Total 3 job vacancies by AccorHotel

The Sous Chef supports the Chef de Cuisine as the culinary ambassador of the restaurant, leading the venue additional personality and soul. The position is responsible for the supervision of the overall culinary operation and for achieving and maintaining the highest standards of food quality and guest satisfaction. Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to, maximising revenue, achieving targets such as P&L Budget and forecast, marketing, staffing, quality, training and development of team members.

Primary Responsibilities

Food Quality

• To be responsible for monitoring food quality and consistency and ensures that the food presented to our guest is of the highest quality standards.
• Supervises and monitors kitchen operations, works with yield testing, product identification and that the proper rotation and labelling is followed according to guidelines and product specifications.
• Works closely with receiving and storeroom; to ensure that goods received are of the standard quality and meets hotel’s specifications.
• Constantly assesses freshness, presentation and temperature of food served.

Cost Control

• Ensures food portioning, serving, requisitions and receiving from stores are properly controlled in line with Standard Operating Procedures in order to minimise wastage.
• Updates menu recipe costing and menu planning as required, as well as for F&B promotions.

Hygiene And Sanitation

• To be responsible for personal hygiene and grooming in accordance to Raffles Hotel Singapore standards, National Environmental Agency standards and HACCP guidelines.
• Enforces the highest standards of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in kitchens. This includes working areas including, but not restricted to; refrigerators, freezers, ceiling, walls, floors, shelving working tables and working utensils such as carving boards, slicer, mixers, blenders, cutters, woks, pots, pans, etc.
• Ensures that all equipment is hygienically stored in its designated area.
• Ensures that all perishable items are stored quickly and efficiently, all items are utilised completely to avoid wastage and ingredients are always fresh and within its expiry date.
• Prevents using spoiled or contaminated products in any phase of food preparation. Colleagues who are ill or suffering from an infection should be not involved in the preparation or handling of food.

Management And Leadership Of The Culinary Team

• Become a mentor and role model.
• Supervises all colleague’s performance and be viewed as approachable, fair when dealing with all the Chefs on all culinary matters at all times.
• Assigns in detail specific duties to all colleagues, instructs them in their work and communicates with Executive Chef on all aspects of the kitchen management.
• Liaises with all departments to ensure correct and professional operation is conducted.  Ensures all colleagues are on time at all times and that proper disciplinary action is taken when the policies of the culinary division are not followed.
• Coordinates all outlet functions with the Executive Chef, Event Executives and Chef-In-Charge to ensure maximum efficiency and use of facilities, food and colleagues’ productivity.
• Ensures smooth and effective communication among the kitchens and with other departments.
• Compiles weekly colleagues’ schedule and submits to Chef’s Office by 12 pm every Thursday for approval. 
• Evaluates the performance of the kitchen colleagues and gives the Executive Chef any recommendations for promotions or other actions.
• Works with the Talent and Culture on hiring of colleagues and ensures that proper follow-up is done, through the entire recruitment process.
• Attends daily meetings at 10 am and all other meetings, which fall under his/her jurisdiction, follows directives given and advises Executive Chef on topics of importance.
• Attends monthly departmental meeting and communicates with the team. Follows up on projects assigned if any.
• Ensures that daily line-up is conducted within respective outlet and documented.
• Ensures that all deadlines are met consistently.
• Monitors and schedules annual leave in a timely and effective manner, with the best intent of outlet/colleagues.

Training, Learning And Development Of Culinary Team 

• Stream lines all training requirements and co-ordinates all arrangements for proper execution of instructions.
• Conducts training regularly for colleagues to develop their skills/new menu items. Records and submits monthly On-the-Job Training hours to Chef’s Office before the 15th of each month.
• Guides the departmental orientation for new hires.
• Ensures that colleagues are aware of hotel rules and regulations.
• Ensures that colleagues are trained on fire and safety, emergency procedures and hygiene.

Other Responsibilities

• Builds guest loyalty and to develop a professional relationship with local guests and regular patrons.
• Continually improves product, presentation, delivery of experience and obtains feedback from guest and patrons.
• Builds a base of long-term loyal patrons (consisting of local community, expatriates and in-house guests) through exceeding guests’ expectations. This includes but not limited to engaging with guests during their dining experience in order to gather feedback and information which will exceed their expectations. 
• To uphold Accor values of Guest Passion, Trust, Sustainable Performance, Spirit of Conquest, Innovation and Respect, when undertaking any tasks and in any internal and external interactions.
• Follows sustainable procedures and practices that supports Accor’s Corporate Social Responsibility program.
• Performs any other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned.

