Operations Manager
Ref: 2024-61815
Job Information
Advert Closing Date:
08/05/2024
Contractual Hours:Full-time
Location:Cambridge, CB1 1AA
Working Environment
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and enthusiastic Operations Manager to lead the operation of our schools based within the Peterborough/Cambridgeshire areas. Reporting to the Operations Director, you will be accountable for a large multi-trust.
Our Education division is 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 & development.
Job Description
To be successful for the Operations Manager position, you will be from a catering background with relevant experience managing clients and leading diverse internal teams, including General Managers.
You will have a comprehensive support network to help you in your role, which, combined with your commercial awareness, you will use to drive continuous growth.
On occasions travel outside of the Peterborough/Cambridgeshire areas will be required
Key responsibilities:
- Leading and coaching site managers and service champions within your patch
- Creating a platform for financial growth
- Excellent cost control
- Innovative menu planning with specified budgets
- Overseeing site management within your area of responsibility
- Recruiting and developing a high calibre of site managers
- Building internal and external relationships
- Regular liaison with clients
Working Pattern: Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Skills and Experience
In this role:
- Proven experience in contract catering within a field-based role
- Leadership qualities, inspiring and motivating a large, diverse team
- Confidence with numbers
- Profit and loss management
- Experience within a similar sector is desirable
If this role excites you, then we want to hear from you.
Benefits
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.
We offer a salary of £45k plus 15% KPI performance-related bonus and a company car
FREE On-Site Lunches: Enjoy complimentary lunches, saving you time & money while ensuring you stay nourished & energised throughout the day.
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
- Hybrid Working Model: Collaborate & innovate in the office three days a week while enjoying focused work-from-home days
- Holiday Allowance: Relax & recharge with 33 days of holiday (inc bank holidays)
- Additional Holiday Purchase Option: Customise your time off by purchasing extra holidays
- Family Leave: Prioritise family commitments with flexible leave options
- Paid Charity Leave: Make a positive impact with two additional paid days for charity work
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
- Healthcare cover
Keeping Finances & Wellbeing in Mind:
- Life assurance, workplace pension schemes, discounts, cashback, entertainment, leisure discounts, & a cycle-to-work scheme
Why it’s Great to Work for Us
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!
About Us
At Elior we're enriching lives, everywhere, every day. Feeding children in schools, loved ones in hospitals and care homes, sports fans in stadiums, visitors in heritage sites and teams in the workplace.
We are a multi-award-winning global player in the hospitality sector, founded in 1991 with over 105,000 colleagues worldwide, serving over 4 million guests every day. In the UK, our dedicated team serve our customers across 1200 locations.
Because of our success and stability, we can offer you excellent career opportunities where you will be nurtured and supported to fulfil your potential. We are renowned for looking after our people, with 87% of our colleagues feeling proud to work with us, and we are committed to delivering delicious and healthy food, which is ethically sourced.
And we're committed to looking after the planet, supporting the community, cutting food waste and supporting wellbeing. We've lots to shout about with our strong and united approach in tackling many important global sustainability issues.
This role sits within our education division – catering for students. Dedicated to providing high-quality, nutritious food for our younger generation, we're 100% committed to supporting a healthy diet. At Taylor Shaw, we're driven by the knowledge that young people deserve and need the best food for their wellbeing; we do food with a difference.
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