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Kitchen Production Manager - 11000221

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  • Bangalore, India
  • Horeca

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  • Job ID: 327463

  • Publicatiedatum: 25/05/2026

    • Who you are

    You are a passionate food leader who believes that great food creates great experiences. You are inspired by the IKEA vision, values, and culture, and you lead with a strong commercial mindset while always putting people and planet first.
    You have experience leading a high-volume food or catering operation and feel confident managing complexity, changing priorities, and daily operations with a structured yet flexible approach. You enjoy working through people, coaching and developing teams to deliver strong business results together.
    You are motivated by continuous improvement, food safety excellence, and exceeding customer expectations. You are comfortable working within global and national frameworks and are confident communicating in English, both verbally and in writing.

    Your responsibilities

    As a Kitchen Production Manager, you are responsible for securing a safe, high-quality, and joyful food experience for both customers and co-workers, while contributing to the commercial success of IKEA Retail Food.
    You will:
    • Ensure the implementation of global and national compliance, food safety, and legal standards to create a safe environment for customers and co-workers.
    • Secure high food quality, operational excellence, vitality, and reduced food waste through strong processes and ways of working.
    • Lead and manage the food supply chain, including ordering, production planning, and inventory levels, to optimise availability and profitability.
    • Deliver and continuously improve the customer and co-worker restaurant experience, exceeding customer expectations.
    • Ensure retail foundations are in place to strengthen quality perception and commercial performance.
    • Keep the kitchen “in shape as new” by ensuring equipment is well maintained and fully operational.
    • Work closely with the Commercial Restaurant Manager to secure strong commercial results and a seamless food experience.
    • Contribute to the unit business plan and IKEA Retail Food business plan, translating strategies into clear action plans.
    • Lead, coach, and develop a lean, diverse, and high-performing kitchen production team, empowering co-workers to take initiative.
    • Implement people, sustainability, and people & planet positive strategies across all IKEA Retail Food touchpoints.
    • Act as a commercial business partner within the store, contributing to long-term growth, profitability, and brand positioning.

    Together as a team

    Thanks to us, customers, co-workers and people at home can have a better everyday life through food that’s good for both people and planet. Together we serve more than 660 million customers yearly at the IKEA restaurants worldwide, underlining our Scandinavian heritage by offering a modern taste of Sweden. We also offer a variety of foods in our bistros and in the “Swedish Food market”. We are a diverse group of people who all live by the motto: Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is!

    We are an equal opportunity employer:

    At IKEA, we value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us! We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need








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