Catering Manager

Job Introduction

We are looking for an experienced Business Manager to join our fantastic team at Strathallan School in Perth, Scotland. In this role you will manage a boarding school catering contract including hospitality events and external lets business within the school.

Strathallan School is large prestigious Independent Boarding school for boys & girls from 9 – 18 years of age located in Forgandenny, Perth, Scotland.

This is a great opportunity to work within one of leading Independent Schools in Scotland to add value and bring innovation and new ideas to the contract!  

Due to the nature of the role you may be required to work occasional weekend and evening shifts.

Role Responsibility

• Manage and cultivate stakeholder relationships
• Driving Continuous Improvement & innovation through the contract.
• Manage and control the services to the agreed specification and to the agreed performance, qualitative and financial targets
• Provide strategic and technical support – professional advice to customers, peers and team.
• Ensure financial aspects of catering operations are managed professionally and within the financial guidelines agreed with the client
• Ensure the Sodexo Health & Safety policy is adhered to and that all unit personnel are aware of the policy and their responsibility for it's implementation
• Effectively manage the Sodexo team to ensure that exemplary services are provided at the school. 
• Manage resources and promote an ethos of team work and to instil a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide direction and expertise to the operating teams by promoting Sodexo strategies and best business practices in order to uphold the Company mission and values
• Coordinate and direct all activities within the school covering catering

The Ideal Candidate

What’s essential:

• Experience of nurturing key stakeholder relationships
• Experience working in a multi-disciplined environment
• Experience of managing an overall budget with diverse functional components (i.e. catering, cleaning, etc.) 
• A recognised food hygiene qualification
• Clear understanding of Health and Safety legislation
• Clear understanding of Food Hygiene legislation
• Excellent organisational, time management, communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly skilled in IT

Where we can be flexible:

• Contract catering experience
• Experience working in Educational establishments

Package Description

Competitve salary + Flexibile benefits

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 moreWe 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

About the Company

In 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 race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation.  

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 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. 

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. 

Due to the nature of the role PVG Scheme( Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme) membership will be required, application process will be arranged by our team.