Summary
- Salary
- Competitive
- Team
- Catering
- Location
- United Kingdom - Malmesbury Office
Shifts
Monday - Friday only
No nights, no evenings and no weekends
Location
Malmesbury
About us
Dyson is a global technology company with a unique philosophy - to solve problems that others ignore, first. It transforms every category it enters with radical and iconic re-inventions that work, perform and look very different. Dyson Estates consists of 160 properties including offices, RDD facilities, manufacturing sites and direct retail stores and is growing with the expansion of our HQ in Singapore – St James Power Station.
Five years ago 80% of Dyson’s business was full-sized vacuum cleaners. Today, its digital motor powered cordless vacuums, robots, Airblade hand dryers, bladeless fans, humidifiers, purifiers, heaters and Personal care are powering its growth in 75 countries around the world.
Dyson is rapidly expanding; in its new and core categories, and across all global markets. The next five years are going to be Dyson’s biggest and busiest yet. By 2025, there will be 100 new machines, 3 new product portfolios and Dyson’s headcount will have grown. With this pace of growth, these ambitious plans, and the complexities of global expansion, it is natural that Dyson is working towards creating great spaces to work in.
About the role
Our mission is to provide workspaces that matches our business aspirations. We create spaces that support our employee’s wellbeing and provide facilities that enable our people to have the best employee experience whilst at work.
The Assistant Chef Manager, supports the Chef Manager with the day to day operations and smooth running of a designated cafe, ensuring the quality and customer service standards are delivered. The Assistant Chef Manager is also responsible for the people management of some of the chefs and Kitchen Porters.
Accountabilities
Support the Chef Manager in the delivery of the smooth day to day running of the cafe, coaching and training the chefs and Kitchen Porters where required
Working closely with the Chef Manager to deliver all food requirements
Acting up to cover periods of absence for the Chef Manager ie. annual leave and sickness
Support the Chef Manager in embedding improvements and changes as instructed by Head Chef
Support the Chef Manager in making improvements to food quality, food standards, processes and ensure consistency.
Carry out recruitment with the Chef manager for direct reports ensuring onboarding plans are in place for your team
Ensure all mandatory and on the job training takes place for your team
Support the Chef manager in delivering food catering for Dyson events when required such events as board meetings, products launches etc
Ensure communications are cascaded to your team and run daily huddles in the absence of the Chef Manager
Attend Chef Manager meetings bringing ideas and suggestions for consideration
Lead your team ensuring pro-active management of performance in line with our High-Performance Culture, management of holidays and planning of duties
Work with the Catering Administrator to oversee ordering and controlling of food stock in the Chef Managers absence
Ensure compliance of H & S, COSHH and Food Hygiene standards within the cafe
Skills/Experience
Creative individual with a passion for good customer service and high quality fresh foods
An experience leader who understands the logistic and operations of running a in house catering offering
Experience of leading a small team
Must thrive working in a fast-paced environment
Strong communicator
NVQ Level 2&3 or equivalent in a relevant area
Contract Catering experience is desirable
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
