Deputy General Services Manager (Catering, Hospitality, Housekeeping)
Job Introduction
This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your catering career in a prestigious environment. As Deputy General Manager, you will assist in the management and delivery of soft services for an Independent School. We require a strong ‘hands on’ team player to give focus to daily food service delivery and the set-up and running of functions and events.
This is a high profile Independent school contract and will therefore provide the opportunity to showcase your leadership skills and develop within a growing business.
Role Responsibility
- Efficient management of daily catering services, ensuring high standards of quality and customer service for students and staff at the school.
- Lead an efficient student feeding operation with an emphasis on fresh food from scratch, nutrition and innovation
- Effectively lead a catering team to deliver an outstanding service to client, customers and students.
- Monitor the financial performance of the unit and maintain costs within pre-budgeted targets as agreed with the General Services Manager.
- Liaise with the Head Chef to 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.
- Deputise for the General Services Manager in his/her absence.
The Ideal Candidate
- Previous experience in a catering management role, with exposure to events and hospitality
- Experienced within the catering industry, ideally from a Schools, Hotels or equivalent background
- Experience of leading a team within a catering environment
- Good financial awareness Good administrative skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of 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.
