Bern
Executive Head Chef
- 07 September 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- CHF 70 000 - 90 000 /year
- German (Fluent)
- Bern
About the job
Executive Head Chef
80% - 100%
Workplace: Bern
Company: SBB Gastronomy at Bern Wankdorf location
Are you our new team member who will support us as Executive Head Chef (80-100%) immediately or by arrangement?
You will work Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 16:00 in an 80-100% role.
Our task menu
- Ensuring a high-quality and professional kitchen management, in consultation with the next superior
- Ongoing personal development through tailored training as well as information and experience exchange within the company and the industry
- Quality assurance: Increasing guest and employee satisfaction through daily small improvements to enhance profitability for the operation
- Creating / revising the quality standards of the kitchen area in collaboration with management and staff
- Internal training of management and employees
- Decision-making competencies according to consultation with the superior
- Professional leadership of the kitchen brigade
- Ensuring, implementing and complying with the prescribed occupational safety and hygiene guidelines as well as environmental management
- Planning, training, leading and qualifying employees
- Promoting team building and further development of employees
- Conducting briefings and debriefings as well as participating in team and management meetings
Your recipe for success
- Head Chef with a federal diploma
- Several years of experience in an equivalent or similar position
- At least 5 years of professional experience in large-scale kitchens
- At least 2 years of leadership experience
- Excellent cooking skills (classic & modern)
- Experience with catering / events
- Experience in business management areas such as costing, controlling
- Experience in product management as well as good MS Office skills
- Proven experience with recipe databases / menu planning tools
- Flawless oral and written German skills
- Good assertiveness and empathy in interdisciplinary collaboration
- Understanding of central guidelines and individual implementation (e.g. cooking according to recipe)
- Confident working with calculations, nutritional values, allergen labelling
- Ability to standardise while maintaining creativity
Employer: ZFV operates in various business areas and around 220 meeting places throughout Switzerland. As a cooperative, we work together with a diverse network of partners, institutions and committed people who create experiences that connect, do good and have social impact. As an employer, we are committed to equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion and live an open corporate culture with plenty of room for development. In all our activities, collaboration on an equal footing is just as central as our commitment to sustainability.
Hilfikerstrasse 1, 3000 Bern
Your contact
Stefanie Lohberger
Business Partner People & Culture
+41 44 388 35 35
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered for this position.
