Operations Director - London

London, England, United Kingdom

12/6/2024

At Gather & Gather, we are known as one of the UK & Irelands most distinctive workplace catering experts, we are passionate about great food and great coffee and putting our employees and customers at the heart of everything that we do. We are currently recruiting for an Operations Director to work with us covering business & industry sites in London & the Southeast. This is an exciting, permanent opportunity to play a pivotal role within our senior leadership team and an opportunity to truly drive innovation, push boundaries and reach potential.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for executing operational delivery of circa £30 million revenue to agreed company standards
• Accountable for the business commercial performance, through proactive strategic planning and value propositions
• Developing, improving and implementing operations and production plans to meet company goals
• To strive to continually exceed client expectations and provide excellent customer care
• Maximise contract retention and upselling in area of responsibility
• To motivate/lead a team of 4 regional operations managers to achieve great results, targets and develop teams and successors
  
  

Our Ideal Candidate Will

• Be an experienced Operations Director or ambitious Head of Operations within the contract catering Business & Industry sector
• Have a proven track record of managing P&L, volume of at least £15m revenue pa, strong financial and accounting experience
• Have successfully worked with a mix of clients & contracts
• Be passionate about food, self-motivated & driven
  
  

What's in it for you?

Working with Gather & Gather has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits and development opportunities to keep you content.

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Private medical eligibility
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy – including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Family friendly support
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Volunteering days
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers