Evenings Food & Beverage Assistant Manager

Camden Court Hotel; Dublin; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned hotel in Dublin is seeking an Evenings Assistant Food & Beverage Manager to oversee evening operations and ensure exceptional guest service. Candidates should have at least 1 year of experience in F&B within a hotel, a Business Administration degree, and strong analytical skills. The role involves hands-on leadership, financial management, and collaboration with the team. This full-time position is ideal for someone passionate about hospitality and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of F&B experience in hotel or high-volume venue.
• Strong guest-recovery skills and visible leadership.
• Working knowledge of HACCP and staff rostering.

Responsibilities

• Lead evening F&B operations with exceptional service standards.
• Optimize evening team schedules and manage labor costs.
• Build dashboards and present weekly insights with actions.

Skills

F&B management

Financial analysis

Guest recovery

Team collaboration

Bilingual (Spanish or Portuguese)

Education

Business Administration degree

Tools

Procure Wizard

Job description

Ref: #JOB-2413144

Overview

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Job Description

Evenings Assistant Food & Beverage Manager
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Hours: Predominantly evenings incl. weekends/bank holidays as rostered
Role Purpose: Lead evening F&B operations to brand standards—delivering exceptional guest service, safe and efficient shifts, and strong commercial results. This role blends hands-on floor leadership with business administration responsibilities (cost control, reporting, and process improvement), ideally suited to a candidate with a Business Administration degree who enjoys applying analytical skills in a dynamic hospitality environment.

• Key Outcomes
• • Consistently high guest satisfaction across bars, restaurant, room service, and events in evening trade.
• • Controlled labour, waste, and COGS with accurate end-of-shift admin and timely reporting.

Responsibilities

1. Evening Operations Leadership
   • Lead pre-service briefings; set sections and upsell focus; ensure menus/allergen info are current.
   • Oversee floor, bar, and room-service delivery; support meeting & event service as required.
   • Ensure closing procedures (cash, stock, security, cleanliness) are completed and signed off.
2. People & Service
   • Coach, motivate and performance-manage evening teams; ensure breaks and rota compliance.
   • Conduct on-shift training (service steps, allergen awareness, wine/spirits, suggestive selling).
3. Finance & Administration (Business Administration Focus)
   • Daily P&L inputs: complete cash-up, voids/discounts rationale, revenue splits, and bankings.
   • Labour management: optimise evening schedules vs. forecast; track labour % daily/weekly; propose productivity improvements.
   • COGS control: approve transfers, spot-check yields, wastage and portioning; collaborate with stores on ordering and par levels.
   • Reporting & analysis: build concise dashboards (e.g., sales mix, RevPASH, average check, promo ROI) and present weekly insights with actions.
   • Menu engineering: analyse sales mix and contribution margins; recommend pricing, bundling, or product changes.
   • Process improvement: map key workflows (closing, cash control, stock), identify bottlenecks, and run small kaizen projects with measurable outcomes.
   • Vendor & cost reviews: support supplier comparisons, SLA tracking, and invoice query resolution.
   • Projects: assist F&B Manager with business cases (e.g., equipment upgrades); track benefits realisation.

Experience

• Essential Experience: 1+ years’ F&B experience in hotel or high-volume venue.
• Business Administration degree or equivalent—able to apply financial/operational analysis to daily decisions.
• Strong guest-recovery skills and calm, visible leadership on busy evening shifts.
• Working knowledge of HACCP, allergens, licensing, cash handling, and staff rostering.
• Excellent English; Spanish and Portuguese an advantage (useful with international guests and suppliers).

Desirable Experience

• Experience with menu engineering, costings, or stock systems (Procure Wizard).

• Sector: accommodation and food service activities

Career Level

• Managerial

Candidate Requirements

Essential

• Minimum Experienced Required (Years): 0

Desirable

• Ability Skills: Administration, Hospitality
• Competency Skills: Decision Making, Teamwork
• Specialising In: bilingual preferred in Spanish, or Portuguese
• Languages: Irish C2-Master (Fluent)