Catering Manager

Company Description

Title:

Catering Manager

Location:

Airdrie

Salary:
Up to £35,000 per annum

Monday to Friday working week - 45 hours per week

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Catering Manager with a background in exceptional food catering services to join us working at one of our high volume settings.

If you are passionate about team work, providing excellent customer service and leading a team, please get in touch.

The location operates five days a week Monday to Friday serving breakfast and lunch service. Preparation and cooking experience is essential to the role.

This is a great opportunity for a skilled manager to make a name for themselves within the food service industry and be a part of setting the new standard of client catering.

As Catering Manager your focus is to work closely with your teams to develop a great work relationship and together to provide the best customer service.

As well as having an excellent presentation, organisational and communication skills, you will be able to demonstrate a real passion for food & service and possess bags of enthusiasm.

• Prepare and cook our bespoke service offer, leading the team and utilising our clients product.
• Ensure budgeted cost-effective operations while maintaining quality standards.
• Establish strong relationships with key contacts at the location.
• Recruit, train, supervise and motivate catering staff.
• Ensure compliance with food safety regulations, hygiene standards, and quality control protocols.
• Identify opportunities for growth, innovation and improvement in menu offerings, service delivery and operational efficiency.
• Maintain strict adherence to health and safety regulations, ensuring a clean and organised kitchen environment.

• Proven experience as a Catering Manager or Chef Manager in a high-volume, quality-focused environment with a foodie outlook
• You can demonstrate that managing, training, and supporting a team has been an important part of your career to date.
• Financially astute, you are very analytical and know how to create and maintain budgets and drive commercial performance.
• Excellent coaching, delegation and influencing skills.
• Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and able to thrive under pressure.
• Ability to multitask, prioritise responsibilities, and adapt to changing circumstances in a fast-paced environment.
• Meticulous organisational abilities and a high attention to detail
• Empathetic, clear and highly effective verbal and written communication
• Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective.
• Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills.

28 Days holiday including bank holidays and your birthday off

3 volunteering days

3 days grandparent leave

24 week's enhanced maternity leave

Secondary career leave

Wedding/commitment day leave

Free meals on shift

Bespoke training and development opportunities

Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels

Pension and life insurance

Discounts available on our PERKBOX app; high street shops, holidays & cinema

Wellbeing hub

Access to employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that's an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve.

We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible.

We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of. Our drive and belief in our people, means that we always strive to supercharge our team's careers. 'Better' is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.

ALWAYS VISIONARY

We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.

WHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE

We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people.

CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE

We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.

FOREVER CONSCIOUS

We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.

Interested? Even if you don't meet all requirements, we like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn, we can work together to develop your potential.

Baxter Storey is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce.

The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each team member to feel respected and able to give their best.

And to support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ED&I (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) ambition to 'set the standard and to be recognised for having the most…