Catering Manager

Job Introduction

We are looking for an innovative and business-minded “foodie” to take the vacant Catering Manager’s position at our prestigious pharmaceutical client’s European flagship site in the food capital of Ireland – Kinsale. Catering and hospitality offer are a significant part of our overall services on site with a team of 20 and fresh, contemporary menu.

We will be looking for someone with a solid track record who can hit the ground running, has great leadership and influencing skills and has a sound financial head on their shoulders. In half a years’ time there will be some brilliant changes – a state of the art restaurant and kitchen to match it. Therefore, it would be beneficial for you to have change management skills.

We offer you a great team, prestigious workplace, a competitive salary and the usual Sodexo employee benefits.

Role Responsibility

• To ensure financial aspects of catering/facilities operations on site are managed professionally and within the financial guideline agreed with the client.
• To ensure the premises are always kept to agreed level of cleanliness and maintain safe working practices.
• To control expenditure undertaken as part of the contract including payment of wages, overtime, managing absence, bonus and other employee related costs.
• To ensure the standards across the sites are in accordance with the Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators as specified in the service contract.
• Recruit, manage, induct, train, motivate and appraise staff to promote good employee relations and operate within Company procedures, legislation and the Excellence Through People standards. 
• Maintain training records for all staff, ensuring that individual needs are recognised and met either through on or off job training.
• To ensure that all Health and Safety issues and paperwork are dealt with effectively and manage incidents
• Development of menu cycles in conjunction with Catering Team.
• To ensure that all Allergen folders are up to date for Catering services site-wide.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent team building skills
• Good financial acumen and business strategy
• Good front of house skills
• CIEH & IOSH Qualifications
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Be prepared to exceed customer expectations.
• Be Innovative
• Be a Role Model for Team and take full ownership of service

Desirable

• Two- three years leadership and supervisory experience preferable

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.

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