Senior Catering Manager

Job Facts

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification in food and beverage services or hospitality or culinary arts is preferred
• Driver’s License is required
• In depth knowledge of the catering environment
• Knowledge of South African and industry-specific laws
• Excellent problem-solving ability
• Ability to arrange exceptional functions
• Ability to balance the budget and save on soft costs
• Ability to draft and analyse reports
• Ability to be innovative and creative
• Manage daily operations of the assigned unit in accordance with sector strategy, contract specifications, and statutory regulations
• Implement an effective and efficient food production process
• Provide great quality service to clients
• Manage the execution of creative functions
• Execute menu planning, standardisation, adoption and costing
• Monitor the kitchen to ensure the cooks are using standardized recipes and quality of food is of the highest standard
• Oversee daily bookkeeping procedures including capturing of issues, sales, stock, banking, etc.
• Effectively manage and monitor gross profit as per the budgeted targets
• Ensure minimum & maximum stock levels are maintained
• Ensure the electronic meal ordering system is fully functional and utilised optimally
• Effectively manage HSE daily to ensure all records are up to date
• Effectively manage people (i.e. staffing – workforce planning, payroll administration, leave management, performance management)
• Ensure strict adherence of service levels according to the client service level agreement
• Key areas of responsibility:
• in highly commercial and sensitive markets is compulsory
• Senior Catering Management
• in a hospitality/catering industry would be an advantage
• Implementation of change programmes, unit mobilization
• is advantageous
• of working within brand guidelines to deliver results
• in costing, budgets, forecasts and invoicing is advantageous
• in managing successful departments/teams
• Excellent operations and people management
• Excellent communication
• Profit improvement
• an absolute must
• Effectively manage the Customer
• (through surveys and using data to improve the service offering)
• By applying for a role within Empact Group (Proprietary) Limited, all Personal Information that you provide to the Company will be held and/ or stored securely for the

Responsibilities

• The successful applicant will be responsible for managing the assigned unit in accordance with sector strategy, contract specifications, and statutory regulations. The candidate will have oversight of the food production process, ensure exceptional client relations, the provision of a quality food service for clients and manage the execution of creative functions.
• of recruitment. Your Personal Information will be stored electronically in a database. Where appropriate, some information may be retained in hard copy. In either event, storage will be secure and audited regularly regarding the safety and security of the information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information.