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Catering Manager - Contract Catering
Central London
5 days / week including some weekends
Salary up to £42,000 per annum
Career progression within an established group

Are you looking for your next move to a market leading Contract Caterer?

We are looking for a creative, energetic, ambitious catering manager who for a London based role with a clear progression path within one of the UK Leading Catering Company.

Who are you?

• You will be an entrepreneurial and commercially focused manager with Minimum of 3 years' experience in Contract Catering environment with Staff Dining Service background.
• You will be passionate about standards, crazy about good food and able to manage demanding stakeholder

What you'll be doing:

• As the Catering Manager, you will oversee the smooth running of the day to day operations and lead the catering team, overseeing the services in the busy café & staff dining Restaurant which run 24 hours / 7 days weeks / 365 days year.
• You must be able to proactively make suggestions to clients regarding innovation in food and food service to develop the business, lead and support the Catering team.
• Remaining continually aware of the customer journey, pressure points and opportunities to observe, capture and act on client and customer feedback.
• Reviewing performance and optimising sales and profitability to ensure delivery of departmental financial targets.
• Ensure compliance at all time with all Health and Safety, Food Hygiene and other regulations, policies and procedures.

You will have and be:

• Obsessed with amazing customer service and client's relation.
• Full of personality and energy with excellent communication skills.
• Financially astute.
• Able to lead by example, train and develop your team and have great people management skills.
• Strong organisation skills and commercial awareness - seeing beyond the obvious and being resourceful by seizing opportunities and solving problems.
• Industry acumen and knowledge of external catering development & innovations.
• Strong financial understanding and demonstrable budgeting management.
• An excellent team player, able to communicate at all levels and commit to sharing your knowledge and skills.

It is essential that applicants only apply if they are currently in a similar role within corporate business.

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