Mobile Catering Manager

Sodexo; Stourbridge; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health support

Employee Assistance Programme

Free health and wellbeing app

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Salary Finance platform

Sodexo Retirement Plan

Death in Service benefit

Learning & development tools

Cycle to Work

Volunteering opportunities

Flexible working

Competitive compensation

Uniform provided

Job summary

Sodexo is seeking a Mobile Catering Manager to oversee school kitchens primarily across Worcester and Kidderminster with occasional travel to Wolverhampton. You will lead all food and beverage operations, manage budgets, menus and staff, and drive high standards of quality and service for students and staff.

The role offers a supportive team environment, regular hours, term-time scheduling, and travel allowances with annual retention bonuses.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence required with own vehicle; travel to different sites possible.
• Experience cooking at large scale (100–1300 students).
• Experience following recipes and supervising staff.
• Experience with fresh produce and ingredients.
• Adherence to health and safety procedures is essential.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a busy kitchen.
• Professional, leading by example with a positive attitude.
• Basic food handling certificates: NVQ Level 2 and Level 2 Food Safety; hands-on cooking experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage replenishment of food and end-of-service area dismantling.
• Develop, mentor, train and inspire the kitchen team.
• Control catering operation costs: labour, food and stock.
• Manage and optimise all controllable costs.
• Ensure uniform food and service standards for staff, visitors and students.
• Create and develop menus.
• Conduct routine audits to ensure standards are followed.

Skills

Driving Licence

Cooking at scale

Staff supervision

Health & safety

Time management

Education

NVQ Level 2

Level 2 Food safety

Job description

As a Mobile Catering Manager for Sodexo, you will cover schools primarily across Worcester and Kidderminster, with occasional travel to Wolverhampton.

You will oversee all aspects of the food and beverage operations, as well as the financial performance, across the school kitchens you support. You'll be responsible for ensuring that food quality and service are consistently of the highest standard, helping to make school catering among the best in the region.

As a key member of the team, your leadership and attitude will have a direct impact on the people you work with. You'll provide direction, guidance and support to your teams, creating a positive, vibrant and productive working environment.

And the best part? You won't be working unsociable hours, and you'll have public holidays off - including Christmas!

Join Sodexo andbe part of something greater. You belong in a team where you can act with purpose and thrive in your own way.

What you do

• Manage the replenishment of food and the dismantling of work areas at the end of service.
• Develop, mentor, conduct training, and inspire the kitchen team.
• Control the complete catering operation, including labour, food, and stock expenses.
• Manage and optimise all costs that are under your control.
• Ensure uniformity in the food and service standards provided to fellow staff members, visitors and students.
• Manage the creation and development of menus.
• Conduct routine audits to ensure standards are being followed.

What you bring

• Full UK Driving Licence required for this position and own vehicle required for this role as travel to a different site each daymay be required.
• Must have expertise on cooking on a large scale, anywhere between 100 - 1300 students.
• Have experience following recipes, possibly in a similar setting.
• Have previous staff supervision experience or line management experience.
• Have experience working with fresh produce and ingredients.
• Be aware of the importance of adhering to health and safety procedures.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines in a busy Kitchen environment.
• Be professional, leading by example and having a positive outlook is key.
• Hold basic food handling skills certification:
  • NVQ Level 2
  • Level 2 Food safety Certificate
  • A minimum of 1 years of experience in hands on cooking,training on Food Hygiene, and Health & Safety will be given.

What we offer

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater. You'll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you'll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you'll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

Package Description

A role that fits your life - and your family

• £16.00per hour
• 35hours per week
• Working pattern:Monday to Friday, (8am - 3pm)
• Term Time:Yes
• Mileage re-imbursement:(mileage expenses: first 10.000 miles per miles 0.45pence miles, after it will be 0.25pence per mile)

ALL TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE REIMBURSED Retention BONUS for all attached mobile roles - £200 on successful completion of 12 week probation, further £300 after 52 weeks comple

**Equated pay (sometimes known as spread-over pay) is a method of paying you for your contracted hours, working weeks and holiday pay spread over 12 months instead of just receiving pay during the months that you work and none during the school closures/non-working weeks. This means that you get paid equal amounts of pay every month. Further information will be supplied at interview stage.**

About The Company

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We're a Disability Confident Leader employer. We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Sodexo and our Clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (UK) and / or Disclosure Scotland (Scotland)

*Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of application