General Manager

Compass Group; Biggin Hill; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Biggin Hill is seeking a General Manager to oversee daily operations, manage teams, and ensure high standards of service. The ideal candidate should have previous contract catering experience, strong financial skills, and an ability to foster client relationships. This role offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Wellbeing strategy

Healthcare Support App

Volunteering days

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience within Contract Catering is essential.
• Strong Financial acumen - proficient in Excel.
• Must be enthusiastic about data and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the daily operations for catering services.
• Supervise a core team and ensure effective teamwork.
• Conduct business review meetings with relevant clients.

Skills

Client relationship management

Attention to detail

Financial acumen

Organizational skills

Job description

At Gather & Gather, we are known as one of the UK & Ireland's most distinctive workplace catering experts, we are passionate about great food and great coffee and putting our employees and customers at the heart of everything that we do. We are currently recruiting for a General Manager to join our wonderful team based at BigginHill.

Location: TN16 3BN

Salary: £45,000 - £50,425 per annum, weekend overtime rate are paid at x1.5

Working Pattern: 40 hours per week, predominantly Monday- Friday, between 07:00-17:00 but weekends and overnight will be required in line with the race calendar, flexibility is a must

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate the daily operations for Business & Industry (B&I) catering, bespoke race day catering, and hospitality services, ensuring high standards of food quality, timely service, and client satisfaction across all areas
• Supervise a core team of 9 permanent employees in the Murrays B&I team and a dynamic race day catering team of 10-12 staff, providing leadership, training, and motivation to ensure effective teamwork and the smooth execution of all catering events
• Develop and sustain strong working relationships with the relevant clients at the individual business
• Be the first point of reference for all client comments and concerns and take any necessary action.
• Conduct appropriate business review meetings with relevant clients to ensure that all targets, objectives and service level agreements are being met
• Ensure the site achieves the financial targets agreed with the client in line with the budget
• Prepare, produce and present a monthly financial report for the Operations Managers/Directors detailing financial performance, activity and plans for the relevant site and outlining any necessary action that has been taken
• To keep up to date with all COSHH and HACCP procedures and methods

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Previous experience within Contract Catering is essential
• Excellent client relationship management
• Organised with great attention to detail especially when it comes to finance
• Innovative and creative, experienced within the 3 service styles we offer - race catering, hospitality and retail
• Strong Financial acumen - proficient in Excel
• Attention to detail is a must
• Must be enthusiastic about data and analytics
• Adaptable and flexible to suit client needs at last minute

What's in it for you?

Working with at Gather & Gather has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance

• Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
• Family friendly support
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• Volunteering days
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers