General Manager - London

At Gather & Gather, we are known as one of the UK & Irelands most distinctive workplace and venue catering experts. We are passionate about great food and great coffee, putting our employees and customers at the heart of everything that we do. We are currently recruiting for a General Manager to work with us at Charlton FC. This position would suit an experienced GM within Stadia or a strong Deputy hungry for their first appointment as a GM. At Charlton, we are the exclusive caterer on site for both the stadium and training ground, looking after 19 retail kiosks and 800 hospitality covers on a match day with the stadium holding 27,500 fans on a sellout match day and generally on average 15,000 people each game!

Location: SE7 8BL
Rate of pay: 65,000 - 70,000 per annum + amazing benefits + bonus
Working pattern: 40 hours per week, 5 over 7 shift pattern

Key Responsibilities:

1. This is a hand-on position for an experienced operator.
2. Lead, manage and develop the team including 5 direct reports.
3. Experience with conference and events.
4. Ability to manage clients.
5. Full budget and financial responsibility.

Our ideal candidate will:

1. Have contract catering experience, ideally experience within Stadia.
2. Be service standard orientated.
3. Have good knowledge of food across fine dining and concourse catering.
4. Be a high-volume high-quality operator with strong financial/commercial acumen.
5. Have excellent communication and client management skills.

What's in it for you?

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

• Personal Development and Training opportunities.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Pension scheme.
• Holiday allowance.
• Private medical eligibility.
• Eye care.
• A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance.
• Family friendly support.
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders.
• A holiday purchase scheme.
• Volunteering days.
• Professional subscriptions.
• Recognition schemes and people awards.
• Long service awards.
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers.