Project Manager (Food & Catering Industry)

Empact Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and catering service provider seeks an experienced Project Manager to oversee operations in Cape Town. The successful candidate will manage the food production process, ensuring quality service and compliance with sector regulations. Responsibilities include menu planning, staff management, and budget oversight. Candidates should hold a relevant tertiary qualification and have project management experience in hospitality or catering. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in highly commercial and sensitive markets is compulsory.
• Project Management experience in the hospitality/catering industry is advantageous.
• Driver’s License is required.

Responsibilities

• Managing daily operations in accordance with sector strategy.
• Implementation of the food production process.
• Providing great quality service to clients.
• Managing the execution of creative functions.
• Menu planning and costing.
• Monitoring kitchen quality standards.

Skills

Knowledge of the catering environment

Customer service skills

Communication skills

Management skills

Profit improvement skills

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification in food and beverage services or hospitality or culinary arts

Job description

Job title: Project Manager (Food & Catering Industry)

Job Location: Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline: December 20, 2025

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The Main Purpose of the job

The successful applicant will be responsible for managing the assigned unit in accordance with sector strategy, contract specifications, and statutory regulations. The candidate would implement the food production process, a great quality food service for clients and manage the execution of creative functions.

Education and Experience required :

• Relevant tertiary qualification in food and beverage services or hospitality or culinary arts is preferred
• Experience in highly commercial and sensitive markets is compulsory
• Project Management experience in a hospitality / catering industry would be an advantage
• Implementation of change programmes, unit mobilization experience is advantageous
• Experience of working within brand guidelines to deliver results
• Experience in costing, budgets, forecasts and invoicing is advantageous
• Proven experience in managing successful departments / teams / staff complement of 50 plus
• Driver’s License is required

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies :

• Knowledge of the catering environment
• Knowledge of South African and industry-specific laws
• Customer service skills
• Management skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to arrange exceptional functions
• Ability to balance the budget and save on soft costs
• Ability to draft and extract reports
• Profit improvement skills an absolute must

Key areas of responsibility :

• Managing daily operations of the assigned unit in accordance with sector strategy, contract specifications, and statutory regulations
• Implementation of the food production process
• Provide great quality service to clients
• Manage the execution of creative functions
• Menu planning, standardisation, adoption and costing
• Monitor the kitchen to ensure the cooks are using standardized recipes and quality of food is of the highest standard
• Managing the Food GP’s as per the budgeted targets
• Managing the unit’s budgets to ensure that the budgeted targets are met monthly
• Implementation of minimum & maximum stock levels to controls stock days
• Managing the HSE daily to ensure all records are up to date
• Managing People (i.e. staffing – workforce planning, payroll administration, leave management, performance management)
• Managing Customer Experience (through surveys and using data to improve the service offering)
• Strict management of service levels to client SLA
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