Sodexo have an exciting opportunity for a Catering Manager to join our team in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
This role is responsible for managing our catering teams, front of house delivery, cafe and retail offerings and plays a vital role within our team.
Our ideal candidate will have fantastic people skills, will be able to demonstrate proven experience within a similar role and have excellent attention to detail.
Our wealth of experience partnering Government Agencies means we are able to transfer best practices from the corporate sector to create better working environments in the public sector. We bring services that increase employee engagement, wellbeing and productivity to the public sector to help support government to deliver on its promised outcomes while reducing costs. Our goal is to improve service outcomes and increase overall value to the taxpayer.
Package DescriptionUp to £30,000 plus benefits
Full time - Monday - Friday
We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more
All offers are subject to security clearance checks
Main Responsibilities
Manage catering in all kitchens
Manage front of house delivery throughout all messes
Manage delivery of the Café retail offer
Support the running of mess bars in relation to functions
Manage delivery of all hospitality, functions and events including billing
Drive on site catering performance
Conduct performance reviews and development plans for all of your direct reports
Stand in for GM’s absence with client meetings and site management
To promote and manage functions including planning, menus and costing
Plan, organise and coordinate all catering activity
Ensure standards of service detailed in the service level agreement and within the schedules of the contractual terms and conditions are achieved, maintained and developed
Grow services in order to meet client and commercial expectations whilst maintaining strict budgetary control in line with client and Sodexo expectations
Continually monitor all food standards and hygiene standards and ensure they are maintained at the highest level
Maintain excellent client/customer relationships
Attend team briefs, huddles and meetings as required
Attend your performance development review to discuss job standards and agree development activities
Maintain a clean and tidy work area at all times
The Ideal Candidate
Demonstrate experience of working in a similar role within the service industry at a comparable level in a company
Good numerical and communication skills, must be able to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication
Management knowledge of health & safety and food safety
Able to work on own initiative within a team environment
Able to demonstrate working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
Proven experience in hospitality sector, including stock management, cash control and customer service
Able to demonstrate attention to detail and adherence to standards
Analyse problems analytically, develop opportunities and implement innovative solutions
About The CompanyIn the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, 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
At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their age, disability, gender, transgender, marital or family status, race or ethnicity, religious belief of sexual orientation are welcome to and included within our 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
