Title:  Catering Manager

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Aramark UK are currently recruiting an experienced Catering Manager to join our team working at Highbury Hospital, PFI NHS Hospital located in Bulwell, Nottingham.

You will be responsible for overseeing the day to day running of the Kitchen, Staff Restaurant, Vending and Hospitality. As part of this hands on role you will be delegating tasks to your team and leading your team to success.

Aramark UK are making a work life balance achievable whilst still working in hospitality, cultivating your culinary career with a world leading organisation. Aramark provides world-class contract catering services to our extensive list of clients across the UK, including Defence and Judicial, private industry and Education. We are very lucky to have some of the best Culinary and Catering talent that the UK has to offer working within our teams.

What we offer: 

• This is a full-time position, 40 hours per week, 5 over 7, predominately Monday to Friday. Shifts range between 6.30am-6.00pm, leaving your evenings free - a rarity when you work within culinary.
• We are offering a salary of £35,000
• Free meals and parking on shift, plus bonus scheme eligibility 
• You will have access to our benefits app - which includes 100's of discounts, including savings on your weekly supermarket shop and weekend treats. 
• We also offer a company package including life assurance, pension contributions, generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy more, and many more perks.
• You will also be joining a talented team, with fabulous career prospects that could lead to all sorts of opportunities – we LOVE to promote from within.
• We are passionate about developing our people from within; great training and development is available. We also offer apprenticeship schemes, so that your learning journey can continue.

A day in the life of a Catering Manager at Highbury:

• Ensure the catering operations meet the agreed contract conditions.
• Ensure the patient feeding meets the full criteria of NHS Food Standards.
• Demonstrate established company solutions to ensure consistency, quality and efficiency within consumer driven offerings.
• A willingness to ‘put on your whites’ and lead from the front.
• Lead catering team to ensure quality in final presentation of food.
• Train and lead employees to ensure knowledge of food menus and promotional calendars.
• Monitor team performance and provide regular feedback using the NHS supervision and PAD processes. Plan and execute team meetings and daily huddles.
• Demonstrate excellent customer service using Aramark's standard model.
• Responsible for delivering food and labour targets. Develop and execute strategies to achieve catering revenue forecasts.
• Responsible for executing catering events of wide-ranging size and scope, including staffing and management.
• Ensure compliance with Aramark food, occupational and environmental safety policies in all culinary and kitchen operations.
• You will be attending meetings on behalf on Aramark with Client company and Senior members of NHS.
• Accountable for stock flow and rotation of products
• Placing orders and stock rotation, carrying out regular stock takes and completing the relevant back office paperwork.
• Handle customer/patient complaints as required 
• Direct and coach team members to learn procedures and standards for all kitchen tasks, ensuring all training and development needs are met 

You'll be set up for success if:

• An approved catering qualification at diploma/degree level, minimum level NVQ Level 3 and  5 years industry experience, 2 of which were at management or department head level with ideally experience within the Healthcare sector.
• Demonstrates excellent people management skills with experience of managing large teams of staff.
• A high degree of knowledge of Food Hygiene including HACCP.
• The ability to manage in a diverse and pressurised environment with a focus on client and customer services.
• Commercially focused, experience with budgets and a proven ability to achieve stretching commercial targets.

If this role appeals to you, then apply now and show us the value you will bring. 
Job Reference 573593
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About Aramark

At Aramark UK, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is valued and empowered to thrive. As a proud Disability Confident employer, we actively encourage applications from individuals of all abilities and are dedicated to supporting employees with disabilities throughout their career journey.

We ensure our recruitment process is accessible, and reasonable adjustments are available at every stage, from application to interview and employment. If you require any accommodations or have any questions, please reach out to our recruitment team – careers@aramark.co.uk 

Join us in fostering a workplace where everyone can achieve their full potential.