Supervisor - Front of House
Manama
Cluster A – Operations /
Full-Time /
On-site
Kitopi is the region's leading creator and partner for magical food experiences. With a purpose to satisfy the world’s appetite to create joy, Kitopi operates a portfolio of both invested and franchised F&B brands, serving as enablers in the industry by helping brands grow and scale in both the delivery and dine-in spaces.
Launched in Dubai, UAE, in January 2018, Kitopi has grown to become one of the greatest success stories in the food tech space.
Kitopi’s kitchens are powered by its proprietary Smart Kitchen Operating System (SKOS) - an in-house suite of applications that optimizes cloud kitchen operations in real time.
With over 6,000 employees, Kitopi currently operates 200+ locations across the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar.
Kitopi is the region's leading creator and partner for magical food experiences. With a purpose to satisfy the world’s appetite to create joy, Kitopi operates a portfolio of both invested and franchised F&B brands, serving as enablers in the industry by helping brands grow and scale in both the delivery and dine-in spaces.
Launched in Dubai, UAE, in January 2018, Kitopi has grown to become one of the greatest success stories in the food tech space. In July 2021, Kitopi announced its $415 million Series C funding round, led by the world’s largest tech-focused investment fund, the Softbank Group. This investment elevated Kitopi to Unicorn status, making it the fastest Unicorn to emerge from the MENA region.
Kitopi’s growth has been fueled by its innovative and scalable software solutions. Kitopi’s kitchens are powered by its proprietary Smart Kitchen Operating System (SKOS) - an in-house suite of applications that optimizes cloud kitchen operations in real time. As part of its growth roadmap, technological innovation, data science, artificial intelligence, and robotics will take center stage as Kitopi continues to reinvent the food industry and remain the leading food company in the region.
With over 6,000 employees, Kitopi currently operates 200+ locations across the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar. It also operates its Customer Experience Center in Amman, Jordan, its Engineering Hub in Krakow, Poland, and its Robotics Hub in Odense, Denmark.
What You'll Do
- Prepare the staff schedule to ensure that the store will be met through appropriate planning and organization of staff.
- Assume Assistant store manager responsibilities during his/her absence.
- Perform opening, mid and closing shift duties.
- Fill all paper works of the store (evaluation of employees, store, scheduling, and product ordering)
- Daily check up on the smooth performance of all store machinery and equipment.
- Ensures the proper practices are being adopted in the store from Food safety, food & equipment sanitation, and personal hygiene in all store internal and external areas.
- Inventory management, cost control and maximization of the store’s sales and profits.
- Observes compliance with the company’s policies and procedures.
- Follows up on pending delivery orders and ensures prompt delivery.
- Supervises the closing and opening of the cashier bank.
- Coaching and training of staff, in order to improve performance and to achieve the department’s objectives and targets.
- Discipline all front-of-house employees through ongoing feedback and the establishment of performance expectations
- Participate in on-going education for team members including creating training programs
- Rotation schedule of new employees and trainees.
- Assigns tasks and responsibilities to subordinates and validate their job descriptions.
- Reports customer needs and handles complaints.
- Provide exceptional guest service, thereby setting the standard for all employees
- Ensures store security from internal and external theft.
- Performs other duties pertinent to this job as assigned
Who We Look For
- Diploma or Degree in Hotel Management
- Minimum 3 years of experience in similar positions in a high-volume, fast-paced restaurant
- Experience of managing a high number of dedicated and energetic individuals
- Fluent in English, Arabic is a plus
- Excellent communications skills
- Computer Knowledge
- Outstanding customer service skills
- System oriented
- Detail Oriented
- Positive and energy level
- Highly cooperative team spirit
- Problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in a high stress, faced-paced environment
- Must possess strong leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to build relationships and manage staff (at all levels)
- High personal integrity, professionalism and maturity
Benefits
• Extensive learning opportunities with hard and soft skill training to help you improve and challenge yourself.
• Be involved in customized trainings.
• Have the chance to work in an international, diverse, and inclusive environment.
• Become part of one of the most caring communities out there.
• The famous team activities and social events bursting with fun.
• Annual leave as per the company policy.
• Medical Insurance covering all necessary services.
• Yearly get-together for our Frontliner Champions.
Recruitment Process and Timeline
• Application Review: Submit your application, and our talent attraction team will review your profile.
• Pre-Screening: If your profile matches our requirements, you will receive a call from our talent team to discuss about the opportunity.
• Interview Process: If shortlisted, you will meet with our hiring/ operations managers and may need to attend one more round, which could include a trial at our kitchen or dine-in location.
• Offer Discussion: Upon successful completion of the interview & trial rounds, our recruiter will contact you to discuss the offer, post which, an offer letter will be released via email.
So, what does it really mean to work at Kitopi?
We are constantly striving to make Kitopi the best place to work, by empowering you to be the best version of yourself every day. Our company values act as our guiding principles to help ensure that everyone feels safe, included, and like they truly belong.
Kitopi is an equal-opportunity employer. While we currently operate in multiple countries, we are over 70 different nationalities of talented Kitopians. Whether you are a seasoned professional, a recent graduate, or someone looking to return to the workforce after a break, we encourage you to apply. We celebrate rich diverse backgrounds, lifestyles, and cultures and have a 0-tolerance policy towards racism, bigotry, and hate. Please apply if you see a position that makes your heart skip a beat and help us build a company that we are all proud to work for.
Customer-obsessed and tech-enabled, at Kitopi, we are a team of passionate humans who are on a mission together to satisfy the world’s appetite and create joy.
