Chef Manager

Job Introduction

To plan, organise, co-ordinate, control, motivate and train those people within their immediate subordinate team to achieve the business objectives set for and agreed for the delivery of Catering Services on site. To interact with the client on a day to day basis and ensure that client requests are dealt with in a timely manner. To ensure all health and safety is observed on site related policies and procedures are implemented and maintained at all times.   

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 kept to agreed level of cleanliness, and maintain safe working practices at all times. 

• To control expenditure undertaken as part of the contract including payment of wages, overtime, managing absence, bonus and other employee related costs. 

• To represent Sodexo at client meetings as required. 

• To attend appropriate training courses, conferences and meetings as directed by the Company or client. 

• 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. 

• Hold bi-monthly team briefing meetings using Company team brief format. 

• To ensure that all Health and Safety issues and paperwork are dealt with effectively. 

• Development of menus cycles in conjunction with Catering Team. 

• To ensure that all Allergan folders are up to date for Catering services site-wide. 

The Ideal Candidate

Essential 

• Excellent interpersonal skills 

• Excellent team building skills 

• Good financial acumen 

• Good front of house skills 

• CIEH & IOSH Qualifications 

• Excellent Client Management skills in order to deal with day to day operation with site client  

Desirable 

• Two- three years leadership and supervisory experience preferable 

Package Description

• 20 days annual leave increasing to 25 with service
• 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
• Training, development, and progression opportunities

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