Associate Manager of Culinary

About the role

Kitopi, a food technology company operating a portfolio of franchised and invested F&B brands across the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, is looking for an Associate Manager of Culinary. The role leads kitchen execution across multiple outlets, ensuring consistent quality, speed and cleanliness.

Key responsibilities

• Lead kitchen execution across multiple outlets, ensuring consistent quality, speed and cleanliness
• Implement and maintain SOPs, recipes, portioning and presentation standards
• Coach and support kitchen teams on station performance, service readiness and peak-hour execution
• Monitor food safety, hygiene and licensing compliance with the Quality & Compliance teams
• Conduct regular outlet visits, quality checks and operational audits, driving action plans
• Support inventory control, waste reduction and food cost optimization
• Partner with Ops and Restaurant Managers on labor planning, productivity and kitchen KPIs
• Support new menu launches, product trials and seasonal rollouts
• Lead kitchen readiness for new openings and ensure smooth execution

Required profile

• 5+ years of kitchen/operations leadership experience (multi-outlet preferred)
• Strong knowledge of fast-paced, high-volume service environments
• Proven ability to train teams, enforce standards and improve performance
• Confident, hands-on leader with strong communication and coaching skills
• High standards for quality, consistency and customer experience