Food & Beverage Manager - Events

Nteractive; Staines-upon-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life Insurance

Birthday day off

Volunteering day

Generous referral scheme

Job summary

Nteractive is seeking a seasoned Food & Beverage Manager to lead planning and delivery of F&B for large-scale corporate events across the EMEA region. You will design menus, manage budgets, and coordinate with clients, venues and suppliers to ensure exceptional attendee experiences.

Reporting to the F&B Director, you will oversee onsite delivery, compliance, and continuous improvement across multiple destinations, with hybrid working and international travel.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering F&B programmes for large-scale corporate events.
• Experience planning and delivering multiple concurrent international events.
• Strong project management with complex logistics and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and delivery of F&B across a portfolio of complex events in EMEA.
• Design menus and beverage programmes aligned with client objectives and cultures.
• Manage F&B budgets, forecasts and on-site delivery to high standards.
• Collaborate with clients, venues, suppliers and internal teams for seamless events.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and local regulations across markets.

Skills

Food & Beverage planning

Project management

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Excel skills

Vendor coordination

Leadership

Education

Hospitality or Catering qualification

WSET qualification

Tools

Excel

Project management tools

MS Project

Job description

About Nteractive

At Nteractive, we design and deliver world-class experiential, event, and conference solutions that connect brands with people in powerful, meaningful ways. We partner with some of the world’s most influential organizations to create large-scale, high-impact global programs — from flagship conferences and destination events to complex, multi-market activations. Our work blends strategy, creativity, technology, and flawless delivery to produce experiences that truly move audiences. Our success is built on our people. We are a collaborative, ambitious, and values-driven agency that invests in talent, encourages innovation, and empowers our teams to take ownership and make a real difference. We believe in long-term partnerships, exceptional client service, and continuously raising the bar in everything we do.

As our portfolio across the EMEA region continues to grow, we're looking for an experienced Food & Beverage Manager to join our specialist Food & Beverage team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about creating exceptional culinary experiences and has experience delivering food and beverage programmes for large-scale corporate events across multiple international destinations. Reporting to the Food & Beverage Director, you'll lead the planning, budgeting and onsite delivery of F&B across a portfolio of events throughout the EMEA region, working closely with clients, venues, suppliers and internal teams to create memorable experiences that delight attendees while delivering exceptional value.

Food & Beverage Planning and Delivery

• Lead the planning and delivery of food and beverage across a portfolio of complex events throughout the EMEA region.
• Design creative, memorable menus and beverage programmes that align with client objectives, attendee demographics and local cultures.
• Create engaging F&B presentations and culinary concepts that bring event experiences to life.
• Manage all F&B project documentation, timelines and operational plans to ensure seamless delivery.
• Ensure all catering operations are delivered to the highest standards onsite, proactively resolving challenges as they arise.

Client & Supplier Management

• Partner with Account Directors, clients and project teams to understand event objectives, budgets and attendee requirements.
• Build strong relationships with venues, caterers and suppliers across the EMEA region.
• Negotiate supplier contracts to achieve outstanding quality and value for money.
• Ensure all dietary, cultural and regional requirements are considered throughout planning and delivery.

Financial Management

• Develop and manage detailed event budgets, monitoring costs throughout project delivery.
• Identify opportunities to maximise value while maintaining exceptional attendee experiences.
• Manage financial forecasting and proactively communicate risks or opportunities to project teams and clients.

Operational Excellence

• Collect and analyse onsite F&B data to support post-event reporting and continuous improvement.
• Contribute ideas and best practice to evolve Nteractive's food and beverage offering across global events.
• Ensure all legal, health & safety and food compliance requirements are met across multiple international markets.
• Coach and support colleagues onsite, providing leadership where required.

What you will bring

• Significant experience delivering Food & Beverage programmes within large-scale corporate events, hospitality or live event environments.
• Experience planning and delivering multiple concurrent international events.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage complex logistics and multiple priorities.
• Experience managing onsite catering operations and leading venue and supplier teams.
• Excellent financial acumen with experience managing event budgets.
• Outstanding relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for food, wine, beverages and creating exceptional guest experiences.
• Strong negotiation skills and commercial awareness.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and confidence using project management tools.
• Experience delivering events across the EMEA region is highly desirable.
• Hospitality or Catering qualification and/or WSET qualification would be advantageous but is not essential.

Why you'll love working here

• Deliver exceptional food and beverage experiences for globally recognised technology and lifestyle brands.
• Work across an exciting portfolio of international events throughout the EMEA region.
• Collaborate with talented specialists across production, creative, technical production and account management.
• Join a supportive, collaborative agency where innovation and continuous improvement are encouraged.
• Enjoy the opportunity to travel internationally and experience world-class venues and destinations.
• Grow your career within a fast-growing global events and communications agency.

If you're passionate about creating outstanding food and beverage experiences and want to play a key role delivering exceptional international events across the EMEA region, we'd love to hear from you.

Benefits

• 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)
• Hybrid working with flexibility
• Pension Scheme (5% employee / 3% employer contribution)
• Private Medical Insurance & Cash Plan
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Wellbeing & Inclusion initiatives (including EAP)
• Birthday Day Off
• Summer Hours
• Volunteering Day
• Rewards & Recognition incentives
• Generous Employee Referral Scheme

Other Requirements

• Ability to work from the Staines office with hybrid flexibility
• Quiet home working environment with reliable broadband (minimum 25MB download / 5MB upload)