Chef Manager

Chef Manager - Cork City Centre

- Full time
- Monday to Friday
- 47.170 per annum
- Opportunities for professional development
- Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Chef ManagerCork City - Full time

At Sodexo, we're passionate about our people. We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

We are currently seeking a dedicated and dynamic Chef Manager to join our team and play a key role in driving excellence and innovation in Catering

As a Chef Manager you'll:

- Manage catering/facilities finances on site within client guidelines.

- Maintain cleanliness and ensure safe working practices at all times.

- Control contract-related expenditure, including wages, overtime, bonuses, and employee costs.

- Represent Sodexo in client meetings as needed.

- Attend training, conferences, and meetings as directed.

- Ensure site standards meet Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators.

- Recruit, manage, train, motivate, and appraise staff, following company procedures and legislation.

- Keep training records and address individual staff development needs.

- Hold bi-monthly team briefings using the company format.

- Ensure all Health and Safety requirements and paperwork are completed effectively.

- Develop menu cycles with the Catering Team.

What we're looking for:

- Strong financial management skills to operate within budgets and provide clients with clear financial information.

- Ability to deliver budgeted profit and turnover targets.

- Experience in developing and executing business plans aligned with long-term objectives.

- Proactive in identifying opportunities for business growth within the contract and external market.

- Knowledge of company purchasing policies and ability to ensure compliance.

- Commitment to delivering high levels of customer satisfaction and monitoring service standards.

- Strong client management skills to exceed expectations and ensure efficient service delivery.

- Experience in recruiting, managing, and developing staff, including appraisals, reward, recognition, and health & safety.

- Understanding of and commitment to implementing Health & Safety policies within the team.

- Familiarity with internal compliance standards and ability to maintain them consistently.

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

- Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
- Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
- Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
- Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
- Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
- Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
- Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million 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, SoTogether, 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. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

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Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications