company's culture is centered on hard work, teamwork, and community service, offering a diverse range of employment opportunities. With a unique business model that allows customers to mix and match from over eight restaurants in one order, and a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, Local Kitchens has positioned itself as a leader in the digital transformation of the $900bn restaurant industry.

Consumer Goods

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$25M

Founded

2020

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

↓ -3%

1 year growth

↑ 9%

2 year growth

↑ 191%

Locations

Oakland, CA, USA

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Requirements

Previously accountable for opening a minimum of 20 stores/yr and ongoing management of 50+ stores with average unit volume of $3m+
Grown people into Area Managers and Directors
Exceptional motivator who keeps people accountable
Hyper Organized - You pay attention to a painstaking level of detail
Experience developing the system, not just using a pre established system
Impact driven
Magnet for restaurant management talent
Deep ownership mentality, highly competitive person
Relentless urgency to hit goals

Responsibilities

Inspire, motivate and keep operators accountable for results
Food safety and sanitation operations
Facility maintenance and repairs
Training and development
Scaling, new store opening planning
Quality of Operations - accuracy of food prep and assembly, guest joy, service and cleanliness standards
Build playbook of operating stores with excellence - continually improve the system
Sign off on pro-forma for real estate
Collaborate with corporate leadership and central ops and eng, be voice of field teams

About Us:

Local Kitchens helps the best local restaurants expand to new cities with our network of micro food halls. We are helping the $900bn restaurant industry go digital while bringing high-quality food options to families in every neighborhood. Today, we are operating in the SF Bay Area and rapidly expanding throughout California in 2023.

Our team was on the founding team at DoorDash and we are well-capitalized by tier 1 venture capital investors and angels like David Novak (CEO/Founder of Yum Brands), Tony Xu (CEO of DoorDash), and Jack Dorsey (CEO of Square/Twitter). Read more about us in QSR Magazine, QSR Web, and in the SF Business Times.

About This Role:

The VP of Operations has oversight and management of operations that include contribution margin ownership for all stores, all store operations, sales budgeting, scaling, and strategic planning, quality metrics and most importantly people development. This is a role for a builder. You’ll need to scale us from 10 kitchens to 100 and beyond.

Operations - Oversee culinary and operational standards with reporting from Area Directors

Inspire, motivate and keep operators accountable for results
Food safety and sanitation operations
Facility maintenance and repairs
Training and development
Scaling, new store opening planning
Quality of Operations - accuracy of food prep and assembly, guest joy, service and cleanliness standards
Build playbook of operating stores with excellence - continually improve the system
Sign off on pro-forma for real estate
Collaborate with corporate leadership and central ops and eng, be voice of field teams

People - Development of senior level management - AMs and GMs, oversee retention, training & recruiting

Establish and track priorities by region
One on one development and strategic planning for leadership team
Culture setting, effective meeting & coaching
Last line of interviewing process in hiring of top level talent

Profit - Budget reviews weekly, monthly and quarterly

Plans to increase profit through management of food, labor costs and controlables
Create bonus structure and promotion track for all roles from Supervisor to AM
Review and report profit and loss statements to COO and CEO along with short term and long term strategic planning

Sales - Oversee monthly and quarterly sales building planning with Marketing/ Area teams

Strategize new ideas to build sales
Budget Setting, delivering the period/quarter

Requirements:

Previously accountable for opening a minimum of 20 stores/yr and ongoing management of 50+ stores with average unit volume of $3m+
Grown people into Area Managers and Directors
Exceptional motivator who keeps people accountable
Hyper Organized - You pay attention to a painstaking level of detail
Experience developing the system, not just using a pre established system
Impact driven
Magnet for restaurant management talent
Deep ownership mentality, highly competitive person
Relentless urgency to hit goals

This is an opportunity of a lifetime! Local Food Group is being built by some of the best in the world including the first few employees at DoorDash and Momofuku. We are backed by some of the best investors in the world. We have set out to work as hard as humanly possible, to work as a team and to serve local communities with the best selection and the best employment opportunities. If you’re someone who is looking for a career defining opportunity, someone who is willing to grind it out day after day, someone who has enthusiasm for guests and partners - we want to hear from you.

For more insight about Local Kitchens, visit our website https://www.localkitchens.com/ and follow us on instagram @eat.local.kitchens.