Assistant Catering Manager
Job Introduction
Are you a passionate individual with experience in catering management? Do you have excellent leadership skills and a strong financial acumen?
We are currently looking for an Assistant Catering Manager to join the team at our client site in Brighton. You will be responsible ensuring that all requirements of the catering contract are implemented, embedded and delivered to the highest standard.
The ideal candidate will have experience of management in a single or multi-service line environment, and the ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels.
Role Responsibility
- Provide functional catering management at our client site, ensuring that all requirements of the catering contract are implemented, embedded and delivered, and that all services are being delivered in a safe, compliant, diligent and cost-effective manner.
- Comply with policies and statutory regulations relating to Health & Safety, safe working practices, hygiene, cleanliness, fire and COSHH. This will include your awareness of any specific hazards in the work place.
- Support the General Services Manager with preparation, amendment and/or review of the performance specification together with initial budget costs on a regular basis.
- Ensuring that processes are in place to monitor the progress and quality of works and recognise potential problems and take necessary actions in a timely manner.
- Continuously analyse alternative systems of work and presentation of recommendations for the optimum solution within defined constraints.
- Ensuring all operations are compliant with statutory or regulatory requirements.
The Ideal Candidate
Essential
- Previous experience of management within a single or multi line service environment
- Ability to develop increasing individual effectiveness through leadership, motivation, communication, coaching and training
- Experience of Managing teams
- Financially astute and experienced in managing budgets
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with customers, clients, and staff at all levels
Desirable
- NEBOSH Qualified
- IOSH
- ISO Standards Internal Auditor
Package Description
£27,100 - £31,500 per annum + benefits
About the Company
In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.
We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process
