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Catering Manager

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Job Introduction

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your senior catering career in a prestigious environment. As Catering Manager/General Manager, you will lead the delivery of catering services and build long term client relationships at a high profile independent school.

This position will suit a real foodie, who is passionate about quality, high standards of service and developing people. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your leadership skills in a global organisation.

 

Role Responsibility

  • Efficient management of the daily catering services for up to 600 day and boarding pupils,  providing breakfast, lunch, dinner and break services.
  • Effectively lead and develop a team with a support of a Deputy Manager and Executive Head Chef, ensuring the team deliver an outstanding service to client, customers and students.
  • Oversee the management of a hospitality operation, which includes meetings, functions and match teas.
  • 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 or general management role, with high expectation of service standards.
  • Experience of managing and engaging a team within a catering and hospitality environment
  • Excellent attention to detail and passionate about people and service
  • Confidence to lead and engage teams
  • Good financial awareness
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Passion for delivering great food and service
  • Strong adherence to Food Hygiene and Health & Safety
     

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.

Salary £30,000 - £34,500 dependent on experience
Frequency Annual
Job Reference SDX/TP/19/RF538769/LN
Contract Type Permanent – Full Time
Closing Date 09 March, 2018
Job Category Catering Management
Business Unit UK Schools
Location Taunton, Somerset, England
Posted on 23 February, 2018

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