Area Manager

Join our team!

Are you a passionate Catering Area Manager? If so, we'd love you to join our team supporting our Education School Trust in Leeds.

This role sits within our Education division - catering for students. Dedicated to providing high-quality, nutritious, fresh, and sustainable food for our younger generation, we're 100% committed to supporting a healthy diet. At Taylor Shaw & Edwards & Blake, we're driven by the knowledge that young people deserve and need the best food for their wellbeing; we do food with a difference.

What you'll be doing...

As a Catering Area Manager you will have plenty of responsibility and opportunity to grow in your role, becoming a critical member of our support team.

Responsibilities:

• Proactive management of primary, secondary and collage teams
• Responsible for assisting in recruitment, training, and supporting our teams to deliver an excellent and high-quality service
• Accountable for maintaining team and client communication and relationships are to a high standard
• Accountable for stock control and financial management
• Accountable for food service within the specified budget ensuring a high standard food, service and presentation
• Accountable for creating a platform for financial growth through cost control and culinary excellence
• Accountable for COSHH, Food, H&S, Legal regulation, environmental policies, and duty of care to customers and colleagues
• Support Management of multiple sites with regular visits to each site to ensure that high standards are being set for our client

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 15:00pm, term time only

What can you bring?

In this role:

• Multisite catering management experience
• Front of house and back of house operational knowledge
• GP, Laboure and budget control
• Food Safety, H&S compliance, and knowledge
• Can do attitude
• Promotion of a continuous improvement theory
• Past operational and mangerial experiance is essential

At Elior, we strive to ensure that our colleagues feel appreciated & rewarded, which is why we offer generous rewards & benefits in exchange for your dedicated efforts.

FREE On-Site Lunches: Enjoy complimentary lunches, saving you time & money while ensuring you stay nourished & energised throughout the day.

Included in this role is a KPI related bonus and milage will be covered!

Support Your Way of Life:

• Flexible Working: We offer full-time & part-time roles, with varying shift patterns across the business. Allowing colleagues the flexibility to balance their personal & professional commitments
• Term Time Holidays offering you flexibility
• Family Leave: Prioritise family commitments with flexible leave options
• Paid Charity Leave: Make a positive impact with two additional paid days for charity work
• Milage covered

Big Enough for Growth, Small Enough to Connect:

• Opportunities for career progression while developing a close-knit community

Supporting You Through Life's Ups & Downs:

• Access mental health support & comprehensive wellbeing benefits

Keeping Finances & Wellbeing in Mind:

• Life assurance, workplace pension schemes, discounts, cashback, entertainment, leisure discounts, & a cycle-to-work scheme

Elior is a multi-award-winning people business and one of the UK's leading contract caterers, with over 10,000 colleagues operating across a diverse range of sectors including:

• Workplaces & Office Space
• Sporting Venues & Stadiums
• Attraction & Heritage Sites
• Public Sector & Defence
• Health, Care & Hospitals
• Schools, Colleges & Universities

Along with our purpose of enriching lives everywhere, every day, we're committed to an inclusive culture and want our people to feel appreciated, supported, and fulfilled.

That's why 85% of colleagues tell us how proud they are to work for us!

Elior Celebrates Equality Our aim is to celebrate a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion, continuing to make Elior a great place to work!

Every colleague has a distinctive set of values, skills, and aspirations. To ensure that we attract, develop, and retain best people from the widest possible talent pool we're committed to providing an inclusive environment where our colleagues fulfil their potential and have the opportunity to succeed.