Job summary
Hire Fellows is hiring a Sous Chef (3D Cake Artist) in Jeddah to lead kitchen production. The role oversees multiple sections, ensures orders meet quality and food-safety standards, and manages team performance and daily output.
Key responsibilities
- Oversee daily operations across cake artistry, decorating, baking, chocolate, and stewarding sections.
- Manage daily production plans to ensure accurate, on-time order completion.
- Monitor recipe adherence and finished-product quality to required standards.
- Allocate workloads and build staff schedules according to order volumes.
- Lead, coach, and hold section heads and teams accountable for performance.
- Enforce food-safety, hygiene, sanitation, and HACCP standards.
- Manage kitchen inventory with Procurement and Inventory teams to minimize waste.
- Report kitchen performance and manage key cost drivers like labor and ingredients.
Requirements
- 7-10 years professional kitchen, bakery, or food production experience.
- Experience managing a multi-section kitchen or high-volume production facility.
- Expert knowledge of cake production and decoration, including fondant skills.
- Understanding of food safety, hygiene, sanitation, and HACCP.
- Experience with staff scheduling, coaching, and performance management.
- Working knowledge of inventory management, food cost, and wastage control.
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and leadership abilities.
Skills
Cake decorationFondant workBakingProduction planningInventory managementStaff schedulingHACCPQuality controlTeam leadershipCost control
Source: Workable. Last checked as open: 13 Nov 2026. You apply directly with the employer.
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