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Excel Recruitment is recruiting an experienced Catering General Manager for a leading contract catering business at a high-profile healthcare site in Dublin. This senior role oversees several busy food service outlets, leading a large team while maintaining high standards across food quality, service, compliance, and client relationships. It is a great opportunity for a commercially focused catering or hospitality leader with strong people management experience. Benefits of the Catering General Manager role • Pension contribution • Free on-site parking • Private medical insurance • Free meals on shift • Enhanced leave benefits • Employee discount portal and wellbeing supports • Cycle-to-work scheme • Recognition events and long-term career development opportunities • Access to accredited learning and progression pathways Responsibilities of the Catering General Manager: • Oversee daily catering operations across multiple food service areas on a busy healthcare site • Maintain consistently high standards of food quality, customer service, and operational delivery • Lead, coach, and develop a large multi-skilled team, including performance management, succession planning, and ongoing training • Create and deliver operational plans and strategic goals over a 12 to 24-month period • Build positive working relationships with clients, senior stakeholders, and site-based teams • Ensure the site remains fully compliant with HACCP, food safety, health and safety, and company standards • Manage budgets, financial targets, labour controls, and commercial performance across the operation • Drive improvements across menus, service delivery, sustainability, customer engagement, and team standards • Support recruitment, onboarding, training, rostering, and HR processes for the catering team • Use customer feedback, site data, and operational insight to improve the service and identify new opportunities Requirements of the Catering General Manager • Previous senior management experience in catering, hospitality, food services, or contract catering, ideally within healthcare or another high-volume environment • Strong people management skills with a hands-on, supportive, and coaching-led leadership style • Strong commercial awareness with proven experience managing budgets, labour, margins, and KPIs • Confident communicator who can build trust with teams, clients, suppliers, and senior stakeholders • Excellent attention to detail with a strong focus on compliance, quality, safety, and the customer experience • A positive and proactive approach, with a genuine interest in team development, service standards, and continuous improvement • Qualifications in hospitality management, food safety, catering management, or a related discipline would be an advantage If you’re a passionate and results-driven hospitality leader looking for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you. Apply with your CV below or contact Kevin for a confidential discussion 087 381 3866. #HospSenior