Chef Manager in Plymouth, Devon

Group Chef Manager – Temp-to-Perm

Location: Plymouth
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Job Type: Temp-to-Perm
Working Pattern: Predominantly Monday–Friday, with occasional out-of-hours requirements

Altura Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of our client for an exciting Group Chef Manager opportunity in Plymouth.

We are looking for an experienced and commercially focused Group Chef Manager to take responsibility for catering, food service and hospitality operations across multiple locations.

This is an excellent temp-to-perm opportunity for an experienced catering or hospitality professional who is confident leading large teams, managing budgets and P&L, developing client relationships and driving consistently high standards across multiple sites.

The Role

As Group Chef Manager, you will be responsible for the overall delivery and performance of catering and hospitality operations across a multi-site contract.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and managing catering, food service and hospitality operations across multiple locations.
• Developing and implementing business strategies to achieve revenue, profit and growth objectives.
• Building and maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Ensuring consistently high levels of customer satisfaction and service delivery.
• Overseeing catering events, conferences, hospitality functions and special events.
• Managing budgets, P&L performance, food costs, labour costs and financial reporting.
• Recruiting, training, coaching and developing management and frontline teams.
• Ensuring full compliance with food safety, health & safety and regulatory requirements.
• Monitoring KPIs and implementing action plans where required.

About You

We are looking for someone with a strong background in multi-site catering, hospitality, facilities management or a similar service environment.

You will ideally have:

• Proven experience managing multi-site catering or hospitality operations.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience with full P&L responsibility.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting and cost control.
• A proven track record of building effective client and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong knowledge of food safety legislation, health & safety and regulatory compliance.
• Excellent leadership and people-management skills.
• Experience recruiting, coaching and developing large operational teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• The confidence and credibility to work with senior stakeholders and operational teams at all levels.

What's on Offer?

• Temp-to-perm opportunity
• Salary of up to £40,000 per annum once permanent
• Predominantly Monday–Friday working pattern
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Generous annual leave, increasing with service
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Access to a wide range of employee discounts and benefits
• 24/7 employee assistance programme
• Mental health support
• Opportunities to attend company events and experience a variety of culinary and hospitality experiences

If you have the experience and leadership skills required for this position, Altura Recruitment would love to hear from you.