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General Services Manager (Catering, Hospitality, Housekeeping)

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

Job Introduction

A fantastic opportunity has become available for a General Services Manager to give full strategic direction to the delivery of catering, housekeeping and hospitality services and build long term client relationships. This a prestigious contract and will therefore provide the opportunity to showcase your senior leadership skills and develop within a growing business.

 

Role Responsibility

  • Management of a high profile site, providing strategic leadership, team engagement and offer development
  • Fostering long term profitable relationships with the client, driving the current business and developing future opportunities
  • Develop business strategy in line with current and emerging client needs.
  • 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 engage team a large team to achieve their objectives and the Sodexo strategy
  • Drive innovation and continuous improvement of people, systems and processes.
  • Support the Account Manager in identifying opportunities with other clients to maximise profit and growth.

 

The Ideal Candidate

  • Track record as a senior operator, ideally within multi services but essentially within catering and hospitality
  • Strong level of literacy and numeracy
  • Experience of managing an overall budget with diverse functional components (i.e. catering, cleaning, etc.)
  • Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Clear and effective leadership style
  • Ability to analyse issues, develop opportunities and implement innovative solutions/approaches
  • Strong ability to increase individual effectiveness through leadership, motivation, communication, coaching and training
  • Computer literate
  • Able to demonstrate positive attitude to self-development, willingness to learn in role and identify own training needs as appropriate
  • Strong ability to build professional partnerships and communicate at all levels, particularly at senior client levels

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.

Salary up to £50,000 dependent on experience
Frequency Annual
Job Reference SDX/TP/19/119201/LN
Contract Type Fixed Term – Full Time
Closing Date 05 January, 2015
Job Category Catering Management
Business Unit UK Schools
Location Berkshire/Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire, England
Posted on 24 October, 2014

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