Cluster Executive Chef - Melia Vinpearl Central Vietnam

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We are looking for Cluster Executive Chef - Melia Vinpearl Central Vietnam

Mission:

Responsible for the implementation of strategy, the standards, attributes, products and the optimization of operational efficiency in kitchen facilities for hotels in Melia Vinpearl Central

Main responsibilities:

a.    Operation: 
•    Responsible for implementing the F&B strategy in hotels in the hotels in Melia Vinpearl Central (in short MVP Central) through the application of product and quality standards and culinary management. 
•    Responsible for supervising hotel operations in their area, defining operating guidelines, and supervising the important events.
•    Ensures compliance with standards and objectives, reporting any possible deviations to the HM for immediate correction and regularly reporting to the Cluster General Manager to analyze performance.
•    Provides the Hotel Services team with an operational vision of the destination for the definition of standards. They are thus involved in the definition of strategy, standards, processes and procedures. 
•    Analyses the competition and reports on trends and proposes improvements to the F&B Hotel Services Team.
•    Be knowledgeable of the Brand philosophy, ensuring optimal implementation of the standards, operations and identity manuals that apply to their department. 
•    Supports the Head Chef of hotels in their operational needs.
•    Responsible for the implementation of Food Safety Regulations.
b.    Performance
•    Responsible for creating, analyzing and managing the F&B P&L, ensuring the achievement of the KPIs in the budget or forecast. Through activities such as: 
-    Direct cost control
-    Creation of accurate cost breakdowns 
-    Control of wastage and food waste management
-    Personnel cost optimization
-    Revenue control and optimization 
-    Analysis of revenues and products sold based on Menu Engineering
-    Regular Business Reviews
-    Creation of the annual CAPEX requirements
-    Creation of the annual OPEX requirements

•    Defines prices for all centralized menus based on the competition and segmentation of the different hotels together with the distribution team hotel management.
•    Defines together with the Sales Department the pricing and product strategies for events, meeting rooms and congresses.

c.    Human Resources 
•    Annually review the training plan with the hotel General Management and HR area, in order to propose training actions based on the needs of the team.
•    Be knowledgeable of the development plans and tools in Human Resources and promote their use (Melia Home, climate, E-melia, development plans, Moving-Up, Graduates Programs, Code of Ethics...).
•    Identify high potential staff and actively participate in the development of the team

Main requirements:

•    University degree and/or higher in Tourism; Gastronomy/Culinary training and training to keep up to date with trends in the area is an asset.
•    Excellent English skill in both writing and speaking
•    Knowledge in the use of kitchen economic management and analysis tools.
•    Knowledge of economic and team management
•    Knowledge of food handling, hygiene and food safety.
•    Orientation towards results and economic goals set by the company.
•    Proactivity for excellence and high capacity in planning and organisation. 
•    Leadership and high communication skills, as well as previous experience in team management.
•    Proficient in Office package and tools related to the position.
•    Keeping up to date with cooking trends and gastronomic innovation 
•    Knowledge of hotel operations in its different types of services
•    Ability to identify needs, launch, monitor and develop projects
•    Implementation of pilots, projects and strategies established at company level.
•    Organizational and planning skills for openings and rebranding’s
•    Implementation of new gastronomic concepts
 

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