Assistant Kitchen Manager – Organico

Location: Bantry, Co. Cork | Full-time | Permanent | Salary depending on experience

We’re looking for an experienced Assistant Kitchen Manager to join our busy, close-knit deli kitchen and bakery team in Bantry.

This is a full-time, long-term position for someone who enjoys working with good food, organic produce and a strong team, and who takes pride in helping to run a well-organised, efficient kitchen.

As our Assistant Kitchen Manager, you’ll combine hands-on cooking with helping to lead and support the wider kitchen, deli and bakery team. You’ll work closely with the owners and existing management team.

Key Responsibilities

• Food Preparation & Cooking: Prepare and cook a range of fresh, seasonal deli food including soups, salads, hot dishes, specials and other prepared foods. Take pride in producing nourishing, good-quality food consistently.

• Kitchen Organisation: Help organise the day-to-day running of the kitchen, ensuring prep, production and service are planned effectively and that tasks are completed to a high standard.

• Team Leadership & Support: Support, guide and motivate kitchen, deli and bakery team members, helping to create a positive, well-organised working environment. Lead by example and help newer team members develop their skills.

• Quality & Consistency: Maintain high standards of food quality, presentation and consistency, ensuring recipes, preparation methods and agreed standards are followed.

• Low Waste & Sustainability: Help maintain our focus on minimising food waste and making creative, practical use of ingredients wherever possible.

• Food Hygiene, Health & Safety: Ensure high standards of food hygiene, cleanliness and health and safety are maintained throughout the kitchen, and that relevant procedures and regulations are followed.

• Daily Operations: Help organise and prioritise daily kitchen tasks, making sure the kitchen is well prepared for busy periods and that production runs smoothly.

• Communication & Teamwork: Work closely with the wider Organico management team across the Kitchen, Deli, Bakery and Shop to ensure good communication and a consistent approach across the business.

• Management Support: Take on additional management responsibilities when needed and help ensure the kitchen continues to run smoothly in the absence of other members of the management team.

• Continuous Improvement: Bring ideas and initiative to improve how we work, from food preparation and kitchen organisation to reducing waste and making better use of our ingredients and resources.

We’re looking for someone who:

Has a minimum of 2 years’ commercial kitchen experience, ideally with some experience supporting or supervising other team members. Bakery experience would be a bonus.

An interest in good food, organic ingredients, sustainability and low-waste cooking is important to us. You don’t need to know everything, but you should care about the food you’re producing and be interested in learning and developing.

We’re looking for someone who is organised, reliable, practical and calm under pressure. You’ll need to be able to take responsibility, make decisions and get things done, while also being a good team player and knowing when to ask for support.

You should enjoy working in a busy kitchen and be comfortable moving between preparation, cooking, service and supporting the wider team as needed.

The role

• Typically 4–5 days per week

• Includes Fridays and Saturdays

• Full-time, permanent position

• Salary depending on experience

This is a long-term opportunity to become an important part of the Organico kitchen and management team, with room to develop and take on more responsibility as the business continues to grow.

To apply, please email your CV to [email protected].

 

Retail Shop Manager / Assistant Manager

Location: Bantry, Co. Cork | Full-time | Permanent | Salary depending on experience

We’re looking for an experienced Retail Shop Manager or Assistant Manager to join our team in Bantry.  We’re flexible about the exact level of the role. We’d be equally interested in hearing from an experienced Shop Manager who can take significant responsibility for running the shop, or a strong Assistant Manager or Supervisor who is ready to take on more responsibility and develop into a larger management role.

This is a full-time, long-term position for someone with solid retail experience who wants to play an important part in the day-to-day running and future development of Organico.

You’ll work closely with the owners and existing management team. 

Key Responsibilities

• • Team Leadership & Development: Lead, support and motivate the shop team, helping to create a positive, well-organised working environment. Support recruitment, induction, training and ongoing development, ensuring the team has the knowledge and tools they need to do their jobs well.

  • Shop Floor & Customer Experience: Take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the shop floor, ensuring high standards of presentation, customer service and product knowledge. Lead by example, support the team with customers and deal confidently and positively with any issues that arise.

  • Daily Operations: Organise and delegate daily tasks, ensuring the shop runs smoothly and that agreed procedures and standards are followed. Keep an eye on the detail and make sure important tasks are followed through.

  • Stock Management: Oversee stock control, including deliveries, stock rotation, ordering, merchandising and maintaining appropriate stock levels. Monitor sales and stock levels to help ensure good availability while minimising overstock and wastage.

  • Sales & Performance: Help maximise shop performance by monitoring sales, identifying opportunities and ensuring the team understands how their work contributes to the success of the business.

  • Food Hygiene, Health & Safety: Ensure high standards of food hygiene, cleanliness and health and safety are maintained throughout the shop, and that relevant procedures and regulations are followed.

  • Communication & Teamwork: Work closely with the wider Organico management team across the Shop, Online, Deli and Bakery to ensure good communication and a consistent approach across the business.

  • Continuous Improvement: Identify ways to improve how the shop operates, from customer service and stock management to team organisation and day-to-day processes, and take responsibility for putting improvements into practice.

We’re particularly interested in someone who has previous retail management or supervisory experience, a good understanding of stock management and strong customer service skills.

An interest in food, health and wellbeing is important to us. You don’t need to be an expert in everything we sell, but you should be genuinely interested in learning about our products and able to share that knowledge with customers and the team.

We’re looking for someone who is organised, practical, calm under pressure and good with people. You’ll need to be able to take responsibility, make decisions and get things done, while also knowing when to ask for support.

This is a long-term opportunity to become an important part of the Organico management team as the business continues to develop.

To apply, please email your CV to [email protected].

 

Kitchen & Deli Assistant

Location: Bantry, Co. Cork | Full-time | Permanent| 

As we head towards autumn, we’re expanding our kitchen & deli team and looking for someone to join us in a long-term position, 4 days a week.

If you love good food, great coffee, enjoy working in a busy kitchen and like being part of a strong, supportive team, you might be our kind of person.

We cook with organic ingredients wherever possible and care just as much about how food is produced, grown and processed as how it tastes. We also aim to keep waste to a minimum and make creative use of the ingredients we have.

The role

• Preparing and cooking fresh, seasonal food for our deli, including prep, cooking and service throughout the day.

• Working as part of a busy kitchen team, while managing your own tasks and priorities.

• Keeping the kitchen clean, organised and running smoothly, following good food hygiene and safety practices.

• Using ingredients thoughtfully, minimising waste and making the most of what we have.

• Getting stuck in wherever needed and helping to maintain a warm, welcoming service for our customers.

• Front out house on the deli counter, making coffee’s, operating the till and serving food.

What we’re looking for:

• Some experience working in a commercial kitchen or deli, barista experience is a plus.

• A genuine interest in good food, quality ingredients and cooking from scratch.

• Someone who is reliable, hardworking and able to work at a good pace.

• Someone who communicates well, works positively with others and stays calm when things get busy.

• An interest in Organico’s approach to organic food, sustainability and low waste.

Details:

• 4–5 days per week

• Monday to Saturday

• Long-term position

To apply, please email your CV to [email protected]