Chef Operations Supervisor (Food Operations)

Location: On-site in Los Angeles, California, United States; scheduled days off primarily fall between Tuesday and Thursday.

Pay range: $24–$27 USD per hour.

Company

hirify.global is a chef-focused food marketplace delivering fresh, ready-to-eat meals and expanding through licensed culinary businesses.

What you will do

• Lead operational onboarding, kitchen setup, training, production trials, and launch-readiness assessments for licensed stores.
• Develop launch plans covering staffing, recipes, ingredients, equipment, workspace, food safety, capacity, packaging, and production handover.
• Assess production readiness, identify risks, recommend launch decisions, and provide hands-on launch and ramp-up support.
• Coach chef-operators and kitchen leaders on planning, quality reviews, staffing, training, and problem-solving.
• Coordinate issue containment, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and verified resolution across operators and hirify.global teams.
• Track scorecards and disruptions covering production attainment, handover, availability, quality, customer feedback, repeat incidents, and operator independence.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in high-volume culinary operations, commissary production, food manufacturing, catering, restaurant groups, or multi-unit operations.
• Experience leading complex production in a time-sensitive environment.
• Strong understanding of production planning, labor management, throughput, yields, quality systems, food safety, equipment, and kitchen execution.
• Demonstrated experience opening, stabilizing, or turning around culinary operations.
• Ability to diagnose operational problems through direct observation and performance data.
• Experience coaching chefs and kitchen leaders while maintaining clear accountability.
• Strong communication and coordination skills across chef-operators, corporate functions, senior leaders, and hourly teams.

Nice to have

• Formal culinary training or prior executive-chef experience supported by strong operational leadership skills.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site operational role supporting licensed culinary businesses and chef operators.
• Health insurance coverage with Cigna.
• Weekly payments.
• Opportunity for advancement.
• Family meal served daily.

Hiring process

• Submit an application through hirify.global’s official channels; the recruiting team will contact candidates who may be a fit.
• Communication is conducted through official hirify.global email and interview platforms; candidates should not provide payment or personal financial details.