Chef Manager

Job Introduction

If you’re a catering professional looking for an exciting new role then this could be the opportunity for you.

We are recruiting a Chef Manager to manage our catering operation on behalf of Sodexo for one of our high profile professional services contracts based in Whiteley, Hants.

Role Responsibility

• Manage the catering operation on behalf of Sodexo for the client and customers.
• Work as part of a team ensuring high standards of cleaning service, customer satisfaction and contract retention.
• Comply with Sodexo procedures, Health and safety and all legislative requirements.
• Maximise customer satisfaction and help maintain a good working relationship with the site client representatives and customers.
• Organise and lead the preparation and presentation of all meals service at the required times and to the required high standard.
• Manage menu planning, rotas, orders, and receiving, checking and storing deliveries as requested. To complete the menu purchase planner and recipe cards for all main meals.
• Ensure all current legislative requirements are met and appropriate systems are in place.
• Recruit appropriate staff as required and ensure that contracts offered and deployment of staff meets operational needs. The post holder also ensures that all staff receives an appropriate induction and is responsible for all elements of their training including coaching.
• Ensure that cleaning and hygiene standards are, written understood by team members and implemented at all times.
• Ensure that proper care is exercised in handling, operating, safeguarding and maintaining equipment and appliances under the control of the cleaning services and maintain inventory records.
• Undertake other duties commensurate with the scope of this role.

The Ideal Candidate

• It is essential that you have a pro-active attitude and can be flexible in relation to duties and working hours. The job also requires someone who can demonstrate that they have strong organisational and planning skills and have the ability to priorities and manage their time effectively
• The candidate must be able to work effectively without close supervision and must possess good organisational skills.
• The ability to communicate clearly is seen as essential
• Experience of delivering financial targets
• Experience of customer service and in particular customer relationship management
• IT & systems literate, use of IT systems to provide/monitor data within the Quality Assurance and other management reporting systems
• Food safety Level 3

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