General Manager

Company; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food service company in Greater London is seeking a General Manager to oversee food service operations and manage team staff. The role includes developing client relationships, achieving financial targets, and enhancing food offerings. The ideal candidate should be innovative and well-versed in food hygiene training. Benefits include personal development opportunities, a pension scheme, and a great wellbeing strategy. The salary range is £60,000 to £65,000 annually.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Eye care

Wellbeing strategy

Healthcare Support App

Family friendly support

Holiday purchase scheme

Social events

Volunteering days

Recognition schemes

Long service awards

High street discount vouchers

Responsibilities

• Holding regular feedback sessions with customers and clients to ensure we are exceeding their food service expectations.
• Full of innovation and creativity to develop the food offering.
• Lead, develop and manage the team staff members, ensuring you and staff members are up to date with COSHH and Food hygiene training and any other relevant trainings.
• Develop and sustain strong working relationships with the relevant clients at the individual business.
• Ensure the site achieves the financial targets agreed with the client in line with the budget.

Job description

We are Company of Cooks, and we believe brilliant food and drink starts with brilliant people. For over 25 years, we’ve been part of some of the UK’s most loved cultural destinations, from historic palaces and botanical gardens to buzzing galleries and performance spaces, running the cafés, restaurants, bars and events that bring these incredible places to life.

Our values - Craft, Creativity and Community - guide everything we do. They shape how we work together, how we support our partners, and how we make each guest feel welcome. If you care about food, people and doing things properly, you’ll feel right at home here.

Wherever we are, we do more than serve. We bring places to life through food, service and creativity and we’re looking for a General Manager to join out team.

Location: London

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum

Working Pattern: 5 over 7 days, 40 hours per week

Key responsibilities

• Holding regular feedback sessions with customers and clients to ensure we are exceeding their food service expectations
• Full of innovation and creativity to develop the food offering
• Lead, develop and manage the team staff members, ensuring you and staff members are up to date with COSHH and Food hygiene training and any other relevant trainings
• Develop and sustain strong working relationships with the relevant clients at the individual business
• Ensure the site achieves the financial targets agreed with the client in line with the budget

What's in it for you?

Working with Company of Cooks has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy – including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
• Family friendly support
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• Volunteering days
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers

Company of Cooks officially formed part of CH&CO Catering Group Ltd in 2020.

AHonest Approach, A Passionate Team, Quietly Confident