Job Overview
Khao Aur Khane Do is building a Central Kitchen in Bangalore. We're hiring a Head of Central Kitchen Production & Dispatch to standardize recipes at scale, control costs, and run clockwork dispatch to multi-city outlets.
Location: Bangalore
Key Responsibilities
- Production Leadership: Own daily/weekly MPS & MRP; plan batches, line balancing, and shift rosters to hit demand without over-prep.
- Quality & SOPs: Enforce recipe/portion SOPs, CCPs, HACCP/FSSAI, taste panels, and corrective actions; run daily line checks.
- Yield & Cost Control: Track yields, GRNs, variances, spoilage, and packaging cost; drive continuous improvement to hit targets.
- Dispatch & Cold Chain: Run pickpacklabelseal; ensure on-time dispatch, route plans, temperature logs, and documentation.
- People & Training: Hire and develop BOH/production leads; run skills matrices, audits, and performance reviews.
- Procurement & Vendor Mgmt: Source to spec, negotiate rates, qualify alternates; maintain par levels and service SLAs.
- Compliance & Safety: Lead FSSAI, fire & safety, pest control, equipment maintenance; close audit non-conformities fast.
- Systems & MIS: Own ERP/POS indents, batch tickets, barcodes, and daily MIS (prep vs sold, yields, wastage, labour hrs).
- Scale & NPD Industrialization: Convert R&D into repeatable, scalable processes; pilot and roll out to new kitchens/cities.
KPIs You'll Own
- On-Time Dispatch: 98%
- Gross Food Cost: within target (brand benchmark)
- Yield Variance: 3% vs. SOP
- Spoilage/Wastage:<1% of production value
- Hygiene Score (HACCP/FSSAI):95%+ in monthly audits
- Downtime:<2% of production hours
Qualifications & Skills
- 610 years in central/base kitchen leadership for QSR/multi-outlet brands.
- Deep command of production planning, yields, cold chain, and scale SOPs.
- Hands-on with HACCP/FSSAI, utilities, and maintenance schedules.
- Strong with ERP/Excel, MIS, and root-cause/Kaizen mindset.
- People leaderbuilds reliable shifts, coaches supervisors, and keeps the floor calm under pressure.
Tools You Know
ERP (indenting & batch mgmt), barcode/labeling, digital temp probes/data loggers, production dashboards.
To Apply:
Send your CV, a cover letter and Portfolio samples to [Confidential Information] with the subject Head of Central Kitchen
