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Executive Chef, Ready Meal Production kitchen, London

Employer
Focus Management Consultants Ltd
Location
London
Salary
£37000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Closing date
19 Jul 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development, Other Job Function
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details



You don't have to wear luminous lycra or sweat bands to motivate... Although, it worked for Derrick!

Motivation... what's yours?

Just as important... what's your teams?

GMTV hired a flamboyant fitness instructor to get the nation jumping out of bed each day. His was as famous for his outlandish outfits and gregarious personality as he was for his aerobic sessions. When you don't really know your audience or their personal motivations you need a hook, right?

This opportunity is different (thank goodness!)- because here, you'll be motivating a team of professionals, trained to do their jobs to perfection in a large production kitchen that produces millions of ethnic ready meals each week.

Even though Chefs have been known to sport funkadelic trousers on occasion - the leadership and motivation you instil for a successful production shift stem from knowing you start with the finish in mind.

Your team of production Chefs work to clinical standards, with an eye on the finished product throughout the whole process. Just as in hospitality, once service is done, there's a collective sigh of relief and an acknowledgement everyone delivered what they had to, when they had to.

This new position is going to give you the same group high-fives as you manage the production process which sees hundreds of staff creating ready meals for millions of customers, nationwide in the UK's leading supermarkets.

As an experienced Executive Chef, you'll be used to leading and motivating your brigades. They could have been spread across a variety of service styles (from Banqueting to Brasserie, A La Carte and back to Room Service). You may well have been responsible for multiple-sites. This man-management and multi-tasking capability will be utilised to its fullest here.

Central production operations are key to ensuring the right products are delivered to a demanding, expectant and ever-hungry customer base (excuse the pun). It all begins with the quality and process that enable the kitchen and its factory run at its optimum, as smoothly as can be.

This company has been at the forefront of their industry for decades. Not only do they supply the nation but they serve the local community too. A large employer for the local area, it has a broad ethnic mix amongst the workforce in a multicultural environment who hold tight their family values and traditions. As you can imagine, they instil immense pride in the company's history and its future.

The role does require you have the Executive Chef and management experience. Also, English language skills accompanying Hindi, Punjabi and/or Gujarati.

Apply now or call me on...

Tel: +44 (0)1625 560778 REF. FTL895256

Follow Focus Management on Twitter @foodjob

Company

Founded in 1990, Focus delivers excellent recruitment solutions in the changing world of the food and drink industry. We are proud of our talented team of knowledgeable recruitment specialists covering all functions and sectors offering a bespoke service for our clients.

We provide Permanent and Interim recruitment solutions across Manufacturing, Retail, Foodservice, Food Technology, Product Development, Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, HR, Sales & Marketing from Graduate to Board Level.

We’ve worked across the globe, recruiting for start-ups through to large international organisations. We have helped and made a real difference to a vast array of clients working collaboratively as they recruit the very best talent to support their strategies.

Our guiding principles and culture are built on 3 pillars:

  • An employee-owned business where we all thrive A business with a culture of pride, trust, kindness and wanting to be the BEST
  • An environment that embraces lifestyle goals offering balance, fun and an engaging place to work

 

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