Contracts and Development Manager

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Full time
Location: Northallerton
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Job offered by: North Yorkshire Council
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Category:
Contracts and Development Manager (Catering)

Salary: £37,035 - £41,511 per annum

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 provides 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-focused and driven to provide exceptional standards of food service and the best possible experience for all.

The Role

The 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. 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 is fully supported and 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, 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 KPIs are met, and any supplier complaints are dealt with promptly, ensuring best value is received from our suppliers.

You will take responsibility for marketing 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 the cleaning industry and best practice.

Experience 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. 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, click apply to be directed to contact details and full advert.

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

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £47,419.00-£50,539.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discount

Flexitime

Free parking

Health & wellbeing programme

On-site parking

Relocation assistance

Sick pay

Store discount

Work from home

Schedule:

Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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