Education Catering Operations Manager

Caterlink; Reading; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to oversee operations across England. The ideal candidate will have extensive catering and operational management experience, exhibit confident leadership skills, and the ability to develop teams. This full-time position includes a competitive salary, monthly car allowance, and multiple employee benefits such as private healthcare and training opportunities. Successful applicants must be prepared to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Benefits

Competitive salary plus performance-related bonus

Monthly car allowance or company car

33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays

Workplace Pension Scheme

Private health care with BUPA

Company laptop and mobile phone

Virtual GP for you and your family

Employee Discount Platform

Access to learning programmes and training

Qualifications

• Proven experience in catering and operational management is essential.
• Ability to create strong client relationships is crucial.
• Willingness to assist teams operationally when necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate teams across various locations.
• Ensure adherence to health & safety, retention, quality, and finances.
• Drive growth and development through KPIs.

Skills

Catering experience

Operational management experience

Confident leadership

Commercially astute

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for experienced Operations Managers to work for our growing business up and down the country! 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 salary plus a performance-related bonus
• Monthly car allowance or company car
• 33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
• You will be eligible to join our Workplace Pension Scheme with Aviva
• Private health care with BUPA
• Fully expensed company laptop + mobile phone
• Virtual GP for you and your family (eligibility rules apply)
• 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
• 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.
• 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