Assistant Food and Beverage Manager

Valor Hospitality; Reading; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Brand training

Apprenticeships

Career development

Job summary

Valor Hospitality is seeking an Assistant Food and Beverage Manager to lead daily operations across the venues and maintain the highest service standards. You will be responsible for profitability, training staff, and ensuring excellent guest experiences.

Key tasks include cost control, forecasting, and collaborating with the F&B Manager and Head Chef. The role requires flexibility to cover various shifts, including evenings and weekends, with opportunities for apprenticeship and brand training.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing control measures to align costs with budget.
• Strong leadership and training skills; service-oriented with attention to detail.
• Good understanding of food hygiene and health and safety procedures.
• Willingness to work a range of shifts, including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily F&B operations and ensure high service standards.
• Prepare weekly forecasts for restaurant, bar and room service.
• Control costs: food, labour and supplies within budget.
• Coordinate with F&B Manager, Head Chef, Conferences & Events Manager and Operations Manager.
• Support flexible shifts and staff scheduling.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Training

Communication

Detail-oriented

Job description

Get paid for doing what you love, get loads of rewards and benefits and learn new skills whilst you earn.

Are you a strong leader with interpersonal and training skills? Agood communicator who isservice-oriented with an eye for details? A team player and a team motivator?

You will have experience ofimplementing and maintaining control measures to ensure that food and beverage costs, productivity, labour costs and operating supply costs for the outlet are in line with budget.

To carry out Duty Management shifts according to business needs. To participate in departmental meetings to review progress towards achievement of business plan goals.

An Assistant Food and Beverage Manager is responsible for the daily management of the food and beverage outlets, ensuring that the highest standards of food and beverage service are provided to the guests. The Assistant Food and Beverage Manager plans, organizes and directs the overall Food and Beverage operation, administration, marketing and promotion of the outlet, and is responsible and accountable for its profitability and revenue generation.

You have good understanding of food hygiene and health and safety procedures.

Prepare weekly and monthly forecasts for restaurant, bar and room service.

Ensure clear communication with the Food and Beverage Manager,Head Chef, Conference and Events Manager and Operations Manager.

We are open 7 days a week 365 days a year and need people to work a range of shifts and days - this means great flexibility if required. We are busier generally during evenings and weekends but shift patterns and contracted hours can all be discussed at interview.

If you are looking for career training we offer nationally recognized apprenticeships which sit alongside our detailed brand training – you can view the most popular courses on our careers pages.

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Fancy Joining Our Team?

We're an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of race, sex, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age. At Valor Hospitality, we actively welcome applications from candidates of all diverse backgrounds.

Every application is carefully reviewed against the relevant skills and experience for the role, and we'll be in touch if you're a good match and have been selected for interview.

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Please note that employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

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