Operations Manager - East London

Olive Dining Ltd; Romford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-Friendly Hours

Weekends Off

Free Meals on Duty

Car Allowance

Career progression

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Olive Dining Ltd in London is seeking an Operations Manager to oversee 20 school sites across East London, ensuring outstanding service and value for clients. You will lead on-site teams, manage budgets, and drive improvements while building strong relationships with schools and partners.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on leadership, multi-site management experience, strong commercial sense, and a passion for delivering great school meals. Career progression provided.

Qualifications

• Hands-on and approachable leadership style with a willingness to get involved on the ground.
• Strong experience in a multi-site setting.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience managing budgets and financial performance.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with clients, schools and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage 20 sites in and around East London.
• Lead, support and develop on-site teams to create a positive environment.
• Take ownership of financial performance, budgets and costs.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and schools to deliver excellent service.
• Identify opportunities to improve and grow the area with the Olive Dining team.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-site

Budgeting

Communication

Foodservice

Job description

If you’re passionate about food, love working in a team, and thrive in a fast-paced environment with purpose, this could be the perfect role for you.

Who We Are:

At Olive Dining, we believe great food brings people together and there’s no better place to do that than in schools, where young minds are growing every day.

We’re a dedicated school catering company serving fresh, nutritious meals to students across London, Kent, Surrey, and Essex. Now, we’re on the lookout for a Operations Manager.

With plenty of smiles along the way in the kitchen.

• Family-Friendly Hours
• WeekendsOff (Yes, really)Supportive Team Culture
• You're never just a number here
• Free Meals on Duty
• Because Chefs should never work hungry!Wellbeing First
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme including free CBT, health, and financial support
• Room to Grow
• We believe in promoting from within and helping our people thrive

The Role:

• Operations Manager
• Monday to Friday
• Car Allowance
• Salary: £50,000
• Career progression

Job details:

• Operations Manager to manage 20 sites in and around East London.
• Operations Manager to lead, support and develop your teams, creating a positive environment where people feel valued, motivated and able to succeed.
• Operations Manager to take ownership of financial performance, managing budgets and costs.
• Operations Manager to build and maintain strong relationships with our clients and schools, ensuring we deliver an excellent service and continue to develop those partnerships.
• Operations Manager to identify opportunities to improve and grow your area, sharing ideas and working with the wider Olive Dining team to continually develop our service.
• Operations Manager to coach and develop future talent, helping our people progress and build successful careers within Olive Dining.

What You’ll Need:

• A hands-on and approachable leadership style, with a willingness to get involved and support your teams on the ground.
• Strong experience in a multi-site.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience managing budgets and financial performance.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with clients, schools and internal teams.
• A genuine passion for great food, high standards and delivering an excellent experience for our schools and customers.

This Role Is Perfect If You:

• Enjoy being part of a family-run business
• Take pride in what you do.
• Are a positive, reliable person who enjoys working as part of a team.
• Like a role where every day is a little different.
• Want to work somewhere that values its people.
• Career progression, development and training plans - Grow with us.

Are ready to bring your ideas, creativity, and energy to the table?