Catering Stores Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role involves managing the catering stores, including ordering, receiving, and issuing food items, dry goods, and cleaning materials. The manager will be responsible for ensuring compliance with food safety regulations, managing stock rotation, and maintaining accurate records. Key duties include checking deliveries, managing storage space, and coordinating with suppliers and the Catering Service Manager to maintain stock levels.
Essential criteria
- An English language qualification / GCSE or equivalent
- Ability to achieve as a minimum the Foundation Food Safety certificate or it's equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
- Foundation Food Hygiene Certificate
- Customer Care training
- Health and Safety training
- Skills and abilities
- Ability to use own initiative with minimum supervision
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Good communicator both verbal and written
- Capability to follow instructions
- Ability to work within set deadlines
- Ability to co-ordinate multiple tasks
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Able to delegate tasks appropriately
- Understanding of what constitutes good customer service
- Knowledge and Experience
- Knowledge & understanding of the importance of document control & processes
- Knowledge of food hygiene regulations
- Customer Care awareness
- Knowledge of Food Hygiene Act and Regulation
- Knowledge of hospital Catering Services
- Health and Safety at Work
- Knowledge of the NHS and its working environment
- Flexibility
- Integrity and discretion
- Organised and methodical in approach to work
- Good communication Skills
- Calm under pressure
- Team worker
- Creative
- Outgoing, friendly personality
- Other
- Ability to build up good relationships with staff at all levels, especially
- Education and qualifications
- An English language qualification / GCSE or equivalent
- Ability to achieve as a minimum the Foundation Food Safety certificate or it's equivalent qualification
- Foundation Food Hygiene Certificate
- Customer Care training
- Health and Safety training
- Skills and abilities
- Ability to use own initiative with minimum supervision
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Good communicator both verbal and written
- Capability to follow instructions
- Ability to work within set deadlines
- Ability to co-ordinate multiple tasks
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Able to delegate tasks appropriately
- Understanding of what constitutes good customer service
- Knowledge and Experience
- Knowledge & understanding of the importance of document control & processes
- Knowledge of food hygiene regulations
- Customer Care awareness
- Knowledge of Food Hygiene Act and Regulation
- Knowledge of hospital Catering Services
- Health and Safety at Work
- Knowledge of the NHS and its working environment
- Flexibility
- Integrity and discretion
- Organised and methodical in approach to work
- Good communication Skills
- Calm under pressure
- Team worker
- Creative
- Outgoing, friendly personality
- Other
- Ability to build up good relationships with staff at all levels, especially
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £31,554 – £33,270 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 10d ago · Closes in 5d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
To be responsible for ordering/requisitioning, receipting (physical and online receipting) of delivered items, checking delivery notes against orders, in compliance with the departments operating procedures
To initiate procurement request using the Trust Electronic Requisitioning Ordering System, PECOS and PIM
To manage available storage space in line with the department's operational policies and procedures
To be responsible for issuing food items, dry goods and cleaning materials
To be responsible for completing food safety checks relating to temperature sensitive food items
To be responsible for checking fridge and freezer temperature
To be responsible for completing requisitions manual and electronic, ensuring stocks of food and non-food consumable products are maintained at the agreed levels, adjusting stock levels in consultation with the Catering Service Manager
To be responsible for ensuring that audit frameworks are maintained for the receipt and issuing of catering commodities
To be responsible for the management of stock rotation within your control, in accordance with the departments operational policies
Main duties of the job
1.1 To receive deliveries, checking details of goods delivered against the order and the delivery note, ensuring temperatures and food safety criterions are complied with
1.2 To undertake the storage of deliveries;
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