Site Food Lead

Job Introduction

Do you believe that nice food and fresh cup of delicious coffee boosts productivity in the workplace? Do you have unparalleled customer service skills? Perhaps you have managed an independent restaurant or an independent hotel in the past?

We are looking for a “foodie” Site Food Lead to join our team on a high-end corporate client’s site in Burgess Hill. This a fantastic opportunity to step up and manage catering offer on the site and deliver our Modern Recipe food offer. You can find out more about Modern Recipe here.

We offer a great team to be part of, a salary up to £35,000, Sodexo employee benefits as well as excellent development and progression opportunities within Sodexo – a world-leading contract catering provider.

Role Responsibility

• Provide catering service to company standard within scope of the contract
• To provide innovations and new ideas to ensure customer and client retention
• To ensure services are provided on time and within contract specification
• Liaise with staff and actively promote teamwork
• Assist in maintaining an efficient ordering system in accordance with company policy
• Assist in maintaining an efficient kitchen record system in line with company policy
• Manage deliveries and stock rooms in line with company policy
• Be responsible for fair scheduling of work within the team and managing direct reports time keeping breaks and behaviours as per company policies
• Manage, train and develop staff within the catering team in day to day tasks
• Control stock; reduce waste and drive sales, ensuring direct reports are complying.
• Ensure all areas within control are clean, hygienic and tidy at all times
• Comply with all Company and Client policies and procedures, statutory regulations relating to your workplace, this will include but not limited to fire; health and safety; hygiene; working safely; COSHH.

The Ideal Candidate

• Previous experience in a similar role, preferably of independent restaurant/hotel background
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to contribute effectively to team set standards with particular regard to hygiene
• Positive approach to learning in role and identifying own training needs as appropriate
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team

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.