Catering Manager

BaxterStorey; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality provider in Leeds is seeking an experienced Catering Manager to oversee a dynamic team and ensure exceptional service standards. This role involves leadership, team development, and managing client relationships in a high end corporate catering environment. The ideal candidate has significant experience in hospitality management and a passion for food service with a focus on driving performance and maintaining high operational standards. This position offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits including holidays and development opportunities.

Benefits

28 Days holiday including bank holidays

Plus your birthday off

3 volunteering days

3 days grandparent leave

24 weeks enhanced maternity leave

Secondary carer leave

Wedding/commitment day leave

Free meals on shift

Bespoke training and development opportunities

Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels

Pension and life insurance

Discounts on Perkbox app

Wellbeing hub

Access to employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports.
• Build positive relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Continually develop your team through mentoring and training.
• Create a culture of excellence with your team.
• Achieve business critical KPI's including Health and Safety.

Skills

Previous experience in high end hospitality establishments

Understanding of corporate catering

Experience at management level

Demonstrated passion for food and customer service

Experience in managing, training, and supporting a team

Financially astute with budgeting and driving commercial performance

Excellent delegation and influencing skills

Ability to prioritise multiple projects

Meticulous organisational abilities and high attention to detail

Concise and effective verbal and written communication

Solution-oriented mindset

Strong strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills

Job description

Overview

Title: Catering Manager

Location: Leeds

Salary: Up to £42,000 plus £2k bonus

Working pattern: Monday to Friday

Modern employee dining and corporate hospitality is on offer and the Catering Manager will be hands on and oversee a dynamic team of 8 BaxterStorey employees. Based in Leeds City Centre and at the forefront of modern style dining.

Benefits

• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus your birthday off
• 3 volunteering days
• 3 days grandparent leave
• 24 weeks enhanced maternity leave
• Secondary carer leave
• Wedding/commitment day leave
• Free meals on shift
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
• Pension and life insurance
• Discounts on Perkbox app (high street shops, holidays & cinema)
• Wellbeing hub
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards
• Build positive, credible and collaborative relationships & communication methods with clients and other key stakeholders in the business
• Continually develop your team through mentoring, training, recognition, and empowerment
• Create a culture of excellence with your team, continually striving to push the boundaries of brilliance through natural caring service, obsessive food standards and innovation
• Achieve business critical KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance

Qualifications

• Previous experience in high end hospitality establishments
• Understanding of corporate catering
• Experience at management level
• Demonstrated passion for food and customer service
• Experience in managing, training, and supporting a team
• Financially astute with budgeting and driving commercial performance
• Excellent delegation and influencing skills
• Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and work under pressure
• Meticulous organisational abilities and high attention to detail
• Concise and effective verbal and written communication
• Solution-oriented mindset when facing challenges
• Strong strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills
• Works according to the BaxterStorey core values

About BaxterStorey / Additional Information

For almost 20 years, we create beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams so that each customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve. We support growth and development with ongoing training and aim to provide a good work-life balance.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds. BaxterStorey is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) and strives to be representative of all sections of society.

Join us and bring your unique perspective to our team.