IKEA Food Team Leader (Kitchen)

Hospitality, Food & Tourism · Food & Beverage Service · Restaurant Operations · Culinary Arts

In short

IKEA is seeking a Food Team Leader for their kitchen operations in South Sabahiya, Kuwait. This full-time role involves overseeing food offers, ensuring attractive presentations, and managing team implementation of action plans. The ideal candidate has culinary expertise, leadership experience, and a passion for food.

Responsibilities

Oversee store business plan and IKEA Food action plans, supporting team implementation.
Ensure an irresistible food offer with attractive presentation and communication.
Share product knowledge, including content, origins, and culinary applications.
Demonstrate culinary expertise in preparation methods, flavor profiles, and ingredient quality.
Ensure top-selling products are available, communicated, and displayed.
Support marketing and in-store activities, including culinary demonstrations.
Implement range changes cost-consciously, considering seasonal ingredients and trends.
Initiate commercial activities to attract visitors and increase take-up rate.
Maintain area efficiently, ensuring cleanliness, organization, and attractiveness.
Adhere to food safety and hygiene standards.
Provide input on range, pricing, and seasonal menu development using market awareness and culinary insights.

Requirements

Post Graduate or Degree or three years Diploma in Hotel Management or equivalent.
Formal culinary training, qualification, or certification.
Previous experience in a similar leadership role within food service, hospitality, or retail food environments.
Demonstrated expertise in culinary techniques, food preparation methods, flavour profiles, and ingredient quality assessment.
Knowledge of food pairing principles, menu development, and seasonal ingredient selection.
HACCP Certification (preferable).
Integrity and the ability to establish strong work relationships.
Good analytical skills and cost consciousness.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Excellent command of English.
Competent in problem solving, conflict and crisis management.

Skills

CulinaryFood preparationMenu developmentFood safetyHACCPLeadershipProblem solvingCost consciousness

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About IKEA

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our business idea is to offer well-designed, functional and affordable, high-quality home furnishing, produced with care for people and the environment. The IKEA Brand unites more than 200.000 co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners all over the world. It’s one brand, but it reaches millions of hearts and homes. Our value chain is unique. It includes everything from product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales – and of course it begins and ends with our customers. The IKEA retail business…

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