Chef Manager

Chef Manager - Sudbury

Job type: Permanent, Full time. 40 hours per week. Monday Friday with occasional weekend support. Salary: up to £35,000 per annum depending on experience + Sodexo rewards and benefits. Location: Northern Road, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2XD.

About the Role

Are you a passionate culinary leader who thrives on creating exceptional food experiences? Sodexo is looking for a Chef Manager to lead our catering and hospitality service in Sudbury. You'll be at the heart of delivering outstanding meals, motivating a talented team, and ensuring every guest leaves impressed. Experience with stock control, GP, ordering, KPIs, and audits is a bonus.

What you'll do

• Lead the catering team to deliver high-quality food, exceptional service, and strong profitability.
• Oversee daily operations, including health & safety, compliance, facilities, and staff engagement.
• Be the main contact for clients and stakeholders, ensuring smooth, seamless service.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, allergen management, hygiene, COSHH, fire, and statutory regulations.
• Manage audits, inspections, budgets, food costs, and labour efficiently.
• Plan menus, promotions, rotas, and finances for flawless service.
• Prepare, cook, and oversee food service across all catering and hospitality areas.
• Inspire your team through coaching, motivation, and leadership.
• Uphold the Sodexo brand and exceed guest expectations.
• Deliver sales, food costs, and GP targets while applying best practices.

What you'll bring

• Leadership skills to inspire a team of front of house and kitchen staff.
• Commitment to high standards in food, service, and customer satisfaction.
• Ability to drive financial and operational success while delivering memorable experiences.
• Proactive approach to problem solving, client engagement, and team development.

Benefits

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Ireland's enhanced benefits and leave policies

Why Sodexo?

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We're a Disability Confident Leader employer. We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.