Executive Pastry Chef Jobs

Job Number 23138383
Job Category Food and Beverage & Culinary
Location A Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Labuan Bajo, One Marriott Drive, Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, Indonesia VIEW ON MAP
Schedule Full-Time
Located Remotely? N
Relocation? N
Position Type Management
Resort Overview
Cradled between a labyrinth of wild forests and the pearlescent shores of the Flores Sea, sits the luxurious sanctuary of TA'AKTANA, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Labuan Bajo. A haven made for the adventurous, sea-seeking Explorers and Collectors from near and far.
Easily accessible, it is the perfect base to explore everything West Flores and Komodo National Park offer at one's own rhythm.
This is Marriott International's first property in the region of Flores. With 70 keys including luxuriously appointed Sea Villas, Family Suites and oversized rooms, this property will be one of a kind in the portfolio of the company in Indonesia.
A wedding chapel to make those memories unforgettable, culinary delights to tantalize the tastebuds, views of spectacular sunsets from a Bar immersed in the sea to relaxing spa treatments are just some of the choices that we be on offer to the discerning traveller.
Job Summary
Exhibits creative baking and decorating talents by personally performing tasks while leading the staff in preparing quality and consistent pastries for all areas. Works to continually improve guest and employee satisfaction while maintaining the operating budget. Leads development and training of team to improve results while maintaining standards. Must ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education And Experience

• High school diploma or GED; 4 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.

OR

• 2-year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 2 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Leading Pastry Culinary Team

• Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team.
• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Supervises and manages employees. Manages all day-to-day operations. Understands employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence.
• Ensures and maintains the productivity level of employees.
• Serves as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
• Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
• Solicits employee feedback, utilizes an "open door" policy and reviews employee satisfaction results to identify and address employee problems or concerns.
• Ensures employees understand expectations and parameters.
• Leads shifts while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications.

Ensuring Culinary Standards And Responsibilities Are Met

• Maintains purchasing, receiving and food storage standards.
• Develops, designs, or creates new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
• Supervises pastry preparation shift operations and ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures.
• Supports procedures for food & beverage portion and waste controls.
• Assists in determining how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
• Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor.
• Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards.

Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service

• Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service.
• Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
• Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
• Emphasizes guest satisfaction during all departmental meetings and focuses on continuous improvement.
• Strives to improve service performance.
• Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.
• Sets a positive example for guest relations.

Maintaining Culinary Goals

• Purchases appropriate supplies and manage inventories according to budget.
• Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Trains employees in safety procedures and supervises their ability to follow loss prevention policies to prevent accidents and control costs.
• Achieves and exceeds goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.

Supports Training and Development Activities

• Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently.
• Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met.
• Ensures disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to Standard and Local Operating Procedures (SOPs and LSOPs) and support the Peer Review Process.
• Participates in training staff on menu items including ingredients, preparation methods and unique tastes.
• Assists as needed in the interviewing and hiring of employee team members with appropriate skills.

Additional Responsibilities

• Provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Attends and participates in all pertinent meetings.
• Brings issues to the attention of the department manager and Human Resources as necessary.
• Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.
The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, with over 120 properties in more than 35 countries, offers the promise of authentic experiences that evoke lasting, treasured memories. Our more than 100 years of experience, beginning in 1906 under the Italian CIGA brand – a collection of Europe's most celebrated and iconic properties – serves as a solid foundation as we continuously evolve to exceed the desires of the luxury traveler.
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