Team Leader Kitchen & Production 100 %

The Tertianum Gruppe stands for high-level living and residing in old age. As a Swiss market leader, we have the ambition to make the lives of seniors worthwhile every day with our 7000 employees, enabling them to experience joy in life. With our individually tailored services, we create a new home across all life phases of old age at 100 locations that offers a secure and self-determined life. What drives us every day is our respect and our sense of responsibility for older people. Team Leader Kitchen & Production 100 %   Does your heart beat for older people and does your passion belong to gastronomy? Do you love good food, like to take on responsibility, and want to make an impact with your culinary skills? As Team Leader Kitchen & Production, you will contribute your experience, your passion, and your leadership talent - develop new ideas, set culinary accents, and bring enjoyment to the plate together with your team. For Tertianum Letzipark in the Zurich region, we are looking for from 01.12.2026 or by arrangement a Team Leader Kitchen & Production 100 % In this operational key function, you will take over the leadership of the kitchen team and, together with the Cluster Responsibility Kitchen, ensure high-quality production for Tertianum Letzipark and the connected locations. In your function, you report to the Head of Hotel Management. Your tasks • Operational responsibility for the kitchen area • Leadership, deployment planning, development, and training of employees in the entire kitchen area • Organization, coordination, and ensuring timely production and delivery to the connected locations, including quantity, quality, and interface control • Management of production quantities, control of food costs, and active reduction of overproduction and food waste • Participation in menu planning as well as implementation and further development of recipes, production specifications, and portion sizes • Active participation in the kitchen as well as continuous further development of operational processes • Implementation, monitoring, and compliance with quality standards, HACCP concept, occupational safety guidelines, and audit requirements • Active management of the KVP process using the Kaizen tool • Co-responsibility for goods procurement, budget and controlling management, inventory, and quality management • Professional guidance and training of apprentices in the kitchen area • Close professional cooperation with the Cluster Responsibility Kitchen and the persons responsible at the supplied locations • Ensuring smooth cooperation between F&B, Front Office, nursing, and Head of Hotel Management • Close cooperation and direct reporting line to the Head of Hotel Management • Deputy in the absence of the Head of Hotel Management (service and kitchen) Your profile • Several years of leadership experience in a comparable kitchen function, ideally in communal catering or a health institution • Completed advanced vocational training • High service orientation and visible presence in the operational kitchen area • Good MS Office knowledge and a high affinity for digital kitchen, ordering, and planning systems • Entrepreneurial thinking, creativity, as well as a high standard of quality and service • Resilience, assertiveness, and at the same time an appreciative leadership style • A positive, solution-oriented, and humorous basic attitude • Driver's license category B for vehicles with manual transmission is a prerequisite • Very good German skills in speaking and writing Why Tertianum? It is important to us that our employees can well reconcile professional and private life. This includes a diverse range of different benefits, e.g.: • Internal and external training opportunities • No core working hours • Additional day off in the birthday month • Discounted mobile and internet subscriptions at Sunrise • Discounts on selected supplementary health insurance • SBB Half-Fare travelcard • Various fleet discounts You can find further benefits on our website.  Are you interested? We offer you an exciting perspective: With us, you can use your skills and your expertise in a motivated and flexible team. You will take on responsibility and help to shape the future of Tertianum. Apply now and become part of our team. We look forward to your complete online application via our application tool. Click on «» and create your personal account.