F&B Cost Control & Systems Manager (Group)

The Nici; Poole; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Service charge

Meals on duty

Staff discounts

Career development

Training and support

Job summary

THE NICI Collection seeks an experienced Group F&B Cost Control & Systems Manager to oversee cost control, procurement systems and profitability across its hotels, restaurants and bars. The role supports senior leadership including the Group F&B Director and Group Financial Controller, with regular travel to group properties from Head Office in Bournemouth.

The successful candidate will drive cost targets, supplier management and system improvements to maximise margins while maintaining quality

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years in F&B cost control, hospitality procurement, inventory management or similar.
• Strong experience in hotels, restaurant groups or multi-site hospitality operations.
• Excellent understanding of food & beverage gross profit, recipe costing and stock control.
• Experience implementing operational systems and financial controls.
• Strong Excel and financial reporting skills.
• Commercial mindset with a proven record of improving profitability.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain food & beverage cost targets across all restaurants.
• Monitor actual costs against budgets and investigate variances.
• Work with chefs to improve food gross profit margins.
• Analyse portion control, wastage and stock losses.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability without compromising quality.
• Produce weekly and monthly cost-performance reports.
• Manage and optimise Procure Wizard usage and procedures.
• Implement consistent purchasing and stock-control procedures.
• Ensure accurate product information, supplier prices and recipe costs.
• Develop reporting systems to monitor purchasing and inventory.
• Train chefs and managers in correct system usage.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes and improve reporting accuracy.
• Review supplier agreements and purchasing arrangements.
• Monitor supplier pricing and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Support supplier negotiations and purchasing standardisation.
• Ensure compliance with approved supplier lists.
• Benchmark product costs across all restaurants.
• Work with suppliers to maintain product quality and competitive pricing.
• Establish accurate recipe costing with Group Executive Chef.
• Maintain recipe specifications and ingredient pricing.
• Analyse menu profitability and recommend improvements.
• Support seasonal menu changes and new restaurant concepts.
• Monitor the financial impact of menu changes.
• Help establish appropriate selling prices and gross profit targets.
• Introduce stocktaking procedures across properties.
• Monitor stock variances and investigate discrepancies.
• Develop controls for wastage, transfers, purchasing and stock adjustments.
• Ensure restaurants maintain appropriate stock levels.
• Conduct regular operational audits.
• Support restaurant management teams in corrective actions.
• Develop standardised F&B financial reporting across the group.
• Prepare weekly food & beverage cost reports.
• Identify underperforming departments and restaurants.
• Analyse purchasing trends and supplier price movements.
• Support the F&B Director with financial planning and budgeting.
• Present recommendations for improving gross profit.
• Design scalable purchasing and cost-control procedures for new restaurants.
• Support Procure Wizard implementation across new properties.
• Standardise reporting and controls across the group.
• Identify improvements to existing F&B management systems.
• Support expansion projects.

Skills

F&B cost control

Hospitality procurement

Inventory management

Excel & reporting

Analytical skills

Chef collaboration

Tools

Procure Wizard

Procurement systems

Job description

THE NICI Collection seeks an experienced Group F&B Cost Control & Systems Manager to oversee cost control, procurement systems and profitability across its hotels, restaurants and bars. The role supports senior leadership including the Group F&B Director and Group Financial Controller, with regular travel to group properties from Head Office in Bournemouth.

The successful candidate will drive cost targets, supplier management and system improvements to maximise margins while maintaining quality