Chef Manager

Job Introduction

Sodexo has a great job opportunity for a Chef Manager to join us in Cheltenham, are you a proven Chef Manager that is innovative and has experience of managing a day to day Catering Operation? We are looking for an individual with experience in managing and coordinating a team and maximising customer satisfaction to help maintain good working relationships with the site client, representatives and customers.  

You will support in managing breakfast and the production of lunch on a daily basis, accountable for ordering food within a 4 week menu cycle, you will have great organisation and presentation skills as well as an aptitude for ensuring all paperwork is completed in a timely manner. You will be managing a recent reorganisation of a team; experience of this would be advantageous.

Due to the site and client requirements, you would be required to go through a standard DBS check for this role. 

Role Responsibility

• To effectively manage and develop, undertake appropriate training and staff development.
• To control and monitor the financial performance of the unit and to maintain costs within pre-budgeted targets. To be responsible for ordering materials, managing invoices, effective stock control mechanisms and collection of income in accordance with agreed policy
• To ensure service standards and deliver as customer focussed service as per the clients KPI’s. To also be responsible for determining and delivering remedial action where the satisfaction level has not achieved target.
• To organise and lead the preparation and presentation of all meals service at the required times and to the required high standard.
• To ensure that all food is prepared with due care and attention, particularly in regard to customers’ special dietary requirements: for example, nut, dairy or wheat allergies.
• To 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.
• To be responsible for all aspects of Health and Safety and the Environment on work activities to ensure actions comply in accordance with statutory and contractual requirements. Completion to the standards of; Risk Assessments, COSHH Assessments, Vehicle Audit/Inspection and other H&S compliance and safety expected activities.
• Maintain unit level stocks, reporting on inventory as managed assets.

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