Education Catering Account Manager - Bournemouth
The Package / Benefits / Opportunities:
Salary £35,000
Fuel card
Monday-Friday
Great opportunities to develop and progress.
Main Responsibilities:
Actively work with schools to produce bespoke menus and meals.
Identify, through the information given by the school, any children with allergies.
To create new and exciting bespoke menus, specific to allergen requirements at each school and for every pupil.
To design and deliver menus in accordance with government guidelines.
To ensure that all menus produced are fully allergen checked.
To effectively demonstrate the use of the freshest ingredients to cook restaurant quality meals in schools.
To promote the ethos of healthy eating and provide nutritionally balanced, wholesome food in accordance with government food guidelines.
Assess and develop kitchen staffs cookery skills through use of best practice training, demonstration, and advice.
Desirable Skills
Ability to develop and empower others appropriately using a range of motivational skills.
Previous culinary/catering experience (3+ years).
Experience of target setting and performance measurement.
Catering experience in an educational setting
Experience of managing catering accounts
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Able to work effectively with colleagues from a range of backgrounds.
Good IT skills including Word, Excel, Outlook
JWR is currently working on an exciting opportunity with a leading, premium food service provider based in the Devon area, looking to recruit an experienced Catering Account Manager to support and drive the business forwards, focusing on their key accounts within the Education sector.
The main purpose of the job is to ensure that the deployment of the Catering offer happens smoothly and efficiently for schools across the client's portfolio, and for any new schools joining, in a secure and safe manner where the pupils and their safety and wellbeing come first. This is achieved through training of school staff, reviewing and where necessary the introduction of new processes in their kitchens and through the rigorous checking of products, nutrition and allergens going into school menus.
Our client is looking for an exceptional chef with experience from a quality fresh food background, that will support the business in delivering the efficient deployment and management of the companies produce within schools, with a focus on delivering 'a revolution' of the food currently being served in schools for pupils.
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