Operations Support Manager

Welcome to IFG, we are one of the fastest growing, education catering companies in the country and were recently awarded Education Caterer of the year at the Foodservice Catey Awards.

Are you an experienced contract catering Operations Support Manager who still likes to be involved with Food?

Do you want to be part of a growing business with an industry-leading social impact agenda?

We’re not going to bore you with a long list of empty adjectives, we want one simple thing: awesome people to help us feed more children better food.

The role…

Job Title: Operations Support Manager

Area Covering: Basildon, Brentford and surrounding areas

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 45 hours per week

Working Weeks: 52 weeks per year (25 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays)

Pay Details: £38,000 per year plus car allowance of £3840 per year (paid monthly)

Benefits: Bonus potential of up to 10% ( Discretionary ) of salary based on performance, free meals on shift, uniform, pension and other great company benefits

What’s this all about?

Due to continued business growth an exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced Operations Support Managers to join our team. Geographically, you will support the operations manager across their portfolio of sites.

You will need multisite management experience, a passion for food and service and craft skills to support in the kitchen when needed

Can you...

Manage, inspire, and engage the teams?

Understand, track, and manage the schools’ restaurant profit contribution to the business, being conscious of our food and service offering and client expectations?

Meet with clients and stakeholders to build effective relationships, gain trust, and drive our shared goal of feeding more students, better food?

It’s all “me, me, me”

You will have managed at least 4 sites; managing and guiding the chef managers with the day-to-day running of the site as well as building excellent client relationships.

A chef by trade and still be happy to be in the kitchen when needed

You will be comfortable conversing at all levels, from the kitchen to the board room.

You will also be self-motivated, resilient, and highly organised; with an understanding of how to prioritise effectively.

You won’t be afraid of the Office suite and will be a dab hand at producing spreadsheets and presentations to show how well you’re doing

What’s in it for me?

We’ll give you a place to grow and a career to be proud of.

There are loads of free qualifications and career development opportunities to be had and we’ve got a staff discount scheme at over 850 retailers!

We also run monthly opportunities for the best teams to win shopping vouchers...

Next steps…

If you think you’ve got what it takes, and the times above suit you, we’d love to hear from you!

An interview and kitchen visit will be required for this role.

IFG are committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which IFG will pay for.

We are a committed equal opportunities employer - if you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail within your application. All information is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirements.