F&B Strategist (outside IR35)

Agency Bell; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading hospitality consulting agency is seeking an experienced F&B strategist to advise on new offerings for a luxury brand in Italy. You will develop strategies and engage with senior clients while primarily working remotely with potential travel to Milan. Ideal candidates should possess a strong understanding of food culture and previous agency or brand-side experience. This role offers flexibility and a chance to work closely with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of food culture, preferably Italian or European.
• Ability to lead quality client conversations.
• Experience in agency or brand side related work.

Responsibilities

• Advise on operations and interior setups for F&B.
• Support business case development for new offerings.
• Present strategy to senior clients.
• Develop pricing strategies and advise on kitchen positioning.
• Conduct market analysis on food culture and present findings.

Skills

Understanding of food culture

Client communication

Market analysis

Job description

Overview

This agency working in luxury, hospitality and F&B needs an F&B strategist with a pretty immediate start.

It's a pretty specific ask. You will be advising a world leading brand in the luxury hospitality sector on three new F&B offerings at their new property in a leading Italian city.

Over a 6 week period (which could extend), you will travel to Milan, perhaps a couple of times, to meet and work with senior stakeholders to plan the 3 x offerings and approach.

Responsibilities

• Advise on back-of-house operations and interior set ups to achieve the best F&B environment.
• Support the business case development for the offerings
• Develop the strategy and present to senior clients
• Develop pricing strategies and advise on interior kitchen positioning
• Carry out market and trend analysis on Italian, European and international food culture and present findings to your client
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of the luxury hospitality landscape

Ideal candidate

• In a perfect world, you would have a deep understanding of food culture, specifically Italian, but could be European and/or international.
• You have a deep interest in food and can lead a quality conversation with a client to help them make the right choices.
• You will work very closely with a senior agency leader on this project, so you will have a good brain to spar with.
• It’s a fantastic brand.
• You may have advised clients in an agency environment, but you could have also worked brand side doing this kind of work.

Logistics & Timeline

There is flexibility on how many days a week, but it could be around 3-4 days a week for 6 weeks from 15 Sep with the chance to extend. It will be mostly remote working with some Italian travel once or twice during the period for a few days at a time.