Relief Operations Manager

Global Sourcing & Supply (GSS), a subsidiary of BMMI, is looking to recruit a skilful and capable Relief Operations Manager to provide leave cover for a variety of key positions at our USAID and Embassy project in Juba, South Sudan . You will rotate between Executive Chef, as well positions in accommodation, housekeeping and overall contract management positions, working with teams.
You will work with a high degree of independence, delivering excellence in service standards, ensuring contractual compliance as per client requirements and achieving financial targets.
This is a single status rotation based position (12 weeks on/3 off) in a difficult environment, and you will live in the Embassy compound whilst covering for colleagues.
To apply, please send a full, updated CV and a cover letter that addresses the required skills and experience. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
It is extremely important that you possess these behavioural competencies to fit with our culture as GSS and BMMI:
• Strong ethics and personal integrity
• Customer service focus
• Excellent communication and networking skills
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Taking initiative and is proactivity
• Strong collaboration and team working skills
• Focus on performance management
• Thinking strategically
Desired Experience:
• A minimum of eight years of professional catering experience as an Executive Chef at a 4/5 star hotel or equivalent relevant experience, as well as overseas involvement in remote sites and difficult environments, where little or no modern support infrastructure is available
• Five years of supervisory experience, or equivalent
• Experience in hospitality and facilities management in a contract environment, preferably in Africa
Education/Qualifications:
• Diploma or college degree, preferably in catering or a related field
• Professional qualifications in food safety and hygiene, hotel management etc.
• Health and safety qualifications
Skills:
• Food production and service
• Ability to train junior staff in catering/housekeeping etc.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic, other languages an advantage
• Contract management
• Project management
• Cost control
• Inventory and supply chain management
About this Company
BMMI operates across industries and continents distributing food, beverages and household goods, providing end-to-end supply chain solutions, and delivering contract-based consumable and non-consumable products to governments, NGOs and commercial customers.
With a multicultural workforce representing over 40 different nationalities, BMMI manages its activities through establishing strategic branches, associates and joint ventures in Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Djibouti, Ghana, Gabon, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya and Saudi Arabia. Refer to our websites for more information:
http://www.bmmigroup.com/
http://www.gss-contracting.com/