Group Food and Beverage Manager

Description

Brief: Job Title: Group Food & Beverage Manager
Job Level: Senior Management Department
Reports to: The Group Operations Director
Package offered: Market related

Open to South African Citizens only.

Valor Hospitality Partners is a leading fully integrated management solutions company with a portfolio of hotels across Europe, Middle East, Africa, and the Americas.
We offer a wide range of services including hotel management, asset management, and advisory services to our clients.

Job Purpose: The Group Food & Beverage Manager is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic direction and annual plans for Food & Beverage experiences, outlets, kitchens, and stewarding operations within the group. They will ensure optimal revenue generation and profitability while aligning with the organization's objectives and values.
The manager will oversee the provision of outstanding food experiences, maintain food safety standards, monitor performance, and ensure excellence in culinary and service quality. food and beverage manager|group food and beverage manage
Detail: Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and propose food and service concepts, budgets, and manning needs
• Create systems for exceptional food experiences and adherence to food safety standards
• Monitor and improve the day-to-day performance of F&B, kitchen, and stewarding operations
• Collaborate with General Managers and F&B Management teams to operate upscale restaurants
• Attract, select, train, develop, and coach kitchen, F&B, and stewarding management teams
• Communicate and make strategic decisions with management teams
• Stay updated on food and beverage practices and trends, including equipment and hygiene
• Spearhead all Food and Beverage consulting operations

Key Performance Indicators:

• Timeliness, accuracy, and adherence to F&B objectives and plans
• Feedback and reputation for culinary and service excellence
• Coordination effectiveness between hotel operations, kitchen, F&B, and stewarding
• Achievement of quality and hygiene standards, process improvements, and innovations
• Timeliness, accuracy, and adherence of F&B budgets and revenue targets

Qualifications and Skills:

• Extensive experience in F&B management, preferably in upscale hotel establishments
• Strong leadership and managerial skills
• Expertise in food safety and hygiene standards
• Knowledge of culinary trends, innovations, and equipment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to develop and lead high-performing teams
• Financial acumen and budgeting skills

Here at Valor, our philosophy is simple – we deliver results through a team of genuinely inspired and energetic individuals who love what they do.
We are obsessive about hospitality, we care about our impact on the environment, we take accountability and initiative, we value one another, we listen and we make bold, ambitious and reimagined decisions that differ from the norm. Sound like you?

You’ll receive all the usual things such as a competitive salary, the tools you need to get off to a great start, healthy meals while at work and plenty of other benefits… did someone say huge discounted overnight stays around the world within our hotels?! Yes, we did. Not to mention friends and family rates for all your favourite people – that’ll also make you super popular. We also have the below key areas of focus where we constantly evolve our offer to ensure our Hotelitarians are happy and engaged at work.