General Manager Monday - Friday

Gather & Gather UK; Ware; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading workplace catering expert is seeking an experienced General Manager for a site in Ware, UK. The role involves managing food services, leading a team, and ensuring client satisfaction. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and experience in a catering environment. Attractive benefits include professional development and a supportive working culture.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Competitive holiday allowance

Private medical eligibility

Eye care

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a General Manager in a catering or hospitality environment.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to manage budgets and achieve financial targets.
• Understanding of health, hygiene, and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage a free issues food offer and drive a programme of vending and staff dining.
• Lead an innovative and controlled product range.
• Develop and sustain strong working relationships with clients.
• Ensure client expectations of food and service are consistently met.

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, 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 work with us at workplace site in Ware.

We are looking for an experienced General Manager to work with us at a lovely B&I site that is set across two buildings, walkable distance from each other that has a coffee shop, staff dining with breakfast and lunch and vending. We are looking for a General Manager to join our team in Ware.

Location: SG12 0DE

Rate of pay: £45,000-£48,000 per annum

Working pattern: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 7am to 3.30pm core hours

Key responsibilities:

• Manage a free issues food offer and drive a programme of vending and staff dining
• Lead an innovative and controlled product range
• Support the supply of a free issues coffee programme working with an experienced Barista team
• Develop and sustain strong working relationships with the relevant clients at the individual business
• Ensure that the client expectations of food and food service are consistently delivered and measured and are in line with the CHCO brand
• Ensure the site achieves the financial targets agreed with the client in line with the fixed budget parameters
• Provide effective performance management and appraisals to all Front of House staff in the business and the Head Chef
• Ensure all staff carry out tasks in accordance with company health, hygiene, quality and safety
• Effectively communicate with the European Hub of the clients business
• Innovate, have fun, drive excellence

What's in it for you?

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Competitive 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
• Cycle to work scheme