Café/Kitchen Supervisor

Olivia Hotel is seeking a Café/Kitchen Supervisor to oversee day-to-day café and kitchen operations at an on-site location in West Los Angeles. This full-time, hourly role focuses on producing food orders, maintaining smooth service across kitchen and front of house, and ensuring standards are consistently met while supporting a small team.

In this position, you will help run the bakery and café workflow, coordinate events, and support catering and grocery operations, all while keeping costs controlled and health and safety requirements in place.

Role Overview

• Run café and kitchen operations, including preparing food orders and managing ingredient flow
• Ensure menu content, ingredient selections, and service levels align with the café philosophy and standards
• Oversee seamless operation of the bakery and maintain excellent customer service
• Coordinate catering and grocery business activities, including sourcing, tracking, and merchandising standards

Key Responsibilities

• Create seasonal daily menus with variety and quality
• Run the kitchen and front of the house
• Prepare food orders and oversee on-site food production for light and healthy café items
• Manage ordering and sourcing of ingredients, plus sourcing and placing food and non-food orders
• Fully handle recruitment and training
• Meet health and safety standards
• Manage budgets and adhere to strict food and non-food budget targets while meeting or exceeding sales goals
• Plan and coordinate events within the establishment
• Develop and oversee catering from start to finish, including menus, pricing, and invoicing
• Develop and maintain the grocery business by sourcing new products and tracking sales while adhering to merchandising standards
• Ensure time and attendance and payroll records are kept up to date
• Work closely with bakery principles/owners

Requirements

• High school or equivalent (required)
• Kitchen experience: 2 years (required)
• Leadership experience: 2 years (required)
• Highly motivated and able to communicate with all internal and external levels
• Self-starter with strong professionalism, attitude, and energy
• Decisive, structured, organized, and detail-oriented
• Punctual with excellent time management skills
• Adaptable and flexible to changing business needs
• Strong communicator with the ability to multitask while maintaining attention to detail
• Capable of building and leading a team
• Knife skills: 2 years (preferred)

Additional Details

• Location: Los Angeles, CA (on-site); ability to commute required
• Ability to relocate: Los Angeles, CA 90025 (preferred)
• Job type: Full-time
• Work location: In person
• Pay: $25.00 per hour (USD 25 - 25 hourly)
• Start time: AM

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance