Food Cost & Compliance Lead — Schools (Hybrid)

Sodexo Ltd; Eccles; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career growth opportunities

Diverse & inclusive workplace

Employee benefits package

Pension plan

Job summary

Sodexo Ltd invites applications for a Food Cost and Compliance Lead in the Schools sector, based in Salford with hybrid working. The role focuses on maintaining food cost and supplier compliance across 160 schools, coordinating ordering activity to stay within budget and deadlines.

The job combines data analysis, exception management and process improvements to drive margin and reliable delivery. Ideal candidates have experience in school catering or dispersed operations, strong Excel skills,

Qualifications

• Experience in school catering or another dispersed catering operation.
• Experience improving or standardising administrative or ordering processes.
• Knowledge of food costing, recipes, purchasing controls and margin performance.
• Ability to analyse ordering, compliance and supplier data and translate findings into actions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain food cost, menu and supplier compliance across the Schools estate by coordinating, validating and monitoring ordering activity.
• Provide a central control point between schools, suppliers, Finance and Food Platform teams to ensure correct ordering within budgets and deadlines.
• Analyse data, manage exceptions and implement process improvements to reduce overspend and improve margins.
• Identify non-compliance and coordinate corrective actions; provide insights into ordering performance and savings opportunities.

Skills

Excel

Power BI

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Tools

E-profit

Google Drive

Supplier portals

Job description

Sodexo Ltd invites applications for a Food Cost and Compliance Lead in the Schools sector, based in Salford with hybrid working. The role focuses on maintaining food cost and supplier compliance across 160 schools, coordinating ordering activity to stay within budget and deadlines.

The job combines data analysis, exception management and process improvements to drive margin and reliable delivery. Ideal candidates have experience in school catering or dispersed operations, strong Excel skills,