Kitchen Team Leader

Stiftung Spital Muri

Muri

Key information

Publication date:27 August 2025
Workload:100%
Place of work:Muri

Job summary

Join our dynamic kitchen team at Spital Muri, a vibrant healthcare facility! Enjoy a supportive work environment with opportunities for personal growth.

Tasks

Lead the kitchen team, overseeing food acceptance, storage, and production.
Ensure diverse menu creation while considering dietary and cultural needs.
Manage costs effectively while adhering to hygiene and safety standards.

Skills

Culinary diploma and leadership experience, preferably in healthcare.
Strong organizational and communication skills are essential.
Flexibility and teamwork mindset are highly valued.

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Your Tasks

Professional leadership of the kitchen team (goods receipt / storage, production, meal distribution, and value preservation measures)
Personnel management of the kitchen team (promotion, training, and development of the team, including onboarding of new employees)
Ensuring a varied menu design considering seasonal, dietary, cultural, and individual requirements, in close cooperation with the involved departments
Forward-looking duty planning and ensuring compliance with legal requirements
Organization and optimization of workflows, personnel, and material costs
Responsibility for overall cost management in the kitchen including budget planning and control
Ensuring HACCP, hygiene, and food safety standards; implementation of quality management measures
Participation in menu development, meal distribution, menu selection, as well as consideration of allergies/intolerances
Participation in projects for patient catering, optimization of processes in the hospital kitchen operation

Your Profile

Completed professional training in the kitchen (e.g., cook EFZ), further training as head chef with a federal diploma
Several years of leadership experience, ideally in healthcare or large kitchen environments
Sound knowledge in nutritional therapy, dietetics, and patient-related diet management; vocational trainer course for hospitality and gastronomy and experience in training apprentices
Strong leadership skills, teamwork ability, communication skills, as well as taking over duty planning
Willingness to take on weekend and on-call duties
Organizational skills, cost awareness, structured working method
Resilience, flexibility, and sense of responsibility
Good German skills; additional language skills advantageous

Your Opportunity

You can expect a responsible and varied activity in a lively and changing hospital. A lot of personal responsibility and a wide range of tasks with a focus on teamwork. We offer you an attractive field of activity where you can look forward to a reliable and cheerful team.

Your contact person in HR:

Simone Hickert-Wyss
HR Department Manager
056 675 11 96
simone.hickert@spital-muri.ch
Spital Muri, 5630 Muri

Technical information:

Emanuel Egger
Head of Operations and Infrastructure
056 675 11 66