Catering Manager: Centre Operations Lead

Opus People Solutions Limited; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertas is seeking a Catering Manager to lead two catering outlets at Riverside Leisure Centre, Chelmsford. The role covers service delivery, team leadership, hygiene, stock, and budget monitoring, with 37.5 hours per week across 5 days including weekends and bank holidays.

You will engage customers, supervise front-of-house and kitchen activities, manage orders and deliveries, ensure H&S compliance, and promote the site via POS and social media.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Passion for sustainability.
• Team player with service excellence across Vertas Group.
• Ability to make decisions with Vertas in mind.
• Listening to colleagues, customers and suppliers to achieve the best outcomes.
• Able to adapt to change in a growing organisation.

Responsibilities

• Communicating regularly with customers and clients to ensure a high level of service is being received.
• Supervision of the cafe including monitoring hygiene standards, staff training and all day-to-day operations of the kitchen and front of house.
• Undertake and lead a team in the preparation, cooking and service of food and drinks.
• Administrative work, including placing orders, cash handling, stock control and monitoring of food budgets.
• Checking and recording the amount, price and condition of all food/non-food deliveries and taking any necessary action required.
• To take responsibility for the standards of cleanliness and hygiene of kitchen premises and equipment whilst maintaining sufficient stock levels of cleaning materials.
• Compliance with company Health & Safety requirements and company policies including safeguarded
• Keeping up to date with mandatory training requirements
• Ensuring colleagues are up to date with mandatory training
• Controlling costs for consumables and staff labour to ensure the business is profitable
• Communicate regularly with your line manager and other business key personnel and reply to emails in a timely manner.
• Promote your site using POS and social media
• Any other reasonable management requests

Skills

Customer service

Sustainability

Team player

Decision making

Listening

Adaptability

Job description

Vertas is seeking a Catering Manager to lead two catering outlets at Riverside Leisure Centre, Chelmsford. The role covers service delivery, team leadership, hygiene, stock, and budget monitoring, with 37.5 hours per week across 5 days including weekends and bank holidays.

You will engage customers, supervise front-of-house and kitchen activities, manage orders and deliveries, ensure H&S compliance, and promote the site via POS and social media.