Catering Manager
Job Introduction
This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your catering career in a prestigious environment. As Catering Manager, you will manage the delivery of catering services and build long term client relationships. This is a high profile contract and will therefore provide the opportunity to showcase your leadership skills and develop within a growing business.
Role Responsibility
- Efficient management of the daily catering and hospitality services across breakfast and lunch for up to 11,000 employees on site
- Effectively lead and develop a team of 25 to deliver an outstanding service to client, customers and students.
- Control and monitor the financial performance of the unit and to maintain costs within pre-budgeted targets.
- Ensure all food is prepared fresh and to a high standard as per service level agreement, Company policy and current legislation.
- Establish and maintain satisfactory relationships with individuals at all levels within the Company and the Client organisation.
- Implement and maintain the Statutory and Company standards of hygiene, health and safety and take any action as is necessary.
The Ideal Candidate
- Previous experience in a catering management role, ideally within a highly compliant environment Experience of managing a team within a catering environment
- Good financial awareness
- Excellent communication skills
- Passion for delivering great food and service
- Strong adherence to Food Hygiene and Health & Safety
- Good administrative skills
- Relevant catering qualifications
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.
Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.
