Catering Manager

Fox Morris Group Ltd; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Fox Morris Group is recruiting a Catering Manager to oversee school catering services for Rotherham Borough Council. The role entails leading multi-site operations, ensuring food safety and safeguarding compliance, and driving performance improvements through effective budgeting and stakeholder engagement.

The successful candidate will manage a dispersed team, collaborate with headteachers and partners, and contribute to service growth and modernisation within a local authority setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in school catering services.
• Experience in local authority catering operations.
• Experience in contract catering.
• Experience with large-scale food service operations.
• Experience in multi-site operational management.
• Experience leading large geographically dispersed teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multi-site catering operations across the borough.
• Provide direct line management and leadership to Catering Managers.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, allergens, health and safety and safeguarding.
• Manage budgets, forecasting, income generation and cost controls.
• Monitor performance against service standards, KPIs and contracts.
• Support workforce planning, recruitment and development.
• Lead service improvements and operational change programmes.
• Handle complex issues, customer concerns and complaints.
• Build relationships with headteachers, academies, partners and stakeholders.
• Support service growth, modernisation and future development.

Skills

School catering experience

Local authority catering operations

Contract catering

Large-scale food service operations

Multi-site operational management

Leadership of large teams

Job description

Catering Manager - Rotherham Borough Council

Fox Morris Group are working to recruit a Catering Manager

The role of panel administrator is necessary to the efficient delivery of Childrens Panels, ensuring that everything necessary is coordinated in advance, runs smoothly on the day, and follow-up actions and reports happen as required. The panel administrator is responsible to provide a complete business support service to the Childrens Panel, in accordance with departmental, corporate and statutory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multi-site catering operations across the borough.
• Provide direct line management and leadership to Catering Managers.
• Ensure compliance with food safety legislation, allergen management procedures, health and safety requirements and safeguarding responsibilities.
• Manage budgets, financial forecasting, income generation opportunities and cost controls.
• Monitor performance against service standards, KPIs and contractual requirements.
• Support workforce planning, recruitment, employee development and succession planning.
• Lead on service improvement initiatives and operational change programmes.
• Manage complex operational issues, customer concerns and service complaints.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with headteachers, academy trusts, partners and other stakeholders.
• Support business growth, service modernisation and future service development.

Essential Experience

• School catering services.
• Local authority catering operations.
• Contract catering.
• Large-scale food service operations.
• Multi-site operational management.
• Leadership of large and geographically dispersed teams.

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