About the role
Job Context
This role operates within a high-volume airline catering and food production environment, overseeing daily bulk production across a wide range of high-volume food items. The position is responsible for production planning, manpower and shift coordination, batch and yield control, and timely dispatch in line with daily demand and forecasts. It ensures consistent product quality, HACCP and food safety compliance, effective raw material and wastage control, and close coordination with Planning and Dispatch teams to maintain efficient, safe, and reliable production operations.
Key Responsibility Areas
Supervise and allocate work to subordinates, observe the working methods and productivity of assigned staff, assist them, and coordinate with senior production staff to provide them with the necessary training ensuring a smooth workflow and target output achievement.
Ensure desired output delivery through effective roster planning / scheduling.
Ensure timely and efficient production in accordance with specifications, standardized recipes, and passenger load requirements by maintaining accurate portioning and presentation, adhering to airline standards, implementing proper date colour-coding of food products, and sustaining Gold Standard food safety recording with daily monitoring and corrective follow-ups, resulting in consistent quality output, full compliance with food safety standards, and minimal wastage.
Proactively identify and resolve operational issues during daily production activities by implementing timely corrective and preventive actions and maintaining regular communication with Sr. Sous Chefs and Executive Sous Chefs on production status, challenges, and actions taken, ensuring smooth operations, minimized disruptions, and effective operational coordination.
Drive the implementation, regular updating, and adherence to SOPs within the respective section by addressing non-conformances with timely corrective actions, briefing the team on preventive measures, and ensuring strict compliance with approved recipes and methods, resulting in standardized operations, improved team consistency, and full compliance with quality and operational stan…
