Business Manager

Job Introduction

We are recruiting a Business Manager who will be responsible for our onsite staff restaurants, retail outlets, vending operation and hospitality & events business. We are looking for a manager who can promote growth and monitor performance through direct line management of several service offers. This is an exciting opportunity to join a great team and make a difference, the role requires someone who is commercially focused, a foodie who takes pride and pleasure in delivering A 5-star service, every day.

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

Role Responsibility

• Set the standard for a courteous, smart, and efficient approach with all stakeholders
• Recruit, train and develop the right team to deliver your operation to the service standards agreed in the contract with your client.
• Ensures that staff welfare is met where possible without delay and actively champion a safe and healthy environment for customers and staff
• Have a thorough understanding and regularly review each department’s compliance with licensing requirements
• Facilitate effective lines of communication with a focus on service periods
• Manage staffing rota to ensure they meet trading patterns, business growth and budgetary constraints
• Comply with all Company and client policies, procedures, and statutory regulations, including human resources, site rules, health and safety, safe working practices, hygiene, cleanliness, fire, COSHH. This will include your awareness of any specific hazards in your workplace
• Work closely to align strategy with Sodexo group teams including Culinary Director, Client Relationship Manager, ILA food platform team
• Marketing through various means, maximising selling opportunities, and patronage and customer loyalty
• Produce weekly trading returns and payroll information using computerised accounting system in line with Sodexo trading procedures
• Methodical and systematic approach to handling documentation to ensure accurate capturing of data
• Produces reports using spreadsheets to assist in the timely monitoring of departmental activity
• Maintaining appropriate payroll information and answer enquiries from individuals regarding the make-up of specific payments / deductions

The Ideal Candidate

Essential 

• Financial acumen
• Experience in retail services 
• Good IT skills 
• Demonstrates high quality customer service skills 
• Strong Communication skills 
• Experience in working within a safety culture/ zero harm culture 

Desirable 

• Familiar with Sodexo Policies and procedures 
• Health and safety qualification 
• Personal License holder 

Package Description

We are offering a competitive salary of €45,000 - €50,000 plus bonus and access to superb employee benefits

• Free GP service
• Bike to work scheme
• Life assurance
• Company pension scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Employee assistance program with counselling and life advice supports
• Family leave options
• Shopping vouchers

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.  

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

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