F&B Procurement Lead: Grow Margins Across Multi-Site

Caravan Support Team; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 50.000 - 57.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

25 days annual leave

Dining perks

Coffee discounts

Zusammenfassung

Caravan is seeking an F&B and Procurement Manager to own the commercial performance of our food and beverage across multiple sites, protecting margins as we expand beyond London.

You will work closely with the Executive Chef, Development Chef, Group Bar Manager, Finance and Operations. Every menu change, supplier negotiation and system costing data will have your commercial thinking behind it.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in procurement, F&B commercial or buying within multi-site hospitality or a similar environment.
• A track record of improving GP% and delivering savings through negotiation and menu management.
• Hands-on experience with F&B systems; Fourth experience is a real plus.

Aufgaben

• Own food and beverage GP% across all sites, spotting variances early and acting on them.
• Lead the commercial side of every menu change, from projections and costings to post-launch reporting.
• Cost new dishes with the Development Chef from the very first idea, so commercial thinking shapes development.
• Run regular pricing reviews against our competitor set and market trends.
• Manage supplier relationships across food, beverage and non-food spend, negotiating terms and challenging price increases.
• Build KPI-led supplier agreements and bring on new suppliers who share our values and ethics.
• Own our recipe, stock and purchasing systems (currently Fourth), keeping allergen, calorie and costing data accurate.
• Work with Operations to improve stock-taking and wastage recording across sites.
• Partner with Finance on reporting, including the gap between actual and theoretical margin.
• Work with Sales & Events to ensure bespoke event menus meet our margin targets.
• Work with Marketing to unlock supplier-funded support for campaigns and promotions.

Kenntnisse

Procurement experience

F&B commercial

Multi-site hospitality

Ausbildung

CIPS or similar qualification

Tools

Fourth system

Jobbeschreibung

Caravan is seeking an F&B and Procurement Manager to own the commercial performance of our food and beverage across multiple sites, protecting margins as we expand beyond London.

You will work closely with the Executive Chef, Development Chef, Group Bar Manager, Finance and Operations. Every menu change, supplier negotiation and system costing data will have your commercial thinking behind it.