Regional Catering Manager

Job Introduction

Sodexo are looking for a Regional Catering Manager to join our team based in The Midlands. This fantastic opportunity has been designed to lead and manage the provisioning, preparation and delivery of catering production and services across multiple sites. Ensuring the departments are run to the agreed standards and deadlines and targets are achieved. 

The ideal candidate will be the main focal point of contact, driving standards and customer experience with passion. You will need to  have previous management and catering experience to succeed in this role. 

The will be responsible for 18 kitchens across the Midlands, and whilst majority of your time will be working Monday to Friday there will be a requirement to be on call at weekends, this is organised via a rota system. Regular travel to sites will be required.

Our wealth of experience partnering Government Agencies means we are able to transfer best practices from the corporate sector to create better working environments in the public sector. We bring services that increase employee engagement, wellbeing and productivity to the public sector to help support government to deliver on its promised outcomes while reducing costs. Our goal is to improve service outcomes and reduce overall costs to the taxpayer.

Role Responsibility

• Have a strong understanding of the catering service offers contained within the client contract
• Ensure the contract is being delivered in a profitable way and manage costs for the client and Sodexo
• Manage the catering food production teams
• To ensure that all the duties and tasks under your control are covered by the staff available.
• To ensure that the preparation, presentation and service are carried out to comply with compa-ny standards.
• To provide high personal standards of performance, hygiene and appearance.
• To communicate well and demonstrate a pleasant and polite personality.
• To ensure that all products are well presented and served in a clean, hygienic environment.
• Ensure all necessary food supplies, and related items.
• Hold governance on the daily on menus and recipes.
• To provide an efficient, caring and friendly service to customers in all areas of the catering de-partment and deal with customer requests promptly.
• To ensure counter presentation, back up and service is to the Company’s standard.
   

Please see attached job description for further information regarding the role requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

• 706/2 or NVQ2 chef qualification, or equivalent
• Previous experience of operating in a similar environment
• People management experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Achieve set, standards and operate to performance criteria; for example, health and safety, hy-giene
• Manage multiple workloads and shifting priorities
• Positive approach to learning in role and identifying own training needs as appropriate
• Self motivated and able to work on own initiative within a team environment
• Experience of delivering training
• Understand Service Excellence and deliver Service excellence at all time

Package Description

Up to £27,600 plus benefits

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 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