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Position:Head of Food
Location: 55-57 The Pavement, Clapham, London, SW4 0JQ, United Kingdom
Salary: £55k-40h basis-Monday to Friday
Fancy joining the Megan's Support Office?
- Do you have a passion for food & drink with a minimum of 3 years' work experience in similar role? Keen to work for the winner of the 2022 best emerging concept award?
- Are you currently in a Head of Food role but looking for experience in a bigger, growing company? If you answered yes to these questions then look no further and apply!
The Role
- As Head of Food, you will be in charge of all things food & drink. You will drive the direction of our menu and manage the new menu launch process into our restaurants
- You will work alongside our Executive Chef, Sercan, who created our Mediterranean inspired menu to develop new items for our menu.
- You will be the guardian of our theoretical GP, collaborating closely with Finance on pricing strategy, & Supply Chain on cost of goods
- You will have a strong operational focus, ensuring all new menu items are easy to execute & deliver consistently across our sites
- You will be in charge of all food related systems, such as EPOS, recipe management, nutrition & allergens
- Megan’s began its life as small antique shop on the Kings Road in 2002. We have since opened in more neighbourhoods & Megan’s has blossomed into the much-loved community hub that it is today
The Day to Day
New Menu Launches
- Drive the direction of our food & drink offering, keeping up to date with food & drink trends, competitor activity & using data to influence decisions
- Lead our new menu launches, from conception through to delivery in sites, including but not limited to:Oversee development of new items, writing briefs for the executive chef & leading drinks development
Work closely with finance to decide pricing strategy & ensure theoretical GP is in line with business KPIs
Manage trial process
Lead training of new items out into the business
Follow up to ensure launch is being correctly & consistently delivered in sites
- Monthly item sales analysis to evaluate menu performance & identify areas for improvement
Lead Commercial Department
- Lead food & commercial strategy, aligning to business goals to support the overarching business strategy
- Deliver ad-hoc projects as required by the business, such as new food & drink offerings to drive sales or cost saving initiatives
- Work closely with Marketing to deliver food & drink offerings for Marketing campaigns & business initiatives
- Work closely with Supply Chain to source new SKUs, mitigate inflation & optimise supply chain to create savings
Back of House Operations
- Strong operational focus to ensure dishes can be delivered efficiently & consistently within our kitchen & bar model
- Optimise kitchen & bar processes & tools for simplicity, efficiency & consistency
- Work closely with operations to ensure food quality & consistency across our sites
Stock & Systems
- Liaise with finance and procurement on stock processes and support where needed
- Manage Enterprise recipe management system
- Manage Zonal EPOS system
- Manage Nutritics
- Manage Tenkites allergen guide & modification guide
Experience & Qualities Criteria
- 3 years experience in a similar role within the hospitality industry
- You will be creative with a passion for food & drink
- Experience developing food & drink for a multi-site business
- Tech savvy and computer-literate with strong office-based computer skills (particularly Excel and PowerPoint), comfortable analysing large datasets on excel
- Commercially minded with strong attention to detail
- Proactive self-starter, open to change and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
- A flexible ‘hands-on’ approach – must be comfortable in a kitchen, behind the bar & behind a laptop
- Excellent communication skills, able to build good relationships with suppliers, colleagues and key stakeholders
- Excited by the business and opportunities for personal development
At Megan’s we pride ourselves on being able to give our team the best incentives and development opportunities in the industry. So as our new Head of Food, you will receive a competitive salary (depending on experience), an unlimited supply of our incredible food and drinks when working, a 50% discount when dining with your family & friends, as well as flexible working, with our support team base being our lovely Clapham Old Town restaurant!
We live by our core values in everything we do:
We are Team Players – We are Results Driven – We are Adaptable – We have Grit.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From £55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Matching gift scheme
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Supplemental pay types:
- Quarterly bonus
Experience:
- Supervising experience: 1 year (preferred)
- Restaurant management: 1 year (preferred)
- Bar management: 1 year (preferred)
- Hospitality: 1 year (preferred)
- Customer service: 1 year (preferred)
- Management: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- London, SW4 0JQ (preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- London, SW4 0JQ: Relocate before starting work (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Expected start date: 01/09/2023
