Catering Manager

Chartwells Independent; Leeds; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Compass Group UK&I is seeking a Catering Manager to lead and oversee catering operations at Arla House in Leeds. The role involves delivering breakfast, lunch, hospitality, and fresh sandwiches, while managing stock, wastage, and food costs.

You will lead a team of eight part-time colleagues across a seven-day operation and ensure excellent service for around 120 office staff and 140–200 shift workers daily.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head Chef in the day-to-day running of a busy B&I catering operation.
• Deliver high-quality breakfast, lunch, hospitality, and fresh sandwich offerings.
• Take ownership of stock control, wastage, and food cost management.
• Lead and support a team of 8 part-time colleagues across a 7-day operation.
• Oversee catering for approximately 120 office staff and 140-200 shift workers daily.
• Build positive client relationships and ensure a consistently excellent customer experience.

Job description

Great food in the workplace isn’t simply about fuel.It’s about increasing productivity and improving performance; it’s about happy, motivated people and inspiring environments. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do – we live to bring food and people together.

We are brave, bold and curious adventurers in food and drink. Never shy of being different, always challenging the conventional.

Our passionate team of chefs, baristas, servers, nutritionists and much more, love nothing more than creating memorable moments that enrich the everyday.Come and join our award-winning teams – we are currently recruiting for a Catering Manager to join our team atArla House.

Shift Pattern: Monday-Friday, 6:30-14:30 or 7:00-15:00

Salary: £37,500 per annum

Location: Arla House, LS10 1AX

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Head Chef in the day-to-day running of a busy B&I catering operation.
• Deliver high-quality breakfast, lunch, hospitality, and fresh sandwich offerings.
• Manage hospitality requests and assist with in-house baking.
• Take ownership of stock control, ordering, wastage, and food cost management.
• Support P&L performance and ensure budgets are achieved.
• Lead and support a team of 8 part-time colleagues across a 7-day operation.
• Oversee catering for approximately 120 office staff and 140-200 shift workers daily.
• Manage vending operations and maintain high standards of food safety, compliance, and customer service.
• Support occasional weekend and bank holiday catering requirements.
• Build positive client relationships and ensure a consistently excellent customer experience.

About Us

As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.

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Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!