- 40 Hours per week
- Locations: Essex and Suffolk
- Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time – On Site – Monday to Friday
- Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Register Your Interest for Catering Manager Roles
Essex and Suffolk - Full time
At Sodexo, we’re passionate about our people. We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.
As a Catering Manager you'll:
- Lead and inspire catering teams to deliver exceptional food and outstanding customer service.
- Oversee the day-to-day running of catering operations, ensuring a smooth and efficient service.
- Manage food preparation, presentation and service, maintaining consistently high standards.
- Develop and motivate your team through coaching, training and ongoing support.
- Build strong relationships with clients, customers and stakeholders.
- Take ownership of budgets, stock control, purchasing and cost management.
- Monitor financial performance, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and profitability.
- Ensure full compliance with Food Safety, Health & Safety, HACCP and allergen regulations.
- Support menu planning and development, bringing fresh ideas and innovation to the catering offer.
- Manage staffing levels, rotas and resources to meet operational requirements.
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness, hygiene and presentation across all catering areas.
- Drive continuous improvement, ensuring catering services consistently meet customer expectations and business objectives.
What we're looking for:
- Previous experience in a Catering Manager, Chef Manager, Hospitality Manager or similar catering leadership role.
- A proven ability to lead, motivate and develop successful teams.
- Strong knowledge of catering operations, food service and customer service excellence.
- Good financial awareness, including experience managing budgets, food costs, stock and labour.
- A sound understanding of Food Safety, HACCP, allergens and Health & Safety requirements.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- A passion for delivering high-quality food and memorable customer experiences.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- A proactive, flexible and solutions-focused approach.
- Confidence working in a fast-paced environment while maintaining excellent standards.
- A commitment to developing people, encouraging teamwork and creating a positive working environment.
- Experience within contract catering, corporate catering, workplace dining or a similar environment would be advantageous.
Why Sodexo?
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.
Belong in a company and team that values you foryou.
Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.
Thrive in your own way.
We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:
- Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
- Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
- Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
- Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
- Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
- Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
- Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies
A little more about Sodexo:
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.
We are committed tobeingan inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.
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 run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.
Ready to be part of something greater?
Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications
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