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Operational optimisation & Development Chef, Leeds
Division: Elior Support Services
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 6ce2169aab2e
Job Views: 12
Posted: 26.04.2025
Expiry Date: 10.06.2025
Job Description:
General information
Operational optimisation & Development Chef Ref: 2024-66255
Division: Elior Support Services
Advert Closing Date: 07/09/2024
Contractual Hours: Full-time
Salary: £43,000
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday - 37.5 hours a week
Location: Leeds, LS7 4SA
Join our team!
We are seeking an Operational optimisation & Development Chef to join our team
This role sits within our Hospitals division, catering for visitors and NHS teams. Taking care of some of the most renowned hospitals in the country, we know that healthy, nutritional food is critical to patient recovery. Distinguished by our warmth of service, our focus is always customer first, which is why nutrition is at the heart of everything we do.
This is a national role with a company car provided
What you'll be doing...
As the Operational optimisation & Development Chef, you will drive kitchen efficiency and effectiveness in our retail hospitals through process, menu, and resource optimisation.
Key Accountabilities:
* Creating and implementing standard operating models for hospital kitchens, supporting a move to in-house production of key categories
* Delivering sales growth and improved profitability through kitchen optimisation and menu engineering
* Supporting the implementation of concept launches and menu changes, ensuring successful commercial activities
* Coordinating and optimising seasonal pop-ups and concepts
* Working with the central team on menus and concepts to ensure market-leading offers
* Supporting teams with kitchen and skills training
* Understanding equipment innovations, commercialising opportunities, and scaling across the estate
* Spending time in operational units to observe, support implementation, and develop relationships with senior teams
Working Pattern:
Monday to Friday - 37.5 hours a week
What can you bring?
In this role:
* Experience managing a food team across multi-site brands
* Ability to develop innovative ideas, challenge the status quo, and take an entrepreneurial approach
* Exceptional attention to detail
* A creative problem-solving mindset
* Excellent investigative and diagnostic skills
* Excellent organisational skills
* In-depth understanding of the culinary landscape
* Mentor or manager of a chef team
* Experience influencing senior stakeholders and delivering presentations
* Good understanding of the market and competition
* Focus on profitable outcomes
* Ability to work at pace
* Understanding operational realities in units
Our way of saying thank you...
We offer a salary of £43,000 plus a company car and 15% KPI performance-related bonus.
Enjoy complimentary on-site lunches.
Support Your Way of Life:
* Flexible working options
* Hybrid working model
* Holiday allowance of 33 days including bank holidays
* Option to purchase extra holidays
* Flexible family leave
* Paid charity leave
Big Enough for Growth, Small Enough to Connect:
* Opportunities for career progression
Supporting You Through Life’s Ups & Downs:
* Mental health support and wellbeing benefits
Keeping Finances & Wellbeing in Mind:
* Life assurance, pension schemes, discounts, cashback, leisure discounts, & cycle scheme
Why it’s great to work for us...
We are a multi-award-winning company with over 10,000 colleagues across various sectors, committed to an inclusive culture and employee pride.
Elior Celebrates Equality
We promote diversity and inclusion, providing an environment where colleagues can succeed and fulfill their potential.
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