Catering Support Manager

Job Introduction

Sodexo's Government  segment are recruiting for a Catering Support Manager to join the team at Merville Barracks in Colchester.

You will ideally be an experienced chef who is passionate about developing others and who is able to work well with our Mess Managers and Executive Head Chefs who support with catering and hospitality for the officers staying onsite.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious chef who wants to develop within a global business, we will support and invest in your career!

Colchester Garrison PFI is a large MOD site where Sodexo is at the heart providing services for the British Army and their loved ones.

For more information on the Colchester PFI please click here 

Role Responsibility

• To plan, organise and coordinate junior ranks and hospitality catering including training and development of chef teams across Colchester PFI
• To perform and supervise the day to day activities and delivery of catering services
• To ensure standards of service detailed in the service level agreement, KPIs and within the schedules of the contractual terms and conditions are achieved.
• To contribute to the growth of all services to meet client and commercial expectations
• Continually monitor all food standards and hygiene standards and ensure they are maintained at the highest level.
• To drive catering performance through adherence to all promotional activity and marketing initiatives

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience of working in a management role within the service industry
• People management skills 
• Good numerical, interpersonal and communication skills, must be able to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication
• Management knowledge of health & safety and food safety
• Ability to make independent decisions
• Able to work on own initiative within a team environment
• Able to demonstrate working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Able to demonstrate attention to detail and adherence to standards
• Proven experience in catering sector, including stock management, cash controls and customer service
• Must have one of the following qualifications or equivalent – BSC (catering), MHCIM, HND, City and Guilds 706/1 and 2, NVQ level 2 in catering

Package Description

£25000.00 per annum

Free onsite parking, Subsidised food and sociable working hours!

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 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 age, disability, gender, transgender, marital or family status, race or ethnicity, religious belief of sexual orientation are welcome to and included within our 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