Food and Beverage Manager

Valor Hospitality Careers UK; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading hospitality firm as a Food & Beverage Manager. This exciting role offers the chance to lead and inspire a team while ensuring the highest standards of service in food and beverage operations. You will be responsible for managing budgets, analyzing performance, and implementing strategies for profitability. With a focus on personal development, the company offers extensive training and apprenticeship programs, alongside competitive pay and generous perks. If you are passionate about hospitality and eager to grow your career, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Exclusive discounts for friends and family

Valor team member rates at UK hotels

Discounted stays for friends and family

50% discount when dining in restaurants

Free meals while on duty

Access to high-street discounts

Cycle To Work Scheme savings

Generous refer-a-friend bonuses

Wellness activities and campaigns

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills are essential for this role.
• Knowledge of food hygiene and health & safety procedures is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations of food & beverage outlets ensuring high standards.
• Plan budgets, analyze reports, and implement profit enhancement programs.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Service Orientation

Attention to Detail

Budget Planning

Food Hygiene Knowledge

Health & Safety Procedures

Education

Hospitality Management Degree

Food Safety Certification

Job description

£35,000 Per Annum / £16.83 Per Hour + Service Charge, 40 Hours

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

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

You enjoy implementing and maintaining control measures to ensure that food & beverage costs, productivity, labour costs and operating supply costs for the outlet are in line with budget. You are able to plan budgets and review forecasts for revenue and expenditure on a monthly basis. You will carry out Duty Management shifts according to business needs, analyze and submit month-end reports, and identify deviations from business plan goals. You will participate in management meetings to review progress towards achievement of business plan goals and develop the annual business plan related to the outlet. Additionally, you will plan, implement and measure profit enhancement programs by working with the kitchen and sales department, and prepare and submit post-mortem promotion reports to the General Manager upon completion of promotions.

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

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

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

Ensure constant liaison with the Head Chef, Conference & 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.

In addition to competitive rates of pay, we also offer:

• Exclusive discounts for you, your friends and family.
• Valor team member rates at our UK hotels, with rooms from just £30 B&B.
• Discounted stays for friends and family.
• 50% discount when dining in our restaurants and bars.
• Free meals while on duty, keeping you well-fuelled.
• Access to high-street discounts on a range of shops, experiences and more.
• Up to 40% savings on a wide range of bikes, with our Cycle To Work Scheme.
• Generous refer-a-friend bonuses, starting at £250.

Caring for your health and wellbeing, both in and outside of work:

• A calendar of wellness activities – from healthy lunches to wellbeing walks and pay day treats, not forgetting our annual #HealthyHabits campaign.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, providing free confidential advice, 24/7, for you and your family, supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
• Healthcare Cash Plan options, from just £5 per month.

Supporting your hospitality career growth:

• Fully funded apprenticeship programmes.
• Internal development programmes, designed to support you as you grow within your role.
• Monthly and annual team member service awards, making sure your achievements are recognised and celebrated.

Fancy joining our team?

Valor Hospitality is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Across the UK, we currently operate 34 hotels across leading brands such as Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, DoubleTree by Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, Hotel Indigo, AC by Marriott and Courtyard by Marriott. We continue to have ambitious development and growth plans too, with three new luxury 5-star hotels planned to open in 2024.