General Catering Manager (Multi-Site)

Location: Luton

Salary: up to £45,000 per annum, depending on experience

Contract: 40 hours, 7 day operation

We're looking for an experienced and ambitious General Catering Manager to lead a newly mobilising multi-site catering contract in Luton. This is an exciting opportunity for a proven catering professional who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys building high-performing teams, and is passionate about delivering exceptional food and service experiences.

As the senior catering leader across multiple outlets, you'll play a key role in establishing operational excellence from day one. You'll work closely with both client stakeholders and site teams, embedding best practice, developing capability, and creating a culture built on service, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

This role will suit someone who enjoys being highly visible within an operation, is comfortable leading through change, and has a genuine talent for coaching, mentoring, and developing others.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the change management and ongoing management of a multi-site catering operation.
• Driving excellence in food quality, customer experience, health & safety, and financial performance.
• Building strong relationships with client stakeholders and becoming a trusted operational partner.
• Coaching, developing, and supporting managers and frontline teams to achieve their full potential.
• Implementing consistent standards, processes, training programmes, and ways of working across all locations.
• Monitoring performance and identifying opportunities to improve service delivery, engagement, and operational efficiency.
• Managing budgets, labour costs, purchasing, and commercial performance across the contract.
• Creating a positive, customer-focused culture where colleagues feel supported, engaged, and motivated to succeed.