Chef Manager
| Posting date: | 05 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £30,000.00 to £31,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB1 2FB |
| Company: | Sodexo Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SDX/TP/177798/CS |
Summary
Chef Manager
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £31,000 & range of excellent employee benefits
Onsite – Monday-Friday
Sodexo has a great opportunity for an experienced Chef Manager to join our established team working with our prestigious clients based in Cambridge.
Joining our team at their large site, you will manage the catering operation on behalf of Sodexo for the client and customers, working as part of a team to ensure high standards of cleaning service, customer satisfaction and contract retention, complying with Sodexo procedures, Health & safety and all legislative requirements.
The Chef Manager will organise and lead the preparation & presentation of all meals service at the required times and to the required high standard, ensuring that all food is prepared with due care and attention, particularly in regard to customers’ special dietary requirements as well as managing menu planning, rotas, orders and receiving, checking and storing deliveries as requested to complete the menu purchase planner and recipe cards for all main meals.
You will be responsible for all aspects of Health & Safety and the Environment on work activities to ensure actions comply in accordance with statutory and contractual requirements. Completion to the standards of; Risk Assessments, COSHH Assessments, Vehicle Audit/Inspection and other H&S compliance and safety expected activities, complying with the Company's Quality Assurance and Health & Safety Procedures at all times and ensure that all work is undertaken in accordance with the industry’s best practices.
About You
Experience and knowledge requirement for this role:
Essential
• Previous catering experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with customers, clients and staff at all levels
• Ability to achieve and set standards and operate to performance criteria, with particular regard to hygiene
• The job also requires someone who can demonstrate that they have strong organisational and planning skills and have the ability to prioritise and manage their time effectively
• Positive approach to learning in role and identifying own training needs as appropriate
• Flexible approach to role It is essential that you have a pro-active attitude and can be flexible in relation to duties and working hours.
• Must be able to work effectively without close supervision and must possess good organisational skills Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Experience of customer service and in particular customer relationship management
• Good standard of literacy and numeracy
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Self-motivated with a sense of own initiative
• Experience of delivering financial targets
• IT & systems literate, use of IT systems to provide/monitor data within the Quality Assurance and other management reporting systems
Desirable
• Previous experience of catering management
• Experience of managing a team in a car manufacturing / production establishment
• Experience of delivering training using company guidelines
• Ability to develop increasing individual effectiveness through leadership, motivation, communication, coaching and training
• Good standard of financial acumen
Qualifications required:
• City & Guilds or NVQ equivalent
• Food Safety Qualification
• NEBOSH HSE Certificate
What we offer
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you.
In addition, we offer:
• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Wide range of Employee benefits
• Access to ongoing training and development programs
• Countless opportunities to grow within the company
This position will require the successful candidate to undergo a standard DBS check. Therefore, eligibility is a must.
About Sodexo
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. We operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.
We are committed to being an 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, So Together, 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.
Ready to be part of something greater?
Apply today!