• Daily checking of roster to ensure that sufficient manpower is available to operate the various types of pressing equipment.
• Coordinate the various pressing activities to meet the production requirements.
• Perform the role as an Acting Supervisor in the absence of the superiors.
• Prepares pressing machine for operation by checking that potable units of ion are in proper work condition and steam supply is adequate for all pressing machine and safety device is in work condition.
• Assess material types and press different categories of garments using the pressing equipment best suit to the garment categories.
• Examine material quality of shirts and operate the Shirt Unit for ironing collar, cuff and body of shirt.
• Examine material and operate the Trousers Unit for finishing of trousers.
• Operate the Steam Tunnel Unit for finishing of T-shirts and uniform.
• Operate the Form Finisher for jacket, blouse, dress for which the material is suitable for steaming.
• Operate the Hot Press and Steam Press according to suitability of the materials and textures.
• Inspect finishing quality and sort out garments with missing accessories, torn areas or unremovable stains and submit to the appropriate section for necessary rectification.
• Operate all pressing equipment according to the set procedures and strictly adhere to safety procedures applicable to each type of pressing machine. Alertness and full concentration is expected when operating pressing machine.
• Daily housekeeping of workstation and pressing equipment to ensure cleanliness.
• Maintain adequate stock of supplies and accessories necessary for the pressing section such as wax, starch, ironing padding, hangers, etc.
• Assist in attaching identification tags to garments or assembling of garments when necessary.

What do we expect from you?

Under the general guidance of the Operator Manager or any other authorized by the management, serve as the main point of contact for all guest requests and needs.  The Operator agent is responsible for answering all calls within three rings, recording guest’s needs, and ensuring an appropriate resolution.  The Operator agent must exhibit a professional, can do attitude while recognizing that customer satisfaction is of paramount importance.

How your day looks like?

• Have knowledge of Hotel, hotel staff, and hotel services, including the hours of operation for all departments involved in and in the surrounding areas: has a thorough knowledge of guestrooms including: location, views, amenities, features, types, etc.
• Able to give accurate directions and information regarding the immediate downtown and surrounding areas. Maintain and be familiar with a directory of information that contains, but is not limited to hotel and local information.
• Ensure guest satisfaction by performing such duties as attending to their requests and inquiries courteously and efficiently, and accepting changes or additions in work hours, which are necessary for the maintenance of uninterrupted service to hotel guests and patrons.
• Handle all guest comments, questions, complaints, requests and inquiries promptly and courteously, taking the necessary action steps and ensuring thorough follow through.
• Receive all internal and external calls in accordance of company standards.
• Telephone guests in accordance with their wake-up call requests, to prescribe standards, and to inform security of the guest does not answer their call.
• Manage and allocate guest requests.
• Enter guest requests into guest tracking system and maintain guest profiles.
• Input and keep updated guest messages within Property Management System.
• Ensure that guest names are used wherever possible.
• Ensure use of your own name wherever possible.
• Correctly take and place room service orders, ensuring that the order is repeated back to the guest as per the procedure.
• Undertake and complete any special projects, related tasks or reasonable requests when required by Management.
• Familiarize yourself with the guests needs and requirements in order to ensure an efficient and friendly service.
• Create and maintain a personal and respectful rapport with regular guests.
• Complete the required handover with the incoming shift.
• Keep updated and use all information/function boards accordingly.
• Record all equipment faults in the logbook and report to supervisor.
• Ensure that all incoming faxes/emails are marked with the guest’s name and room number and are delivered to the room promptly.
• Maintain and check telephone equipment daily and report any necessary faults.

        How do I deliver this?

• Tell it like it is- Authentic, honest, you mean it, sincere, true.
• Have fun and make friends - fun, energetic, whimsical, upbeat, “wink", casual.
• I've got your back- Accountable, responsible, makes up for own promises, knows how to take ownership, follows - thru, dependable.
• Play to win - Original, cutting edge, new, "outside the box”; open to new possibilities, different.

• Right here, right now - Attentive, detail-oriented, always focused, always in the moment, precise, owns the guest.