Business Manager

Package Description

Salary - Up to £32,000 per annum - Monday to Friday typical working hours 7.30am - 4.30pm flexibility offered. 

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs but includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance, free will writing, life assurance, 24hrs GP access and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave.

We also have a Sodexo Discount scheme, which offers employees and their friends and family the opportunity to benefit from over 1,200 discounts from top retailers both online and in-store.

Job Introduction

We have a fantastic and exciting  opportunity for a talented and passionate Business Catering manager to join a well-established team, at a high profile client site in Edinburgh. You will be as passionate about food as we are, we want to make a difference to the daily lives of our clients staff, delivering excellent customer service will be important and you must be able to built strong relationships with the client, staff and colleagues.

To be successful in this role, previous experience of managing a large catering outlet would be preferred, you will have great financial awareness, be a team player with a can do attitude, you will be keen to be involved with the detail of catering for the needs of staff and clients as well as at hospitality events and it is imperative that you are passionate about achieving high service standards on a daily basis. There will be occasional night time functions within the role.

Security clearance is required for this role.

Main Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the management of of a large site, inclusive of deli, chef on stage, canteen and 2x coffee shops
• To organise and assist in the preparation and presentation of all meals service - including functions
• To devise and implement a strategy of food offer innovation & growth
• To ensure that all food is prepared with due care and attention, particularly in regard to customers’ special dietary requirements
• To organise any special function as required, some of which may occur outside of normal working hours.
• To establish and maintain satisfactory relationships with individuals at all levels within the Company and the Client organisation.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description

The Ideal Candidate

To be successful in this role we are looking for some or all of the following attributes and experiences: 

• A sound knowledge of catering policies 
• Experienced working in catering 
• A passion for cooking with some of the best ingredients and organic produce. 
• Some managerial experience although training is on offer for the right applicant
•  Ideally have some experience of managing budgets
• Good standard of literacy and numeracy
•  Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with customers, clients and staff at all levels
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to achieve and set standards and operate to performance criteria, with particular regard to hygiene
• Positive approach to learning in role and identifying own training needs as appropriate
• CIEH Level 3 Food Safety qualification
• IOSH Managing Safety qualification

About The Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

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