Ongoing recruitment: Kitchen Managers for Factory restaurants in the Helsinki metropolitan area

Kitchen Managers wanted for Factory restaurants – ongoing recruitment

Factory is growing, and we are looking for skilled Kitchen Managers to join our team!

We are looking for experienced and motivated kitchen professionals who want to take responsibility for daily kitchen operations and join our growing restaurant network.

When you start, you will receive practical training in Factory’s ways of working, our concept and daily restaurant operations. We will agree on the training location and practical arrangements with you individually.

After your training period, we will work together to find the Factory restaurant that best matches your skills, strengths and our current staffing needs. You will then continue there as a Kitchen Manager.

At Factory, we prepare tasty lunch food from scratch using good-quality ingredients.

We value great taste, consistent quality, efficient work and smooth teamwork, with a can-do attitude and a simple principle: everyone helps everyone!

What does the role involve?

As a Kitchen Manager, you work with the restaurant team to take care of daily kitchen operations and keep everything running smoothly.

Your tasks include:

• Leading the kitchen team and organising daily work.
• Preparing food for meeting and catering orders.
• Cooking and maintaining the quality of our lunch food.
• Managing orders and ingredients.
• Monitoring food waste, profit margins and costs.
• Following food safety procedures and keeping the kitchen clean.
• Planning shifts mainly around established working hours and helping organise staffing together with the front-of-house manager.
• Training new employees.
• Working with the restaurant team and Factory’s wider organisation.
• Improving working methods and keeping daily operations running smoothly.

What do we expect from you?

Above all, we are looking for someone with experience in kitchen work and the ability to take responsibility for the kitchen as a whole. Previous experience as a Kitchen Manager or in another supervisory role is a plus.

We value good organisational skills, initiative and the ability to lead a team in a positive but firm way. You understand that great taste, consistent quality and efficient work go together.

We hope you have:

• A positive, customer-focused attitude.
• A professional approach and the ability to work under pressure.
• Flexibility when situations change.
• Initiative and good organisational skills.
• A willingness to learn and improve kitchen operations with your team.
• Good teamwork and coaching skills, including the ability to train new employees in an encouraging way.
• Good spoken and written Finnish is a plus.
• Basic English skills.
• Experience in planning menus and preparing them cost-effectively.
• A passion for cooking and pride in your work.

What do we offer?

Factory already has 28 restaurants in Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Salo, Lahti and Hämeenlinna – and we continue to grow!

We offer our customers friendly, honest service and lunch food made from scratch using quality ingredients. Factory also has extensive experience in catering and meeting services.

You will join a growing restaurant network with a skilled team and support from Factory’s wider organisation. We are looking for people who take initiative, bring a positive attitude and want to help develop our restaurants.

We offer you:

• The opportunity to join a growing, financially stable and successful company.
• Thorough training in Factory’s ways of working and daily restaurant operations.
• A restaurant location that matches your skills and strengths after your training period.
• Mostly morning shifts.
• A rewarding, long-term job with opportunities to develop and build your career within the company.
• A supportive, professional team and the chance to shape your own work.
• Support from a strong, skilled team and our admin staff.
• The opportunity to share ideas and develop menus.
• Staff benefits.

Interested?

If you are an experienced kitchen professional looking for the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you!

Send us your CV, cover letter and salary expectation.

This is ongoing recruitment, and we meet suitable candidates throughout the process. With the right candidates, we can move quickly to the training period and then find a suitable position within Factory’s restaurant network.