Operations Manager
- Recruiter
- Manchester City Council
- Location
- Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Salary
- Grade: 9 36,571 to £40,217 (bar at £39,267)
- Posted
- 14 Jun 2016
- Closes
- 04 Jul 2016
- Sectors
- Management
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Operations Manager
Manchester Fayre
Role No: NB50968329/05
Grade: 9 36,571 to £40,217 (bar at £39,267)
Manchester Fayre is the in-house catering provider for Manchester City Council who provide an Award winning catering service across the City. During the last year alone our professional and skilled workforce of circa 680 staff served over 5 million primary and secondary meals.
Operating in an increasingly competitive and challenging workplace, our vision is to become the preferred Education Catering supplier, by ensuring that the service provided to customers remains superior to that available from competitors. In order to achieve this we must ensure that Manchester Fayre has the commercial acumen, professionalism, expertise and skills set to enable us to position ourselves alongside competitors.
We are seeking a highly motivated Operations Manager with a proven track record to lead and manage a large team of 350 people delivering catering services at over 60 locations.
The role holder will develop and deliver of a range of service, contractual and financial plans and have responsibility for service development, legislative compliance, budgetary control, workforce development, marketing, menu planning and contract management.
Manchester Fayre works with a broad and diverse range of clients, customers and stakeholders; a key element of this role is to develop and sustain positive and responsive customer relationships both personally and through the management team and workforce.
The successful candidate must have a relevant catering management degree or equivalent and be able to demonstrate a proven history of successful management within a multi site catering environment within the public sector.
Closing date – 4 July 2016