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Contributory pension scheme
Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
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Ensure all contracts are compliant and run commercially in line with net growth and retention targets. Drive central marketing and promotional activity in order to grow sales. Build strategic client relationships to ensure retention of contracts is maintained.
More about the role:
You will monitor, control financial performance and maintain costs within the budgeted targets, making sure all ordering and stock are within budget.
Establish and maintain relationships with individuals at all levels within the Company and the Client organisations.
To ensure that the Company and Client standards are met as well as financial targets, administration, compliance and reporting procedures are carried out.
Monitor and support your team, recognise training needs and potential as appropriate.
Hold team meetings on a regular basis to communicate targets and achievements.
As an Area Chef Manager you will be working closely with your Operations Manager to prepare budgets; achieve and maintain the food cost in accordance with the budget.
Develop and evolve all client’s services at locations, ensuring regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented.
Comply with Company and statutory policies and procedures and regulations.
Who you are:
Good Chef skills Essential
Good knowledge and experience of working with food
People Management
Results Orientation
Proven experience in managing successful teams remotely
Multi-site operational experience in a similar role
Experience of leading and managing teams to deliver results
Track record of growing sales and retaining business
Foodservice or similar background
Previous budget management and/or profit & loss responsibility
Ability to communicate effectively to senior stakeholders
About Us
Part of Compass Group UK&I, Chartwells is the leading provider of catering and support services to the education sector. For over a quarter of a century, Chartwells has been focusing on helping those in education to build strong bodies, sharp minds and lead long healthy lives. Every week, Chartwells serves millions of nutritious and delicious meals to pupils and students in primary and secondary schools, academies, independent schools, colleges, and universities across the UK. Chartwells is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and a Children's Barred List check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and we ask applicants to declare all previous convictions and cautions in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
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Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength