Operations Manager

4 weeks ago


South Island, New Zealand Cater Plus Services Full time

Who is Cater Plus?

Cater Plus is a company that prides itself on excellent service and works hard to deliver catering solutions that are innovative, reliable, and cost effective. From managing onsite cafés, providing catering for corporate functions, supporting kitchen operations delivering a high quality food service for staff, residents, patients or guests, we have the passion and experience to improve food service efficiencies and deliver superior solutions. Join our team, made up of over 550 individuals that live our values, and where people are what truly make this company stand out from the rest.

The role

In this role you will:

- Be responsible for driving day to day operations of a portfolio of kitchens currently 6 to 8 sites, with the potential to grow to 10 sites, including senior living kitchens, business and Industrial cafeterias, educational sites, and retail cafés, across the South Island.
- Reporting to the General Manager (Operations - South) and working with the wider business to implement development strategies and foster an engaged workforce.
- Manage and support the catering for functions whilst actively promoting Cater Plus and seeking out new business opportunities.

This is a multifaceted role which requires an experienced chef and manager who can think on their feet, be adaptive and who thrives in a fast-paced environment. We need someone who is commercially and financially savvy with a strong customer focus, and excellent stakeholder management skills. Experience in the catering or hospitality industry is essential as you will need to support site managers, understand their business and challenges, resolve problems, identify opportunities for improvement, and get in and roll your sleeves up to assist when necessary. Experience with multi-site management is essential.
- has a proven track record in developing working relationships with multiple stakeholders.
- displays an understanding of the food service sector and issues important to service delivery.
- thinks innovatively about new food trends, design, technology and executes effectively and within the budget guidelines.
- has experience in planning, coordinating, and executing functions and events to a high standard.
- can continually review and monitor budgets/contractual requirements, identify operational developments, and provide appropriate recommendations.
- can create high levels of engagement to drive the performance of teams to deliver outcomes.
- is able to create a culture of continuous quality improvement and effective team performance.

Most importantly we are looking for someone to fit our culture. You must be positive, self-managed with the right attitude to take ownership and execute success.


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