Food & Beverage Manager

Job description / Role

Food & Beverage Manager – KSA

Strategic Planning
- Participates in the development and preparation of the hotel strategic plan
- Assesses, evaluates and ensures that long-term and short term goals of all Food & Beverage operations are met

Pre-Opening
- Creates and install all systems and Operating Standards for all the food and beverages outlets
- Along with the Corporate Office, the General Manager fine tunes the F&B concepts of the hotel

Operations
- Directs and manages all food and beverage activities to maximize revenue, profitability and quality goals by developing and executing marketing strategies, up-selling strategies, controlling costs and by providing quality service and products to guests
- Develop with the Sales and Marketing team advertising and promotional campaigns have in order to increase the market awareness and penetration of the food and beverage outlets in the market
- Coordinate with the Director of Sales and Marketing, Director of F&B Development and Executive Assistant Manager the development and roll-out of the In-house packages, promotions and activities

Requirements

Guest Service
- Conduct weekly audits in each of the Outlets to monitor service & quality and develop and implement strategies to improve results
- Monitor quality of service and give recommendations to be made to appropriate head of department
- Develop strategies in order to improve guest service, food production techniques and efficiency

Finance
- Achieves along with his/her Team Members the targeted food cost percentages
- Monitor discounts on sales on a monthly basis and any large deviations are accounted for
- Financial reports have been analyzed and corrective action and follow is taken on any discrepancies
- Preparation and pricing of menus and beverage

Team Management
- Maximizes employee productivity and morale within the department and consistently maintain discipline within hotel guidelines and local regulations
- Schedules employees in line with varying business levels in order to maximize productivity and minimize payroll costs
- Selects and recruits suitable employees for the department using prescribed set of policies and procedures
- Give appropriate skills training to team members in order to meet guests’ needs and maintain standards
- Identifies employees with potential for promotion and/or transfer and makes appropriate development plans for him/her together Director of People

Engagement
- Conducts monthly departmental meetings with staff in order to review the monthly achievements and areas for development
- Establishes and maintains effective internal communications including daily meetings with staff to ensure optimum team work and productivity

Health and Safety
- Understands and strictly adheres to the Rules & Regulations established in regards to hotel’s policy on Fire, Hygiene and Health & Safety
- Ensures that all potential and real hazards are reported and reduced immediately
- Adheres to the hotel’s fire, emergency and bomb threat procedures
- Practices and enforces all emergency procedures to provide the security and safety of guests and employees
- Ensures that all employees have a complete understanding of and adhere to the Hotel’s Employee rules and regulations

Fundamentals
- Work within all pre-set budgetary limits.
- Comply with all company policies.
- Comply with all systems and procedures as laid down by the EAM, GM and hotel

About the Company

The Adecco Group is the world’s leading talent advisory and solutions company. We proudly make a difference in the working lives of 3.5 million people every year. Our culture is entrepreneurial and inclusive, and we are united by our passion for making a difference in the world of work. We work with over 100,000 organizations in 60 countries, enabling their success. We have 35,000 people working with us across more than 60 countries and territories.

Adecco has been rapidly growing in the Middle East since 2008, developing a substantial footprint throughout the region. We work across 250 different clients, Adecco has more than 62 full time employees, working in 4 offices, servicing all countries across the GCC region. We offer Temporary Staffing, Permanent Placement, Executive Search, Assessments, Visa And Payroll, Outsourcing, PRO Solutions customised as per client requirements. Adecco Middle East Head Office is based in Dubai with a branch at Abu Dhabi.