Food Production Manager

Job Introduction

We are looking for a Food Production Manager to provide effective delivery of catering services to the client organisation, in line with service level agreements and agreed performance indicators. You will oversee delivery and development of the food offer and services, both in the restaurants and hospitality services supporting commercial initiatives, innovation, and team development.   

Rise with Sodexo

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

Role Responsibility

• To ensure the prompt and efficient preparation and service in all food areas to the company’s standard and to the client’s satisfaction.   
• To ensure the site budget is met and exceeded and that all company audits & documentation are all trained to the required standard. 
• Provide the most cost-effective catering service which offers the users quality and choice. 
• Promote healthy eating, wellbeing, and employee satisfaction. 
• Improve patronage and grow sales throughout the group.
• Provide good capture of management information for the client to analyse. 
• Promote sales growth through Company promotions, theme days and continually proposing indicatives that deliver best value to our clients and customers. 
• Achieve all Company standard audits, Green Safeguard, Green HR audit, Consistency across the food service in standards, presentation, and quality. 
• Achieve GOP, understand budget figures and be able to forecast accurately.  
• P&L reports are completed within agreed timescales and show positive financial performance.
• Direct reports are managed effectively. 
• Achieving full compliance with recipe online and purchasing  
• Positive customer and client feedback which will be measured during client reviews. 
• Positive, developed team willing to go the extra mile to provide excellent service standards.  

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Good standard of literacy and numeracy 
• Previous catering experience 
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with customers, clients and staff at all levels 
• Good time management and organisational skills 
• Ability to work well under pressure 
• Ability to achieve and set standards and operate to performance criteria, about hygiene 
• Positive approach to learning in role and identifying own training needs as appropriate 
• Self-motivated  
• Sense of own initiative  
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team   
• Flexible approach to role 

Desirable 

• Basic food hygiene certificate 
• 706/2 or NVQ2 chef qualification, or equivalent  
• Previous experience of catering management  
• Experience of managing a team  
• Experience of managing budgets  
• Experience of delivering training using company guidelines  
• Computer literacy including Excel Word PowerPoint / Window 10 / Outlook email system 
• Good standard of financial acumen  
• Ability to develop increasing individual effectiveness through leadership, motivation, communication, coaching and training 

The successful candidate will be required to undertaken a security clearance

Package Description

Negotiable  

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 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.