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SHARE THE TRUE TASTE OF MEXICO!

Our dream is to share the true taste of Mexico and its beautiful food culture with the world. Discover Mexico's cherished dishes and ingredients with exciting, flavour packed, wholesome food. All served with an exuberance that'll take you to the buzzy taquerias and balmy beaches of Mexico!

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are searching for an ambitious, growth-oriented, food operations lover to join us as a Taqueria Crew Member.

You’ll bring the full spirit of Arredondos to successfully operate a bustling taco stand at a top Netherlands university. You’ll be an all-rounded operations-savvy, kitchen ninja and food lover. You’ll get to know all aspects of food ops and what it takes to create a successful, viable food business, whilst building multi-faceted operational skills and knowledge in one of the most exciting foods in the world. This is just the start for you and us...we hope to be a leader in Europe in bringing people discovery and delight in Mexican food (culture).

As a taquero crew member, you’ll be wearing multiple hats. You’ll be the quality and taste heart of the ‘cocina’ preparing food with the full authentic Mexican flavour, and assembling with a real eye for the details with excellent presentation. You’ll be key to overall operations, working at a fast pace, ensuring the stand operates to its full potential - serving hungry bystanders with pace, precision and passion.

What you’ll do (responsibilities):

Ensure food, kitchen & service quality

• Prep food items to the highest quality
• Make customer orders with pace, precision & passion
• Serve customers with enthusiasm and great 'cocina' knowledge
• Maintain exceptional high cleanliness across equipment and stand
• Act with high regard for safety

Ensure (military!) fast pace operations

• Ensure time management for being service ready
• Manage own assembly station/steps to meet peak demand - cooking/preparing to order (limiting customer wait times) and pitching in where needed
• Proactively top up prepped food supplies and ensure FIFO (first in first out) inventory use

Innovate for growth

• Continuously identify improvements across food operations for enhanced productivity and profitability
• Actively solicit & reflect on customer feedback and define improvements

Develop & train team members

• Train new employees in preparing Mexican food items
• Give regular ‘in the moment’ feedback
• Drive shared team learnings, openness and continuous improvement

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive pay
• Skills development: cooking, kitchen operations, team leadership & training, food /menu proposition and innovation
• Mexican food expertise
• Steep growth as part of an ambitious start up: illustrative path: Taquero Crew Member - Taqueria Leader in Training - Taqueria Leader - Taqueria Success Scaler - Regional Taqueria Lead - Head of pillar (e.g. Ops) at group level….

What you’ll bring:

• Friendly, energetic and ‘go-getter’ attitude
• Resilience and constant learner mindset
• Passion for (or strong desire to learn) Mexican cooking and hospitality
• Business and operations acumen (e.g. spots efficiencies in assembly line)
• Passion for leadership and developing people
• 1+ year experience in Horeca industry / cooking experience desired plus
• Ability to speak English; Spanish speaking is a desired plus. Dutch - a bonus

Key success measures

• Customer review score (e.g. Google, University score cards)
• Order time to serve
• Inventory efficiency
• Hygiene & cleanliness score, Safety score

Working hours and location

• Monday to Thursday: 6-8 hours day between 09:30-19:30, Fridays 4-8 hours 09:30-15:00 / 17:30. Hours depending on your role in the weekly rota
• Work location: two options: 1. De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV. and 2. Roetersstraat 11, 1018 WB Amsterdam, Netherlands

Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: €15,00 per hour

Expected hours: 32 – 38 per week

Application Question(s):

• What excites you about this role? (Tell us more about why you are applying)
• Tell us more about your passion for food operations and your cooking experience

Experience:

• Horeca: 1 year (Preferred)

Language:

• English (Required)

Work authorization:

• Nederland (Required)

Work Location: In person

Expected Start Date: 20/01/2025