Food & Beverage Manager - Lead Teams, Elevate Guests

Mill Farm Sports Village; Preston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £30,000-£35,000 per annum

30 days holiday

Employee discounts

Growth opportunities

Job summary

The Villa Wrea Green in Lancashire is seeking an experienced Food & Beverage Manager to lead its restaurant, bars and banqueting facilities, ensuring top service standards across guest touchpoints and events. You will work with the GM, Head Chef, Events Team and FOH colleagues to craft memorable guest experiences for weddings, conferences and hotel stays.

The role requires a proven hospitality leader who can drive standards, manage teams, and optimise operational performance in a busy

Qualifications

• Experience as a manager in hotel food and beverage.
• Strong leadership to inspire and develop teams.
• Highly organised with excellent time management.
• Excellent communicator with strong people skills.
• Commercially aware and focused on operations.
• Flexible, enthusiastic and hands-on in approach.
• Comfortable using IT systems and hospitality software.
• Experience in restaurant, bar and event operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and develop restaurant and bar teams.
• Manage day-to-day operations across the restaurant, bars and event spaces.
• Create and manage staffing rotas to support operational demands.
• Ensure exceptional service standards and guest satisfaction.
• Maintain compliance with licensing laws, food hygiene and health & safety requirements.
• Oversee stock control, ordering, storage and cost management.
• Coordinate with kitchen and events teams to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Monitor performance, identify improvements and implement operational efficiencies.
• Support budgeting, reporting and financial performance monitoring.
• Resolve operational issues quickly and professionally during service and events.

Skills

Leadership

Time management

Communication

Commercial awareness

Hands-on approach

IT systems

Hospitality software

Restaurant/Bar/Event ops

Tools

Hospitality software

IT systems

Job description

The Villa Wrea Green in Lancashire is seeking an experienced Food & Beverage Manager to lead its restaurant, bars and banqueting facilities, ensuring top service standards across guest touchpoints and events. You will work with the GM, Head Chef, Events Team and FOH colleagues to craft memorable guest experiences for weddings, conferences and hotel stays.

The role requires a proven hospitality leader who can drive standards, manage teams, and optimise operational performance in a busy