Permanent
Monday to Friday
€65,000 - €85,000 per annum
Company car
Opportunities for professional development
Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package
Account Manager - Workplace Dining & Hospitality Operations
Multi Site Location - Full time
Great food. Exceptional experiences. Meaningful impact.
Are you a hospitality leader who thrives on creating exceptional food experiences, building high-performing teams, and driving commercial success?
We're looking for a passionate, people-focused Account Manager to lead a diverse portfolio of workplace dining, hospitality, retail, and events operations across Ireland.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced hospitality professional who combines operational excellence with commercial acumen and a genuine passion for food, customer experience, and innovation.
As Account Manager, you'll be responsible for delivering outstanding workplace dining and hospitality experiences across multiple client sites while driving strong financial performance and sustainable growth.You'll act as a trusted partner to clients, leading talented operational teams and continuously evolving food and hospitality offerings to meet changing workplace trends and customer expectations.Working closely with culinary, finance, procurement, and commercial teams, you'll ensure every location delivers exceptional service, operational excellence, and memorable customer experiences.
What You'll Be Doing
Leading multi-site workplace dining, hospitality, retail, and events operations across Ireland
Building, coaching, and inspiring high-performing teams that deliver service excellence every day
Developing strong client relationships and acting as a strategic partner to key stakeholders
Driving innovation through new food concepts, hospitality activations, and customer engagement initiatives
Managing commercial performance, including GP delivery, labour optimisation, budgeting, forecasting, and cost control
Using operational and financial insights to improve efficiency, participation, and profitability
Supporting mobilisations, refurbishments, service transformations, and operational improvement projects
Championing sustainability initiatives, responsible sourcing, and waste reduction programmes
Ensuring compliance with food safety, health & safety, and company standards
What We're Looking For
We're seeking a dynamic hospitality professional who brings:
Significant experience managing multi-site hospitality, catering, foodservice, or workplace dining operations
A genuine passion for food, hospitality, and creating exceptional customer experiences
Proven leadership experience managing large and diverse teams
Strong commercial and financial management skills, including P&L accountability
Experience driving culture change, engagement, and performance improvement
Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
A proactive, innovative approach with the ability to identify growth opportunities
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
The ability to balance operational excellence with commercial success
Why Sodexo?:
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.
Belong in a company and team that values you for you.
Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.
Thrive in your own way.
We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:
Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policiesA little more about Sodexo:
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all.As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer.We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.
We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer.We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Click to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.
Ready to be part of something greater?
It’s your turn to set the standard.
Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications
Salary description
£65000.00 - £85000.00 per year