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General Manager

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

This is a fantastic opportunity to really enhance your operational management career, overseeing the delivery of Sodexo’s on site soft services at a prestigious University. As the General Manager you will cover two sites and will have full accountability for developing and retaining an innovative food offering.

Role Responsibility

 

  • To ensure the onsite catering services offered by Sodexo meets and continues to meet the client needs
  • Management of the catering management team
  • Ensure a creative and innovative food offering is maintained
  • To deliver terms and conditions of the contract by visiting every contract regularly and ‘experiencing’ all aspects of the Company’s service provision
  • Manage the full P and L account for the contract,
  • Fostering long term profitable relationships and negotiating client contracts to increase new business opportunities by delivering operational excellence
  • Provide direction and expertise to the operating area by promoting Sodexo strategies and best business practices in order to uphold the Company mission and values
  • Motivate and lead a high performing team to achieve their objectives and the Sodexo strategy
  • Operational management of Sodexo’s accounts ensuring that the Client receives services of the highest quality.

The Ideal Candidate

  • Track record of success in a similar role in a multi-site (3rd party) business, overseeing the delivery of out-sourced catering services
  • Ability to lead, motivate and inspire team members on a multi-site basis with a proven track record in managing multi service operations and experience in multiple site management
  • Proven experienced of developing profitable relationships for multi site contracts
  • Experienced in leading company initiatives and change management processes
  • Experience in identifying and selling new business
  • Strong communication and negotiation skill
  • Excellent client relationship management
  • Proven ability to organise, administrate and to manage a detailed budget with a clear financial focus will be required

Package Description

Access to a variety of Sodexo Benefits

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, young persons and vulnerable adults. 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 (Scotland).

Salary Up to £40,000
Frequency Annual
Job Reference SDX/TP/7094/11946/KM
Contract Type Fixed Term – Full Time
Closing Date 08 August, 2014
Job Category Catering Management
Business Unit UK Schools
Location Richmond, England
Posted on 25 July, 2014

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