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Excel Recruitment is seeking an experienced Area Catering Manager to support a busy contract catering operation across Dublin and Leinster.

This multi-site regional role is ideal for a hands-on hospitality, food-service or contract catering manager who enjoys leading teams, improving service standards, solving day-to-day operational challenges and building strong client relationships across a varied regional portfolio.

Benefits of the Area Catering Manager role:

• Competitive salary with performance bonus
• Company car
• Company pension scheme
• Tailored training and leadership development
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme

Responsibilities of the Area Catering Manager:

• Support the day-to-day management of multi-site catering operations across Dublin and Leinster
• Work closely with the Senior Management Team to deliver operational targets, service quality and commercial performance
• Build trusted relationships with clients, site contacts and internal stakeholders
• Visit sites regularly to support Unit Managers, review standards and resolve operational issues
• Coach, mentor and motivate catering teams to improve performance, engagement and consistency
• Support contract mobilisation, new openings and changes to service delivery
• Monitor compliance with food safety, HACCP, health and safety, quality and company standards
• Review KPIs, budgets, labour controls and operational reports to identify improvements
• Support recruitment, onboarding and training activity across the region
• Drive consistent food-service, customer experience and client satisfaction across all locations

Requirements for the Area Catering Manager:

• Previous experience in contract catering, hospitality, food-service, facilities management or a similar service environment
• Strong people management experience, ideally across multiple sites or a busy operational portfolio
• Confident leading, coaching and developing Unit Managers and frontline teams
• Strong client relationship skills and a professional, solutions-focused approach
• Good commercial awareness, with experience reviewing KPIs, budgets, labour and operational performance
• Knowledge of food safety, HACCP, health and safety and quality standards
• Excellent planning, communication and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and preparing clear operational updates
• Full clean driving licence and flexibility to travel regularly across Dublin and Leinster
• Experience supporting new openings, mobilisation projects or contract changes would be a strong advantage

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated catering or hospitality manager who wants a bigger regional role, more variety and the chance to make a visible impact across a respected contract catering portfolio.

To apply, send your CV today or contact Kevin for a confidential chat on 087 381 3866

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