Food & Beverage Operations Manager

The Venues Collection; Stafford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality group in the UK is seeking a Food & Beverage Operations Manager for their Yarnfield Park venue. The role involves overseeing all catering operations, managing budgets, and ensuring exceptional service. Candidates should have experience in high-end catering management and a passion for food innovation. This position offers a full-time contract with competitive salary and excellent benefits including healthcare and training opportunities.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits

Meals on duty

23 days' annual leave

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Ongoing training & development

Qualifications

• Experience in catering or hospitality management, preferably in a high-end environment.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Financially astute with experience managing budgets.
• Passionate about food and drink innovation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth day-to-day operations in restaurant and bar.
• Manage catering and payroll budgets.
• Serve as main contact for catering requests.
• Deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Skills

Team management

Financial management

Customer service excellence

Problem-solving

Communication

Delegation

Job description

Overview

Food & Beverage Operations Manager - Yarnfield Park, Staffordshire | Full-Time / Permanent

We are looking for a Food & Beverage Operations Manager for our Venue - Yarnfield Park, part of The Venues Collection.

£35000 + excellent benefits including healthcare, wellbeing support, 23 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, life assurance, meals on duty, and more.

As our Food & Beverage Operations Manager at this venue, you will oversee the overall operation of our catering facilities, leading a dynamic team to deliver exceptional service across the restaurant, Costa, and Bar.

Responsibilities

• Lead & Manage the Team: Ensure smooth day-to-day operations in the main restaurant, Conference service, Bar, and Costa. Inspire your team to deliver excellent customer service and exceed expectations.
• Financial Management: Manage catering & payroll budgets in line with goals and maintain financial targets.
• Client Relationships: Serve as the main point of contact for all catering requests, ensuring guest satisfaction and proactively driving the Venues Collection vision for the food & beverage department.
• Food & Drink Innovation: Deliver exceptional customer experiences with a passion for innovation in food and drink.
• Effective Communication & Prioritisation: Adapt and solve challenges while prioritising tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Delegation & Hands-on Leadership: Demonstrate strong delegation skills with the ability to step in and lead by example when needed.
• Collaboration: Work across departments to ensure the success of food & beverage operations and guests satisfaction.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in catering or hospitality management, preferably in a high-end environment.
• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to manage both front and back-of-house teams.
• Financially astute, with experience managing budgets and aligning with objectives.
• Passionate about food and drink innovation, delivering excellent customer service.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks in a fast-paced setting.
• Strong delegation and influencing skills, with the flexibility to be hands-on when necessary.
• A team player, willing to collaborate with other departments to achieve great results.

About Us

The Venues Collection part of Levy UK & Ireland is a dynamic and exciting division of Compass Group, the world's largest catering company. We operate at some of the most prestigious venues globally, delivering unforgettable experiences in food, drink, and hospitality.

In the UK, we are proud to have long-standing partnerships with iconic venues across sports, entertainment, and events, including Wimbledon, Twickenham, Edgbaston, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Principality Stadium, Scottish Event Campus (SEC), and ExCel London.

We are passionate culinary champions, dedicated to creating legendary experiences through sustainably sourced food and drink, coupled with exceptional service. Our commitment to sustainability, wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do.

As official partners of the British Paralympic Association, we are proud to pay all our team members at least the Real Living Wage or London Living Wage. We collaborate with some of the UK's most innovative and beloved brands, all sharing our vision for delivering best-in-class experiences.

Benefits

• Medicash: Healthcare benefits, including dental, optical, and therapy treatments (covers up to 4 dependent children)
• Aviva Digicare: Free annual healthcare check
• Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work)
• Entertainment discounts: Up to 55% off cinema tickets
• Health & Wellbeing discounts: Discounts for Nuffield Health (20%) and Pure Gym (10%)
• Travel discounts: Savings with holiday companies such as TUI and Expedia
• Shopping discounts: Save up to 15% at high street and online stores with Shopping Cards
• Meals on duty
• Vodafone discounts
• Pension scheme and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 23 days + Bank Holidays, plus an additional day off for your birthday
• 2 extra days of leave following return from maternity leave during the first year back
• Competitive and supportive family benefits
• Day off for your baby's first birthday
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Ongoing training & development and career pathways
• Professional subscriptions paid
• Financial wellbeing programme and preferred rates on salary finance products

We combine our spaces with a bigger family. Yarnfield Park is part of The Venues Collection - a division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, the market leader in contract catering & support services.

Part of Compass Group UK&I, we are a grouping of seven easily accessible event spaces with hotel-like residential and leisure facilities, which all sit under the brand name The Venues Collection. Located across the UK, our venues all feature stylish and individual event spaces, including both contemporary and historic meeting areas. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses. Every day, our teams of passionate hospitality professionals strive for excellence in delivering employee dining and hospitality to some of the UK's leading workplace as well as inspiring exceptional experiences in iconic cultural and heritage destinations.

Job Reference: com/1310/M25401/52767873/SU #Venues Collection

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!