Executive Baker - The Equestrian Manor

The World Equestrian Center is looking for an Executive Baker for the Equestrian Manor!

The Executive Baker will be responsible for assisting the Equestrian Manor Executive Pastry Chef in leading the pastry team of The Equestrian Manor, exhibits creative baking and decorative talents by personally performing the tasks while leading the staff in preparing quality and consistent bread, pastries, desserts, and other baked goods for all areas. Works continuously to improve guest and employee satisfaction while assisting maintaining and meeting budget. Assist the Executive Pastry Chef in guiding, developing and leading both sous chefs and staff toward success. Is responsible for maintaining the highest standards of sanitation, food quality, day-to-day operation and meeting Health and Safety requirements.

Essential Functions:

Leading Skills

• Supervises and manages employees; understands employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence, including: Bread Making, Viennoiserie, Gelato/Ice Cream, Chocolate, Petit Gateaux, Tarts, Banquet and Restaurant Production.
• Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in pastry preparation.
• Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Serves as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
• Ensures and maintains the productivity level of employees.
• Supervises pastry preparation shift operations.
• Communicates performance expectations in accordance with job descriptions for each position.
• Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team.

Ensures that regular on-going communication occurs with employees to create awareness of business objectives and communicate expectations, recognize performance, and produce desired results. Leads shifts while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications.

Culinary Standards & Responsibilities

• Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers daily.
• Create and implement new menus and individual menu items for outlets based on current food trends and regional tastes in partnership with Equestrian Manor Executive Pastry Chef.
• Sets a positive example for guest relations.
• Responds to and handles guest problems and complaints.
• Emphasizes guest satisfaction during all departmental meetings and focuses on continuous improvement.

Human Resources Activities

• Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Participates in training staff on menu items including ingredients, preparation methods and unique tastes.
• Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently.
• Ensures disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to Standard and Local Operating Procedures (SOPs and LSOPs) and supports the Peer Review Process.
• Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met.
• Uses all available on the job training tools for employees.
• Solicits employee feedback, utilizes an "open door" policy and reviews employee satisfaction results to identify and address employee problems or concerns.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the associate occupying this position. Associates will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" employment relationship.

Physical Requirements:

These physical demands represent the physical requirements necessary for an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of this position.

• Must be able to lift, push, pull, and carry a weight of 25lbs.
• Must be able to work walking and or standing continuously for a period of 8 hours.
• Associate may have to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel,
• crouch or crawl.
• Associate is often required to sit and use his or her hands and fingers to handle or feel.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• Associate must talk and hear.
• Qualifications, Education, Experience, Skills, and Abilities:
• Knowledge of advanced baking and pastry techniques with 4 to 6 years of progressive culinary
• experience in a high-volume restaurant setting.
• 3 years management experience
• Culinary degree preferred
• Demonstrates creative ability
• Serve safe certification
• Excellent communication skills.
• Exhibits positive attitude toward guests and team members.
• Demonstrates proactive leadership qualities.
• Professional conduct and appearance.
• Strong organizational and time management abilities.
• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines and handle multiple duties.
• Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs.

The World Equestrian Center is managed by Columbus Hospitality Management , a company committed to providing quality service and memorable guest experiences in a positive and welcoming work environment. We are focused on supporting the needs of our team through our commitment to the family/work life balance and by providing development opportunities.

We are proud to be a Drug Free Workplace/EOE. All applicants will be required to submit to a background check prior to employment.