Central Kitchen Manager

Location: Kalyan, Maharashtra

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: 1–10 years

Industry: QSR / Restaurant / Central Kitchen / Food Production

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Central Kitchen Manager to manage end-to-end kitchen production, procurement coordination, inventory, quality, dispatch and team operations.

The ideal candidate should have experience managing a centralized/high-volume food production kitchen supplying multiple outlets, with strong understanding of production planning, food costing, hygiene, inventory and team management.

Key ResponsibilitiesProduction & Kitchen Operations

- Plan and manage daily/weekly production based on outlet requirements.
- Ensure timely and consistent production of all food preparations.
- Monitor recipes, batch sizes, yields, portioning and product quality.
- Maintain production schedules and ensure minimum stock-outs.
- Optimize kitchen workflow, manpower and equipment utilization.
- Manage day-to-day kitchen operations and resolve production issues.

Procurement & Inventory
- Coordinate raw material procurement based on production requirements.
- Maintain appropriate stock levels and safety stock.
- Monitor incoming raw material quality and quantity.
- Maintain FIFO and proper storage practices.
- Conduct regular stock counts and investigate inventory variances.
- Coordinate with vendors and procurement teams.

Cost & Wastage Control
- Monitor food cost, production cost and batch yields.
- Track raw material consumption against standard recipes.
- Control food and material wastage.
- Identify opportunities to reduce production and operational costs without compromising quality.

Quality & Food Safety
- Ensure consistent taste, texture,



quantity and quality across batches.
- Maintain high standards of hygiene and sanitation.
- Ensure compliance with FSSAI and applicable food safety standards.
- Maintain cleaning, pest-control, temperature and food-storage procedures.
- Implement and monitor kitchen SOPs.

Dispatch & Outlet Supply
- Coordinate outlet-wise production and dispatch requirements.
- Ensure correct quantity and timely dispatch to outlets.
- Maintain dispatch records and batch traceability.
- Coordinate with delivery personnel and outlet managers.
- Resolve shortages, returns, quality complaints and urgent requirements.

Team Management
- Manage production, packing, cleaning, stores and dispatch teams.
- Prepare staff schedules and allocate responsibilities.
- Train employees on recipes, SOPs, hygiene and safety.
- Monitor attendance, productivity and performance.
- Build a trained backup team to ensure uninterrupted operations.

Maintenance & Infrastructure
- Ensure proper functioning and cleanliness of kitchen equipment.
- Coordinate preventive maintenance and breakdown repairs.
- Monitor utilities, storage, refrigeration and other kitchen infrastructure.
- Ensure safe working conditions within the kitchen.

Reporting & MIS

Maintain and report

- Daily production
- Outlet-wise dispatch
- Raw material consumption
- Inventory
- Wastage
- Food cost
- Production yield
- Staff attendance




- Quality issues
- Equipment breakdowns
- Vendor issues
- Monthly operational performance
- Invoicing & Payments for each outlet

Key Performance Indicators
- Production plan adherence
- On-time dispatch
- Dispatch accuracy
- Food wastage
- Food cost
- Production yield
- Inventory variance
- Product quality consistency
- Kitchen hygiene
- Labour productivity
- Outlet complaints
- Stock-out frequency

Candidate Profile

Required:

- 1–10 years of experience in Central Kitchen, QSR, restaurant production, catering or food manufacturing.
- 1+ years of experience managing a kitchen/production team.
- Experience handling high-volume food production.
- Strong understanding of food costing, inventory and wastage control.
- Good team management and communication skills.
- Knowledge of food safety, hygiene and FSSAI requirements.
- Comfortable with Excel/Google Sheets and basic MIS reporting.
- Willingness to work in a hands-on kitchen/production setting.

Preferred:

- Experience managing production for multiple outlets.
- Experience with South Indian food production preferred.
- Experience with batter/fermentation-based products.
- Experience with centralized procurement and outlet-wise dispatch.
- Experience in scaling or setting up a Central Kitchen.

Ideal Candidate We are looking for someone who can run the kitchen independently, maintain product consistency, control costs and wastage, manage people, and build systems that allow production to scale efficiently.

Pay: ₹15,000.00 - ₹20,000.00 per month

Experience

- Inventory management: 1 year (Required)

Location:
- Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra (Ulhasnagar) (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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