Are you passionate about food, teamwork, and delivering exceptional service? Vertas is looking for a dedicated Catering Manager to join our Catering team.
Who are Vertas?
Vertas delivers trusted, integrated facilities management solutions across Great Britain. Our team of 5,000 colleagues provides a comprehensive range of facilities services, including cleaning, catering, property design, recruitment, transport, and environmental management. You'll find us putting the customer at the heart of everything we do, while prioritising our colleagues' health, safety and wellbeing.
About the Role:
Based at The Lodge Forest Cafe, Perthshire, FK8 3SX, you will be working 37.5 hours a week. As Catering Manager, you will help drive innovation, ensure food safety compliance and lead a team to provide nutritious meals for our customers. We are looking for colleagues with good time management skills, who can follow instructions, and enjoy working to high standards both independently while influencing overall service excellence.
Your responsibilities will include
- Communicating regularly with customers and clients to ensure a high level of service is being received.
- Supervision of the cafe including monitoring hygiene standards, staff training and all day-to-day operations of the kitchen and front of house.
- Undertake and lead a team in the preparation, cooking and service of food and drinks.
- Administrative work, including placing orders, cash handling, stock control and monitoring of food budgets.
- Checking and recording the amount, price and condition of all food/non-food deliveries and taking any necessary action required.
- To take responsibility for the standards of cleanliness and hygiene of kitchen premises and equipment whilst maintaining sufficient stock levels of cleaning materials.
- Controlling costs for consumables and staff labour to ensure the business is profitable.
Who are we looking for?
- Great customer service and communication skills
- Passion for sustainability
- A Team player providing an excellent service across the Vertas Group
- The ability to make the best decisions with Vertas in mind
- Listening and responding to colleagues, customers and suppliers to achieve the best outcome
- The ability to adapt and respond to change in a growing organisation.
What You'll Bring
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
- The right to work in the UK.
Apply Today
If you're ready to bring your skills to a company that values people and places, apply now and start your journey with Vertas
