Manager Key Accounts Culinary + Cleaning
Job Summary
Manager - Key Accounts - Culinary Cleaning
$108482 base salary plus 12% superannuation
MELBOURNE - The Key Account Manager Morrison Living Vasey RSL Care is responsible for leading the client relationship and service performance across catering cleaning housekeeping hospitality and resident experience services delivered to Vasey RSL Care. The role acts as the primary account lead between Morrison Living and the client ensuring services are delivered safely consistently and in line with agreed standards resident expectations contractual requirements and continuous-improvement priorities.
The role is accountable for strengthening client partnership supporting site teams improving service consistency using reporting and feedback to drive decisions and identifying opportunities to enhance resident satisfaction and operational outcomes.
Client Relationship and Account Leadership
- Act as the key point of contact for Vasey RSL Care stakeholders on Morrison Living service delivery.
- Build a trusted proactive partnership with the client through regular communication transparent reporting and responsive issue resolution.
- Translate client expectations into clear operational priorities for catering cleaning and housekeeping teams.
- Lead regular account reviews covering service quality resident feedback compliance risks opportunities and agreed actions.
- Support tailored client conversations while maintaining alignment with national service standards and Compass Group capability.
Catering and Hospitality Services
- Oversee catering service performance with a focus on safe nutritious enjoyable and resident-centred dining.
- Work with culinary and site teams to maintain high standards in food presentation freshness temperature control and dining-room service.
- Support operational standards that improve the dining experience food safety efficiency and consistency.
- Monitor resident and client feedback relating to meals service dining environment and overall hospitality experience.
- Collaborate with relevant culinary and nutrition stakeholders to support menu quality service improvement and resident wellbeing.
Cleaning Housekeeping and Presentation Standards
- Ensure cleaning and housekeeping services are delivered consistently against agreed scope schedules presentation standards and compliance requirements.
- Promote standardised cleaning practices while allowing for site-specific requirements including work schedules equipment room types and presentation standards.
- Support the use of practical handbooks onboarding tools and daily reference materials for frontline cleaning and housekeeping teams.
- Work with supervisors and site leaders to address gaps in quality consistency equipment chemicals workflows training and auditing.
- Encourage safe efficient and sustainable cleaning practices including appropriate equipment use and ergonomic methods where applicable.
Operational Governance Compliance and Reporting
- Monitor service delivery against contract requirements scopes of work compliance obligations and client expectations.
- Ensure audit findings service issues resident feedback and corrective actions are tracked and closed out.
- Support digital task management quality assurance dashboards and reporting where systems are available.
- Provide clear reporting to the client and internal stakeholders on service performance risks trends and improvement actions.
- Promote safe work practices food safety hygiene chemical safety correct equipment use and operational accountability.
Resident Experience and Continuous Improvement
- Use resident feedback client feedback site observations and performance data to identify improvement opportunities.
- Drive initiatives that enhance resident satisfaction service consistency dining experience cleanliness comfort and trust.
- Support frontline engagement so team members understand the importance of service quality in an aged-care living environment.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency reduce waste strengthen compliance and improve the resident experience.
- Share learnings and improvement actions across relevant Morrison Living and Compass Group teams.
Leadership and Collaboration
- Partner with site managers catering leaders cleaning supervisors frontline teams culinary stakeholders and support functions.
- Provide clear expectations and practical guidance to site teams.
- Support training onboarding and coaching for new and existing team members.
- Foster a service culture that is safe respectful resident-focused and accountable.
- Escalate operational risks early and coordinate practical solutions with the client and internal teams.
Key Success Measures
- Strong client relationship and confidence in Morrison Living service delivery.
- Improved resident satisfaction with food dining-room service cleanliness and overall hospitality experience.
- Consistent achievement of agreed catering cleaning and housekeeping standards.
- Improved audit outcomes and timely closure of corrective actions.
- Clear operational visibility through reporting reviews and agreed action plans.
- Improved frontline consistency through training onboarding and standardised resources.
- Reduced repeat service issues and stronger operational accountability.
- Safe compliant efficient and resident-centred service delivery.
Required Skills and Experience
- Experience in key account management contract management hospitality catering cleaning facilities services aged care retirement living healthcare or related sectors.
- Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
- Understanding of catering dining service cleaning housekeeping hygiene safety and compliance expectations.
- Ability to review service data audits feedback and operational issues and convert them into practical action plans.
- Strong communication escalation reporting and problem-solving capability.
- Experience working with site-based teams and supervisors.
- Commitment to resident wellbeing dignity service quality safety and continuous improvement.
Desirable Knowledge
- Aged-care or senior-living hospitality environments.
- Food safety cleaning standards infection control and resident-centred service principles.
- Digital task management audit dashboard or reporting systems.
- Standardised cleaning frameworks equipment standards onboarding tools and service handbooks.
The Benefits
You will have the support infrastructure systems and processes you would expect from a global organisation. As an employer of choice we recognise high performance and foster individual development. Additionally our employees enjoy the following benefits:
- Multiple salary packaging options to help your dollar go further
- Health and wellbeing employee benefits to help look after you
- Immediate access to 100 retail discounts accessible from your mobile
- Recognition programs including service and safety awards regular team events site-based benefits and company discounts.
- Career development within a global organisation
- Ongoing training and development and career growth opportunities
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Compass Group Australia provide contract food and support services nationwide, from the most remote areas to fine dining in the CBD.