Global Events F&B Lead – EMEA

Socket.dev; United States; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Birthday Day Off

Summer Hours

Volunteering Day

Rewards & Recognition incentives

Job summary

Nteractive is seeking a 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, coordinate venues, and ensure high standards on site.

Reporting to the F&B Director, you will work with clients, venues and internal teams, travel internationally, and drive continuous improvement in food offerings while maintaining safety and compliance.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

F&B programme delivery

Event management

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Excel skills

Project management

Multinational events

Education

Hospitality qualification

WSET qualification (advantage)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Project management tools

Job description

Nteractive is seeking a 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, coordinate venues, and ensure high standards on site.

Reporting to the F&B Director, you will work with clients, venues and internal teams, travel internationally, and drive continuous improvement in food offerings while maintaining safety and compliance.