Assistant Retail Catering Manager

Package Description

Up to £22,000 depending on experience

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!

Job Introduction

If you have strong retail and catering experience, with a proven record of managing to budget requirements, then this could be the role for you.

We are currently looking to recruit an Assistant Retail Catering Manager to join our team based at Newcastle United Football Club. You will be a key member of the site management team, with key responsibilities for the front and back of house services including hospitality, ensuring excellent customer service and development of service offers.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has a background in retail or bar management and is looking to utilize and develop their skills.

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Main Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Retail in overseeing all retail liquor and retail food operations for match days and events 
• Deputise for the Head of Retail in their absence 
• Attending planning meetings then manage all aspects of the planning of the Retail operation for Newcastle United Football Club 
• Placing food, beverage, gas and disposable orders in line with business 
• Overseeing the set-up and lay-up of the bars and retail food areas and ensure that all is set in accordance with Company policy and to the Company standard 
• Ensuring detailed knowledge of products on offer including all brands and categories 
• ‘Walk the floor’ during service periods to ensure that excellent levels of service are being delivered to client and customers and take any remedial action as necessary 
• Overseeing opening and closing procedures to ensure in line with Company procedures 
• Undertaking cleaning duties as specified on work schedules in accordance with operating procedures. 
• To ensure that all back of house areas of the facility are maintained to an exceptional standard of cleanliness and appearance.  
• To ensure that all work is carried out in safe, professional and non-hazardous manner, in accordance with company Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work and to report any defects to equipment or unsafe practices to your line manager.  
• To ensure all PPE issued is worn when on shift. 

The Ideal Candidate

• High standard of literacy and numeracy  
• Well-developed verbal, non-verbal, presentation and communication skills  
• Experience in delivering public retail   
• Management of diverse teams  
• Manage multiple workloads and shifting priorities

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.