Education Catering Operations Director - London/South East

Cater Link Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cater Link Limited is seeking an experienced Operations Director to lead teams across the business, focusing on KPIs in Health and Safety, Retention, and Quality. The ideal candidate will have a history of team management and client relationship building, contributing to the company's success in the education sector.

Benefits

Competitive salary + performance related bonus

Company Car / Car Allowance

Private Health Care for family

33 Days holiday inclusive of bank holidays

Workplace Pension Scheme with Aviva

Death in Service benefit

Bespoke training and development

Discounts from high street shops and experiences

Qualifications

• Experience in managing client relationships.
• Proven record in contract catering and hospitality.
• Leadership skills achieving results through others.

Responsibilities

• Delivering against KPIs – Health and Safety, Retention, Quality, Finance.
• Leading teams and creating strong client relationships.
• Supporting and developing a growing team.

Skills

First class communication skills

Team building and motivation

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Commercial awareness

Service delivery focus

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 currently recruiting for experienced Operations Directors across our business.

As Operations Director you will be responsible for delivering against our KPIs – Health and Safety, Retention, Quality and Finance. You will be expected to have the confidence and credibility to lead your teams and create strong client relationships, as well being commercially astute.

You should be able to demonstrate evidence of supporting and developing a growing team, encouraging them to succeed and help you achieve your objectives. You will remain calm and focused, showing leadership and strength appropriate for your role as Director. If you believe in People, Perception, Passion, and Pride to grow our business this could be the position you are looking for.

Qualifications

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:

• First class communication skills and proven experience in managing client relationships
• A proven record in building and motivating teams, to meet key business targets.
• Successful progressive background in contract catering and hospitality.
• Strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills to set and implement the business strategy across the operations teams.
• Well-developed leadership skills, achieving results through others, building loyalty and a sense of belonging in the team.
• Exceptional communication skills (written/spoken/presentation) at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Commercially astute with a service delivery focus
  
  

Additional Information

What’s In It For You

• Competitive salary + performance related bonus
• Company Car / Car Allowance
• Private Health Care for your family with BUPA
• 33 Days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
• You will be eligible to join our Workplace Pension Scheme with Aviva
• Death in Service benefit
• Bespoke training and development
• A range of discounts and benefits available from high street shops to holidays and cinemas
• As our core business is mainly in term time, the school breaks do enable the opportunity to catch up and plan for the next term, which isn’t always a luxury in a business operating 52 weeks of the year