F&B Operations Executive

Singapore Recreation Club; Penarth, High Street; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Complimentary daily staff meal

Birthday leave and vouchers

Holistic medical & insurance health

Central location; easy publictransport

Job summary

Singapore Recreation Club in Penarth, United Kingdom, seeks a Food and Beverage Operations Executive to lead service, food hygiene and safety standards across shifts while assisting front-of-house operations. You will guide staff in handling guest queries, plan staff schedules, and drive continuous improvement in outlet performance.

The role requires meticulous, resilient individuals who can work weekends and holidays, with strong leadership, communications and a customer‑centric mindset.

Qualifications

• GCE O level certificate or specialist culinary arts certification with 2–3 years of relevant experience and food hygiene certification.
• Able to work shifts, including weekends, evenings, and public holidays.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; able to lead and motivate a team.
• Ability to multitask and manage time effectively under pressure.
• Excellent service orientation and customer focus.

Responsibilities

• Assist manager in Banquet department operations and administration.
• Ensure service procedures meet required standards.
• Set up function rooms per banquet event orders.
• Maintain cleanliness of function rooms and banquet areas.
• Assist in planning operational budgets and continuous improvement activities.
• Supervise casual labour to uphold service standards and grooming.
• Control staffing and labour costs; ensure proper utilization.
• Own guest service experience and monitor satisfaction.
• Coordinate with Sales team to understand guest requirements.
• Train staff to anticipate guest needs and handle requests.
• Take on additional duties as required by management.
• Adhere to workplace safety and health rules.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Multitasking

Customer service

Problem solving

Under pressure

Grooming & grooming standards

Education

GCE O level / culinary cert

Job description

Job Purpose: The Food and Beverage Operations Executive lead the compliance of service, food hygiene, safety and other standards amongst the team on each shift. He / She assists in managing front-of-house operations and customer services to optimise outlet performance. He / She guides the staff in management of customers queries, and plans staff scheduling based on operational needs. He monitors food and beverage services to ensure excellence customer service, and is expected to suggest areas for continuous improvement within the team. Meticulous and resourceful, he / she should have mental resilience to operate in high pressure environment, with the diplomacy to defuse anger and to resolve problems. He is able to work in a flexible schedule, including weekends, evenings, and public holidays, and is capable of interacting with colleagues and customers from a diverse background.

Responsibilities:

1. Assist manager in managing Banquet department’s operations and administration
2. Ensure that all service procedures are carried out to the standards required
3. Ensure that all function rooms are set-up in accordance to banquet event order requirement
4. Ensure cleanliness of function rooms and banquet areas at all times
5. Assist manager in planning for the operational budgets, and is expected to design continuous improvement activities for banquet department
6. Support manager in supervising casual labour to ensure service standards and grooming are maintained according to policy
7. Support manager in control staffing and casual labour cost, ensuring that work hours deployed staff is properly utilized
8. Take personal responsibility for the service experience of all guests in the banquet by actively checking on their satisfaction
9. Communicate with respective Sales team to fully understand guests requirements
10. Be proactive towards guests, assisting them with any reasonable requests, and training all team members to anticipate guests needs
11. Take on additional roles and tasks from time to time as per operations requirements
12. Any other duties/projects as assigned by Supervisor and/or Management.
13. Others:

• Follow the workplace safety and health system, safe work procedures or safety rules implemented at the workplace.
• Not engage in any unsafe or negligent act that may endanger yourself or others working around you.
• Use personal protective equipment provided to you to ensure your safety while working. You must not tamper with or misuse the equipment.

Requirements:

• GCE“ O “ level certificate /Specialist certification in culinary arts with 2-3 years of relevant experience with Food and Hygiene Certification
• Able to do shift work and work on weekends & Eve & Public Holidays
• Ability to multitask and have good time management skills
• Strong leadership qualities to lead and motivate team
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Dependable and good team player
• Able to work independently
• Able to work under pressure and in a fast pace environment
• Excellent Service Orientation

Benefits in joining us:

• Complimentary daily staff meal
• Birthday leave and vouchers
• Holistic medical & insurance health benefits for staff
• Central location. Easy access to public transport

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.