Food & Hospitality Manager for LEGO Campus/LEGO's head office

Are you a passionate manager with a heart for people, gastronomy and guest experiences? Do you want to be at the head of the gastronomy at LEGO®'s inspiring headquarters, LEGO Campus? Then we have a unique opportunity for you.
At Compass Group, we are looking for a skilled manager with a gastronomic background who can handle a demanding and inspiring role. You will have overall responsibility for catering and events at LEGOCampus, where you will run and develop the gastronomy and guest experience in the staff restaurant, in the meeting and conference department and in the Hospitality department. You will take on a major gastronomic leadership role, where the focus must be on leading and developing a passionate team of 35 employees, creating unique guest experiences for up to 1,600 daily guests and ensuring food of the highest quality.
You take the lead and set the direction for how you together create inspiring gastronomic experiences that reflect LEGO's playful and innovative culture. Your success in the role depends on your ability to engage and develop your employees, deliver high-quality food concepts and ensure the ultimate service experience.
You will be a central part of the management group, where you will work closely with the Restaurant Manager for LEGO's gourmet restaurant, Restaurant 1932, as well as your managerial colleagues in LEGO's other staff restaurants. In short, you become part of a community characterized by collaboration, learning and a passion for excellent foodservice.
Your most important tasks and areas of responsibility:

Management and employee development – Inspire, engage and develop your team to ensure well-being, cooperation and high quality in daily life.
Food quality and innovation – With your team and our Executive Chef, create inspiring food concepts and menus of the highest quality that match the diverse needs and cultural standards of the LEGO Campus.
Focusing on the guest experience – Setting the standard for excellent service and ensuring an overall experience that creates value for guests.
Planning and optimization - Ensure smooth operation with an overview of and follow-up on resources, staffing and finances.

We imagine that you:
Has solid experience in managing gastronomic teams and thrives in a role with responsibility for both people, quality and business. You are trained in gastronomy, have a passion for innovative food concepts and have several years of experience from similar leading roles with high requirements for coordination, overview and service. Then you are an inspiring leader who creates commitment and development among employees, you can communicate in both Danish and English, have business understanding and can work in a structured way with finances and optimization.
Your key skills and qualities:

Initiative and aware of responsibility - You are solution-oriented and energetic with a natural drive where you dare to take responsibility for your tasks and your staff.
Talent developer and motivational leader - You motivate, inspire and develop your team to create exceptional food and service experiences, and you are a natural talent developer.
Guest-focused mindset – You have an eye for a good service experience and know how to adapt food and experiences to the guests' needs.
Financial and business understanding: You have a strong structure and business understanding as well as experience with budgets, reporting and optimization of kitchen operations.

Compass Group offers
We offer you a unique position at LEGO Campus, where you get the opportunity to be part of an international group with a focus on professional development and management training. As a manager with us, you will experience an exciting and dynamic everyday life, where you will have both great freedom to create innovative guest experiences and a strong back office team to support you in your work. Your working hours will primarily be from Monday to Friday and between 06:00 and 14:00.
You will receive a competitive salary as well as an attractive pension scheme, health insurance and bonus scheme.
We process applications on an ongoing basis and close the posting when the right profile has been found. Access as soon as possible - send your application via the link today!
We collaborate with FUGL LEONHARDT. All applications and CVs will be processed in accordance with applicable GDPR regulations. If you have any questions about the position, you are very welcome to contact Connie & Suzette by email: [email protected] or by phone [phone removed]. 
We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to Compass Group.