Caterlink - Contract Manager in Education Catering

Cater Link Limited; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Cater Link Limited seeks an experienced Contract Manager in Education Catering to oversee a group of schools in East Yorkshire. This role requires strong catering and operational management experience, coupled with the ability to lead teams and develop client relationships. With a focus on KPIs such as Health & Safety and Quality, this full-time role offers a competitive salary and numerous employee benefits, including a great work-life balance with term-time only work.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary + performance-related bonus

Company car/car allowance

Access to blended learning programmes including formal qualifications

Work/life balance with term-time only work

Employee Discount Platform for various savings

Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits

Pension scheme eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in catering and operational management is essential.
• Ability to lead and motivate teams.
• Commercially astute with strong client relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a group of schools in East Yorkshire.
• Ensure successful delivery of catering services while adhering to KPIs.
• Develop and maintain client relationships across the portfolio.

Skills

Catering Management

Operational Management

Client Relationship Management

Health & Safety Knowledge

Job description

Company Description

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our “Fresh Food Policy” is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Contract Manager in Education Catering to manage a group of schools in East Yorkshire. Previous catering and operational management experience is essential. This is a 52-week role working Monday – Friday.

At Caterlink, we very much believe that people work for people, so we want you to have bags of confidence and credibility, be able to lead and motivate and really develop your teams, bring them along with you and create strong client relationships across your portfolio of schools. Being commercially astute is also essential for this role and in addition to this you will need to be prepared to roll your sleeves up and help the teams when you need to.

We believe that living by our KPIs is key to success - Health & Safety, Retention, Quality and Finance. In addition to this, if you believe that People, Perception, Passion and Pride could also enhance your growth, success and development then this may be the role for you and we would love to hear from you!

Successful applicants will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure. Salary dependant on experience

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

Additional Information

There Are Many Advantages To Working For Us Including

• Competitive annual salary + performance-related bonus
• Company car/car allowance
• With Caterlink you have the opportunity to a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including Apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be. Everyone who joins us is provided with an induction where they learn more about us and enable them to be the best they can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.
• Working for Caterlink ensure you are able to enjoy a great work/life balance – this is the beauty of working term-time only and no weekends!
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• Our Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• You may be eligible to join our Pension scheme