Vacant job

Do you want to lead a vital operation that contributes to care and support every day?

Selecta Recruitment is now looking for an experienced and engaged Interim Unit Manager for a central kitchen in Jönköping. This is an exciting assignment for you who thrive with leadership, change work, and business development in a complex organization.

About the Assignment

As Interim Unit Manager, you will have overall responsibility for operations, personnel, economy, and working environment within the central kitchen. The operation is responsible for the production and distribution of patient meals as well as restaurant food, and you will lead a team of approximately 22 employees.

You will play a central role in the continued development work and ensure an efficient, high-quality, and sustainable meal operation.

Assignment Information

• Title: Interim Unit Manager – Meals (Central Kitchen)
• Location: Jönköping
• Scope: 100%
• Assignment Period: 2026-08-17 – 2026-12-16

Responsibilities

In this role, you are responsible for leading and developing the operation with a focus on quality, efficiency, and employee engagement.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Personnel, budget, and working environment responsibility for the central kitchen and its approximately 22 employees.
• Overall responsibility for customer care and administrative tasks.
• Responsibility for the operation's production and distribution of patient meals as well as restaurant food.
• Lead and develop the operation based on set goals and quality requirements.
• Continue the implementation of work rotation and staffing processes.
• Drive the implementation of a new meal concept within healthcare.
• Create participation, engagement, and good collaboration within the work group.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have:

• Documented experience in management and leadership.
• Experience with personnel responsibility, budget work, and working environment issues.
• Ability to lead operations through change and development processes.
• Good communication skills and experience in creating engagement among employees.

Merits

• Experience working in a politically governed organization.
• Previous experience from a management position in the large-scale kitchen industry or meal operations.
• Experience with major change work and implementation of new ways of working.
• Experience working with employee participation and business development.

Personal Attributes

To succeed in the role, we see that you are:

• Personally mature and confident in your leadership.
• Proactive and action-oriented.
• Goal- and result-oriented.
• Relationship-building and communicative.
• Structured and organized.
• Economically aware.
• Strategic with a good holistic view.

About Selecta Recruitment

Selecta Recruitment specializes in recruiting and staffing qualified managers, leaders, and specialists. We work closely with our clients to match the right competence with the right assignment and create long-term value for both employers and consultants.

Application

Selection and interviews take place continuously, which means the assignment may be filled before the application deadline.

Submit your CV together with a short presentation of your experience and why you are the right person for the assignment.

Please mark your application with: "Interim Unit Manager – Jönköping".

We look forward to receiving your application!

Selecta Recruitment AB