Director of Food & Beverage

COMO Laucala Island, Fiji

Property: COMO Laucala Island
Position: Director of Food & Beverage
Base Location: Fiji
Department: Food & Beverage
Reporting to: General Manager

Job Summary:

The role of Director of Food & Beverage is to oversee the overall operation of the Food & Beverage Department, deliver excellent product and service quality levels while maximizing profits; forecasting and budgeting; and selecting, training, and developing employees.

Tasks/Responsibilities:

• Prepare the annual Food and Beverage budget and monthly forecasts for Food and Beverage needs and expenses.
• Oversee the entire Food and Beverage Operations, ensuring all food and beverage concepts according to COMO standards and guests’ preferences.
• Be the leader who understands and delivers luxury, personalisation, recognition and lifestyle, and memorable experiences.
• Be innovative; constantly challenging yourself and the team to lift the bar in service delivery.
• Be the business leader for the Food and Beverage Division, actively working with Cluster Director of Sales and Marketing to drive Sales, Marketing, Pricing, and service delivery.
• Have the foresight to anticipate future business trends, challenges, and competitive pressures and to be in a position to counter such threats.
• Responsible for operating day-to-day whilst working on a pre-agreed short and long-term business objectives of the property.
• Develop and implement standard operating procedures, steps of services, and other policies and procedures for the food and beverage operation.
• Work collaboratively with the Planning Committee members in carrying out hotel objectives.
• Achieve excellent ratings and standards for all food concepts by the hotel and industry reviews, including social media sites.
• Responsible for Human Resources planning, hiring, training, development, and building bench strength to provide continuity in such high-level service delivery.
• Ensure COMO corporate brand and standards are observed.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations regarding food preparation and serving in all outlets.
• Maintain food and equipment inventories, keeping inventory records, submit purchase orders, and cost control responsibilities.
• Works closely with the Executive Chef on menu design, food preparation based on the anticipated number of guests, and maintaining healthy food costs.
• Maintain an attractive beverage program with an appropriate beverage cost in line with the budget.
• Ability to perform other tasks and/or projects as assigned by Management.
• Ensure full knowledge of all hotel systems in order to maintain full maximization of systems use.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university in Business Administration or Hospitality Management.
• 10+ years or more of progressive hotel Food and Beverage experience.
• Service-oriented with professional presentation skills.
• At least 3 years of experience in a senior role in a food and beverage environment.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Possess a high energy, entrepreneurial spirit.
• Great team player, strong communicator, and proven leader with the ability to drive collaboration and teamwork.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Point of Sales System.
• Possess excellent organizational, interpersonal, and administrative skills.
• Experience in implementing new Food and Beverage concepts.
• Possess entrepreneur and business skills.
• Profit and Loss management and budget skills.