Catering Manager

• Full time
• Monday - Friday
• Up to £50000 per annum plus our Sodexo employee benefits package
• Opportunities for professional development

Catering Manager

London, W2 6BD

At Sodexo, we’re passionate about our people. We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Catering Manager to lead and oversee all aspects of catering operations, including core service and on-site events. This role is responsible for delivering high-quality food and service, ensuring operational efficiency, and maintaining full compliance with health and safety standards.

The Catering Manager will plan, coordinate, and manage catered events and daily service operations from initial client consultation through to successful delivery. You will bridge client satisfaction with operational excellence to ensure smooth, profitable, and compliant service delivery.

As a Catering Manager

you'll:

• Client & Event Planning

  • Manage client consultations, budgeting, tastings, and event delivery

  • Oversee event days and on-site initiatives

• Team Leadership

  • Recruit, train, schedule, and develop team members

  • Lead and motivate kitchen, service, and support staff

• Operations Management

  • Maintain food quality, presentation, and service standards

  • Oversee equipment, venue setup, stock control, and daily operations

• Financial Control

  • Manage budgets, control costs, and achieve GP% and revenue targets

  • Monitor stock and minimise waste

• Quality & Compliance

  • Ensure high service standards and full health, safety, and hygiene compliance

  • Manage audits, inspections, training, and documentation

• Supplier Management

  • Liaise and negotiate with suppliers

  • Manage contracts and maintain strong partnerships

What we're looking for

• Strong leadership and team management skills

• Excellent communication and customer service abilities

• Highly organised with strong problem-solving capability

• Knowledge of food safety, hygiene, and catering business management

• Experience managing budgets and financial performance

• Confident managing compliance in a regulated environment

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong

in a company and team that values you for you. 

Act

with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive

in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications

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• HR-5933_Benefits UK Brochure V9.pdf