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The Executive Sous Chef promotes and insures quality food services to airline clients and product management/waste in hub unit or facility of high complexity due to volume and international customer mix. Reports to the Executive Chef and acts as the lead chef in the absence of the Executive Chef.Main Duties and Responsibilities:\nFunctional\nActs in support of the Executive Chef to drive menu and product quality in all production areas by overseeing food preparation and production, by consulting with the Buyer; Chefs, cooks, and team leaders; minimize waste through portioning, overboardingover-production, and inventory control.\nIn the absence of the Executive Chefs as the Culinary Lead for the unit\nEnsures Menu presentations are properly planned, set up, and specifications reviewed to ensure compliance torecipes and portion specifications as required by the customer.\nUnderstands menu and product specifications and insure menu employee training is completed.\nInsures waste is minimizes through oversight of proper portion and production management with all chefs throughout the production areas. Using a “Pull System”, Insuresaccurate and timely inventories are completed so requisitions are based on demand.\nAchieves culinary operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; serving as culinary resource support to Executive Chef and operations management.\nActs to identifying and resolving problems, completes timely audits, and serves as a “Change Agent”\nAssist as the support lead for menu presentations works with the Executive Chef to insure products, production, and costs are efficiently managed and all variances are noted.\nResponsible for coaching, counseling, and preparing corrective action for employees\nMaintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with sanitation and federal, state, and local legal regulations; overseeing food preparation, safety, and security; reviewing and implementing accident and disaster plans.\nEnsures quality production standards are followed and maintained. Ensures employees adhere to HACCP, FDA and safety regulations and compliance with company policies and procedures.\nEnsures meal cycles are communicated in a timely and accurate basis. Monitor yields of products to ensure maximum usage.\nWorks with management staff to improve performance of the unit\nTraining & Development\nMaintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; being sought for opinions as a culinary expert; contributing to professional publications; participating in professional societies and sharing this information with direct reports.\nMust ensure all cooks, and Sous Chef employees have the skills and abilities to perform all cooking and food preparation requirements of all the Airline Accounts serviced in the Unit Trains and monitors employees on proper work procedures and production of products to ensure maximum productivity with minimum labor and food expenses.\nAssists in the development and training of cooks as required\nResponsible for culinary employee onboarding and retention\nCompletes all company required training including but not limited to ServSafe Sanitation Manager Certification.\nProducts\nMaintains culinary equipment by following operating instructions; instructing staff in equipment use; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining equipment supplies; insuring preventive maintenance and repairs; evaluating the unit cooking equipment against the current needs and future expectations.\nProcesses\nInitiates and supports NPT and timesaving production techniques, training others in specialty techniques\nImproves menu quality and consistency by analyzing food production records and menu expenses; promoting kitchen staff interest in quality improvement; studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes.\nPrepares menu and food preparation reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing food, dining, and customer data and trends.\nQualifications\nEducation:\nAssociate Degree or Bachelor Degree in the Culinary Arts or a related field, (formal culinary education) required.\n\nCertification as CCC from ACF, ProChefII or equivalent\n\nWork Experience:\nMinimum 7-10 years in progressive Chef growth positions is required\n\nMinimum of 1-3 years supervisory experience working in a high volume, manufacturing, food production,and restaurant or catering environment required.\n\nIn-flight catering experience or experience in a high-volume food service environment required.\n\nTechnical Skills: (Certification, Licenses and Registration)\nAbility to cook meals according to detailed specifications.\n\nAbility to work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.\n\nMust have strong and effective leadership skills, and the ability to successfully manage a staff of 2 to 3 Sous Chefs and over production employess\n\nCurrent or previous labor relations experience is a plus, but not required.\n\nCandidate must be comfortable with all levels of employees and have the ability todrive positive program change.\n\nAbility to train others required.\n\nMust have the ability to give negative and positive feedback to employees on a daily basis.\n\nExcellent time management skills required. Ability to handle multiple tasks without losing focus on priorities.\n\nStrong organizational, analytical, communication and leadership skills required.\n\nMust be innovative and have the ability to make changes to the operation as needed to further improve the work environment and unit performance.\n\nBasic computer skills required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products preferred\n\nServSafe Certified preferred.\n\nAbility to obtain ServSafe Certification required\n\nLanguage / Communication Skills:\nMust have excellent written and oral communication skills.\n\nMulti-lingual a plus.\n\nJob Dimensions\nGeographic Responsibility: USA\nType of Employment: Full-Time\nTravel %: Yes - Up to 10%\nExemption Classification: Exempt\nInternal Relationships: all production areas\nExternal Relationships: airline customers\nWork Environment / Requirements of the Job:\nRegularly, stands, bends, lifts, and moves intermittently during shifts of 10+ hours.\n\nIn a normal production kitchen facility there may be physical discomfort due to temperature and noise.\n\nMust be able to lift, push, pull and move product, equipment, supplies, etc., in excess of twenty-five (25) pounds.\n\nA rotating schedule of over 55 hours per week is typical.\n\nBudget / Revenue Responsibility: N/A\nOrganization Structure\nDirect Line Manager (Title): Executive Chef\nNumber of Direct Reports: TBD\nNumber of Dotted Line Reports: TBD\nEstimated Total Size of Team: TBD\nGateGroup Competencies Required to be Successful in the Job:\nThinking - Information Search and analysis & problem resolution skills\n\nEngaging - Understanding others, Team Leadership and Developing People\n\nInspiring - Influencing and building relationships, Motivating and Inspiring, Communicating effectively\n\nAchieving - Delivering business results under pressure, Championing Performance Improvement and Customer Focus\n\nDemonstrated Values to be Successful in the Position\nEmployees at gategroup are expected to live our Values of Excellence, Integrity, Passion and Accountability. To demonstrate these Values, we expect to observe the following from everyone:\nWe treat each other with respect and we act withintegrity\n\nWe communicate and keep each other informed\n\nWe put our heads together to problem solve and deliverexcellenceas a team\n\nWe have passion for our work and we pay attention to the little details\n\nWe foster an environment of accountability, take responsibility for our actions and learn from our mistakes\n\nWe do what we say we will do, when we say we are going to do it\n\nWe care about our coworkers, always taking an opportunity to make someone’s day better\n\nThe above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.\ngategroup is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status or other category under applicable law.\nFor further information regarding Equal Employment Opportunity, copy and paste the following URL into your web browser: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf\nWe anticipate that this job will close on:\n11/14/2026Please click here to view our North America Applicant Privacy Notice.\nIf you want to be part of a team that helps make travel and culinary memories,join us!","description_format":"text","description_chars":9773,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"associate","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Catering & Food Services","Commercial Aviation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-03T16:25:51Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":25,"reasons":["conf:6","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-08T05:47:12Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/gategroup-exec-sous-chef","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/gategroup-exec-sous-chef.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-08T10:20:41Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":22274,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-09T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1979495},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1979495"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgategroup-exec-sous-chef"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgategroup-exec-sous-chef"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgategroup-exec-sous-chef"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/gategroup-exec-sous-chef\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgategroup-exec-sous-chef"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3690739}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"gategroup.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3690739},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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