Contracts and Development Manager (Catering): Northallerton

Contracts and Development Manager (Catering)

Salary: £37,035 - £41,511 per annum

Grade: JK

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location:  Hybrid – office location, County Hall, Northallerton, will be required to be in the office 1 or 2 days per week - this will be flexible to meet business need

 

 

We are looking for an experienced individual, to join our high performing Technical Support Team as our Contracts and Development Manager. This is a very exciting and varied role for someone experienced in school catering and wanting to progress their career.


Our Service


NYES Catering provide school meals to over 200 schools across North Yorkshire and the North East of England, including Hull.  As part of North Yorkshire Council, the service is customer focussed and driven to provide exceptional standards of food service, and the best possible experience for all.


The Role


This primary focus of the role will be to lead the production and development of menus, within a set budget and adhering to the school food standards and other legislation such as allergen management.  To support in this, you will line manage three Development Chefs whose primary role is menu development, and ensuring our management information system is up to date, with all nutritional information.  You will oversee this ensuring the team are fully supported, appraised and you will ensure the accuracy of information.  You will liaise with suppliers to trial new food products, trends and innovation that will support the uptake of meals and the overall growth of the service.


The role also includes the management of our supplier contracts, such as meat and frozen, ambient goods, and fruit and veg.  You will lead on procurement activities on behalf of the service and be the key link between the service and the corporate procurement team.  Holding regular contract review meetings with suppliers, you will ensure all KPI’s are met, and any supplier complaints are dealt with promptly, ensuring best value is received from our suppliers.


You will take responsibility for marketing of the service, liaising with our corporate marketing team, ensuring menus are well designed, printed and distributed, both in paper and via PDF, alongside any other required media.  You will lead on branding projects within schools and internal and external communications, such as staff and customer newsletters.  You will also support the management team with the production of tenders for new work as required.  You will line manage a Contracts and Development Officer, who will support you with data input onto our saffron management system and provide day to day support. You will be required to travel to suppliers and customers as part of the role, for which a mileage allowance will be paid.

 

What you will bring

You will have knowledge of current guidance and legislation with respect to food safety, allergen control and special diets, health and safety regulations, risk management and COSHH.

 

You will also have:

·       Understanding of the importance of healthy nutrition and good dietary habits of young people and older adults

·       Knowledge and understanding of good catering practice and correct working procedures in a kitchen environment.

·       Knowledge and understanding of cleaning industry and best practice.

·       Working in good quality catering establishments including the cooking and service of food or in a relevant supplier or people management role within the catering or cleaning industry.

·       Experience of quality systems management

·       Experience of managing and evaluating contract/service performance

 

What can we offer you?

 When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and wellbeing plan as part of your position. Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days rising to 34 days (pro-rata) per year with continued service, plus public holidays. Pension: save for your retirement with our generous local government pension scheme. Fitness & Rewards: Fitness discounts with various Gyms across the county. Stay on top of your game and save £££. Lifestyle Savings: explore a huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers. Plus lots more…

 

Contact and Apply


For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Lee Ramsay, Operations & Strategy Manager on 01609 535317 (available between 6th – 10th January)


Applying is easy, simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.  Please let us know your motivation for applying for this position, how you meet the criteria and what you feel you could bring to the role in the supporting evidence section of the application form.

 

Key Dates:

Closing date: 12th January, midnight

Interview date: 20th January 2025

Interview location: County Hall, Northallerton

 

Key Documents:

Job Description

Total Rewards Brochure

 

 

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. 

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It  has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contracts and Development Manager (Catering): Northallerton
Location: County Hall Campus
Town: Northallerton
Salary: £37,035 - £41,511 per annum
Posted: 19/12/2024
Closing date: 12/01/2025
Closing time: 23:59