Education Catering Account Manager - Bournemouth

James Webber Recruitment Ltd; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food service provider is seeking an experienced Education Catering Account Manager in Bournemouth to develop and manage bespoke menus for schools. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of culinary experience, particularly in educational settings, and will ensure that meals meet all allergen and nutritional guidelines. This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to train kitchen staff while promoting healthy eating in line with government standards.

Benefits

Salary of £35,000

Fuel card

Monday to Friday working hours

Development and progression opportunities

Qualifications

• 3+ years of culinary or catering experience.
• Experience in an educational catering setting.
• Proven management of catering accounts.

Responsibilities

• Work with schools to produce bespoke menus.
• Identify and manage allergen requirements.
• Train kitchen staff to ensure best practices.
• Promote healthy eating in schools.

Skills

Motivational skills

Culinary/catering experience

Target setting and performance measurement

Catering account management

Verbal and written communication

Collaboration with diverse colleagues

IT skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

Overview

Job Description

Education Catering Account Manager - Bournemouth

The Package / Benefits / Opportunities

• Salary £35,000
• Fuel card
• Monday-Friday
• Great opportunities to develop and progress.

Main Responsibilities

• Actively work with schools to produce bespoke menus and meals.
• Identify, through the information given by the school, any children with allergies.
• To create new and exciting bespoke menus, specific to allergen requirements at each school and for every pupil.
• To design and deliver menus in accordance with government guidelines.
• To ensure that all menus produced are fully allergen checked.
• To effectively demonstrate the use of the freshest ingredients to cook restaurant quality meals in schools.
• To promote the ethos of healthy eating and provide nutritionally balanced, wholesome food in accordance with government food guidelines.
• Assess and develop kitchen staffs cookery skills through use of best practice training, demonstration, and advice.

Desirable Skills

• Ability to develop and empower others appropriately using a range of motivational skills.
• Previous culinary / catering experience (3+ years).
• Experience of target setting and performance measurement.
• Catering experience in an educational setting
• Experience of managing catering accounts
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work effectively with colleagues from a range of backgrounds.
• Good IT skills including Word, Excel, Outlook

JWR is currently working on an exciting opportunity with a leading, premium food service provider based in the Devon area, looking to recruit an experienced Catering Account Manager to support and drive the business forwards, focusing on their key accounts within the Education sector.

The main purpose of the job is to ensure that the deployment of the Catering offer happens smoothly and efficiently for schools across the client's portfolio, and for any new schools joining, in a secure and safe manner where the pupils and their safety and wellbeing come first. This is achieved through training of school staff, reviewing and where necessary the introduction of new processes in their kitchens and through the rigorous checking of products, nutrition and allergens going into school menus.

Our client is looking for an exceptional chef with experience from a quality fresh food background, that will support the business in delivering the efficient deployment and management of the companies produce within schools, with a focus on delivering \"a revolution\" of the food currently being served in schools for pupils.