Description

Summary

Serenely located within the historic Kansas City Club building, this premier Kansas City destination seamlessly combines the old-world charm of a historic social club with modern luxury and elegance. Drawing on over 100 years of history as the premier social meeting place, The Hotel Kansas City provides a truly unique setting for memorable events, as well as inventive dining and nightlife.

In addition to the hotel's 144 guest rooms are the Town Company, a Farm-to-Table restaurant; a live music cellar cocktail bar; and a lobby lounge and bar that will bring locals and guests together for impromptu mingling. For the event minded guests, there will be 20,000 feet of meeting space that includes impressive historic ballrooms and a 3,000 square foot rooftop event patio.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director of Food & Beverage, the Executive Sous Chef supports the hotel's mission to create exceptional guest and dining experiences by overseeing and managing the daily functions of the banquet culinary and stewarding departments. Working with the Director of Food & Beverage, this position will lead with an empathy-forward mindset to motivate and inspire a high-performing F&B team in achieving high culinary and performance standards.

This position's direct report includes a Banquet Sous Chef.

This position works variable hours based on hotel business and event needs, and a flexible schedule including holidays and weekends is required.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Support senior leadership as an active participant and contributor to the Associate Leadership Committee (ALC) team
• Liaison between Director of Food & Beverage and all departments within the culinary division, including stewarding, and all other hotel departments
• Develop and implement creative menu items that adhere to Hyatt brand standards
• Coach and develop a Banquet Sous Chefs on the preparation and cooking of various food items
• Supervise a stewarding department and the management of all stewarding inventory and storage
• Collaborate with leaders and other departments to manage and improve critical employee life cycle and administrative processes including scheduling, payroll, training, recruitment, learning & development
• Lead, develop, and coach the team towards achieving exceptional guest service and employee satisfaction results
• Monitor food production, ordering, cost, and quality and consistency on a daily basis ensuring financial performance and control
• Ensure proper safety and sanitation of all kitchen and stewarding facilities and equipment
• Provides timely and helpful information and feedback across the team via various communication channels including but not limited to departmental meetings and huddles, regular check ins, on the spot coaching, etc.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience
• Minimum 3 years' Banquet Kitchen management experience required, preferably in the hotel or comparable industry
• Senior/Manager-level skills and knowledge of kitchen and stewarding operations
• Food Service Sanitation certification required
• Demonstrated success leading teams through growth, change, complexity while maintaining positive and respectful interpersonal relationships, listening and communication skills
• Superior guest and customer service skills and able to model and instill that same vigor in their teams
• Proven ability to work through and/or resolve conflict quickly, while sustaining collaborative and respectful working relationships with all stakeholders

• Capable of producing a consistent product in a timely manner, while managing competing priorities using available resources and support
• Comfort and proficiency with effective use of computers and software systems including but not limited to data entry, word processing and spreadsheets (Microsoft Office), and collaboration and virtual meeting tools (MS Teams, Slack)

• Familiarity with employee compliance (FMLA, OSHA, FLSA), a plus

• Ability to lift, push, pull 50 lbs., and work in a standing position for extended periods of time

All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We offer excellent benefits :

• Medical, Prescription, Dental and Vision Insurance after 30 days of employment
• 12 Complimentary hotel room nights at Hyatt properties worldwide
• Unlimited Colleague and Friends & Family discounted room rates at Hyatt properties worldwide
• Life and Disability Insurance
• 401K with company match
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Family Bonding Time and Adoption Assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Discounts at various retailers -Apple, AT&T, Verizon, Headspace and many more!
• Tuition Reimbursement program
• Discounted parking and much more!