Head of Training - Luxury Cafes & Restaurants

Job description / Role

Five-star experienced Head of Training required for significantly expanding luxury food retail business based in Dubai, UAE.

If you want to apply your five-star hospitality training, in a Head of Training role, within a business that cultivates functional ownership and rewards high performance then this is the role for you.

Our client is an award-winning food retail business that is experiencing significant growth across the MENA region, particularly within Saudi Arabia and the UAE. This company has a number of routes to market and is a leader within its category; this is due to its commitment to product quality and customer service.

Due to rapid growth and demand for its products and services this business has exciting expansion plans for the next 15 months. In order to facilitate this growth, our client has identified the need for a Head of Training to help drive this function forward, ensuring consistent service standards across the business' restaurants and cafes.

Requirements

To be considered for this role you will have excellent experience of designing and deploying service training within restaurants and/or cafés to a silver service standard. Working within luxury / high-class dining should be natural to you and all of the associated training requirements and standards that go with these high standards.

Whilst this role has no immediate direct reports you will be expected to work collaboratively with other functional heads to ensure that learning and development, as well as training strategies are effectively implemented throughout the business.

This role is based in Dubai and will recompense you with a strong basic remuneration package, as well as a competitive bonus scheme and family-level benefits.

This role has been earmarked as a strategically important hire and our client is looking to hire within the next few weeks. Don’t delay in sending your CV for this Head of Training – Restaurants & Cafés opportunity in Dubai, UAE today.

About the Company

Why Focus International?

Firstly, we know our market and we deliver. Based in the UAE & The United Kingdom we have a track record of developing long term relationships with candidates & clients over the last 10 years who see the benefit of strategic Talent Management, from Graduates to Main Board appointments.

Our main areas of expertise lie within the following:

Functions:
Production & Engineering Food Technology Sales & Marketing Product Development Supply Chain & Logistics Human Resources
Finance
Purchasing

Channels: Manufacturing Retail Foodservice Distribution Ingredients Packaging
Hospitality
Equipment & Services

Categories: Bakery Dairy Grocery Added value chilled foods Frozen foods Fresh Produce Meat, Poultry & Fish Drinks and Beverages

To support our work, we have an extensive database of internationally based food, drink & FMCG professionals. We advertise on all relevant websites, we network constantly and with a team of experienced Search Consultants we know the people you will want to talk to.

We are the regions largest and only dedicated Food and Drink recruiter complimented by a number of excellent relations within many non food FMCG companies across the MEA who see the value our approach offers. Born out of a strategic vision from our parent group Focus Management Consultants Ltd to be closer to our international partners across the MEA region, we have rapidly become one of the premier FMCG recruitment consultancies working with both large multinational businesses and local operations. Supporting our consultative recruitment activity we utilise the most optimised and developed web and social media engagement techniques available in the market allowing our team of specialist consultants to engage with candidates & clients on many different media platforms. As innovative leaders of our sector, we are constantly investing in creative ways to source and attract candidates and add value to the recruitment process for our clients.

Our business approach is ethical and honest, and it is our clear objective to maintain integrity with both clients and candidates at all times.

The aim is to become your preferred recruitment contact who will work in partnership with you, assisting and advising at all times your search for that next career opportunity. We also desire to become the preferred partner of choice to FMCG businesses for your ongoing and long term recruitment needs. We will achieve this by delivering you highly effective solutions and committing to you for both your immediate and future business needs.