Executive Chef

PermServ AG connects people and companies. The experience and competence of our consultants guarantee you excellent, fast, and individual service. We accompany and support you on the way to your professional goal. For our client, a renowned hotel in German-speaking Switzerland, we are looking for an experienced and inspiring leader as Executive Chef. In this key position, you will assume overall responsibility for several gastronomic concepts and decisively shape the gastronomic experience with your culinary signature and your sense of quality. Executive Chef ### #### Tasks & Challenges • Overall operational responsibility for 4 kitchen areas • Leadership, promotion, and further development of the kitchen managers, the stewarding team, as well as a 50-member kitchen team • Development of innovative, seasonal, and market-oriented food and menu concepts, including for modern event formats • Ensuring and continuous further development of the highest quality, hygiene, and production standards (HACCP) • Responsibility for recipes, calculations, goods usage, as well as budget and cost control • Selection and development of sustainable supplier relationships in cooperation with purchasing • Optimization of processes, logistics, and inventory management to increase operational efficiency • Responsibility for purchasing, warehousing, inventories, as well as compliance with legal requirements • Recruitment, development, and promotion of employees as well as conducting qualification interviews • Conception, organization, and implementation of a modern, practice-oriented cook training program • Professional guidance, training, and promotion of apprentices as well as ensuring a structured training process • Close cooperation with internal specialist departments, management, as well as external partners and vocational schools Qualifications & Competencies • Completed training as a cook with corresponding professional further training • Further training as a vocational trainer or comparable qualification in the field of training • Several years of leadership experience in upscale hotels or gastronomy with several gastronomic outlets • Demonstrable success in the leadership, motivation, and further development of teams • Passion for modern culinary arts as well as a sense for trends and innovative concepts • Sound knowledge in quality management, HACCP, inventory management, purchasing, and cost control • Experience in the optimization of operational processes and organizational workflows • Enjoyment in the training and promotion of young professionals • High organizational ability, entrepreneurial thinking, as well as a strong sense of quality • Strong communication, assertive, and authentic leadership personality with a role model function • Very good German and English skills, French is an advantage • Good IT user skills Chances & Perspectives A versatile leadership task with great creative freedom awaits you in a demanding and dynamic environment. You will have the opportunity to actively help shape the culinary direction of several gastronomic areas, further develop sustainable quality standards, and simultaneously promote gastronomic talent in a targeted manner. Look forward to a professional working environment, short decision-making paths, international teams, as well as the chance to contribute and further develop your professional and strategic competencies in the long term. Become curious and want a change? Please take a few minutes and apply using the application form below. For questions, Jesscia Agoras is available at +41 44 552 71 11. Ref-Nr. 23287 PermServ AG Schulhausstrasse 12 8002 Zürich +41 44 552 71 00 http://www.permserv.ch