General Catering Manager

Area: Manchester

Salary: Up to £40,000

Hours per week: 40

Days: Monday - Friday

Blue Apple is an experienced independent contract caterer specialising in bringing a bespoke and tailored solution to our clients. We have a diverse range of customers and pride ourselves on delivering fresh food solutions created by happy teams.

We do simple sarnies really well, hospitality that’s heavenly, delectable fine dining and anything else in between is beautifully presented while always being, tasty and delicious. Quite simply, food is our passion.

We are looking for an inspirational and enthusiastic General Catering Manager based in Manchester area to join a brand new contract. The ideal candidate should be enthusiastic, have great customer service focuses with a “can do, will do” attitude, previous experience within the catering industry.

Key responsibilities are to:

Lead the catering team by creating an environment in which they can perform at their best

• Ensure we deliver the best catering service within budget
• Monitor the service and our food offering so that it constantly exceeds customers’ expectations
• Manage the budget so that profitability is sustained
• Ensure compliance at all time with all Health and Safety, Food Hygiene and other regulations, policies and procedures
• Build and maintain excellent client and customer relationships so that you work in partnership and deliver a service that meets their needs
• Manage stock levels and oversee the purchasing process
• Ensure all cash is safely counted, stored and recorded
• Recruit, develop and carry out performance reviews the team
• Ensure the kitchen and dining areas are immaculately clean at all times

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General Catering Manager Requirements:

• experience in a similar role.
• Knowledge of electronic catering management systems.
• Exceptional ability to deliver catering services within budget and on time.
• Experience in managing, training, and overseeing a catering operation of similar size & scope.
• Ability to coordinate special events and catering functions the client may require.
• The ability to apply, innovate and change catering offers ensuring contract retention.

Key skills for General Catering Manager:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills and management skills.
• Decision making skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to manage in a diverse environment with a focus on customer and client services.
• Good business and commercial acumen and an understanding of costings.
• Knowledge of food food hygiene including hazard analysis and critical control points and food preparation.·

To be successful you will need to demonstrate an affinity with our values, a track record of leading teams to success, and strong client and customer relationship building skills. Previous catering experience and knowledge of budget management and processes and procedures are expected.

Applicants should be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Due to the high volume of applicants we receive only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £40,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: ED - AqManchester