Food & Beverage Manager

What this job involves:

Navigating through the gruelling demands of dining operations

For many people in the food industry, a busy kitchen and a military unit operate similarly both require rigour, discipline and precision for success. So if you re looking to grow your strength in the F&B area, this role may be perfect for you!

Adopting intelligence officer-like vetting skills will help you go a long way, as you can use these in reviewing and developing menus based on factors such as nutritional value, popularity and cost.

Keeping an eye on feedback, records and supplies

• Before the start of food service, you ll need to sample the prepared food it s the best way to guarantee palatability and flavour conformity.

• you must go above and beyond in monitoring food preparation methods, portion sizes and presentation to ensure that a dish is as it should be, or even better!

• You ll develop ways to gauge customer satisfaction.

• You ll also look into complaints about food quality and service and see to it that such issues are resolved accordingly. Taking a proactive stance, you ll review our operations regularly to identify opportunities for improving service, safety and overall performance. Likewise, you ll determine which food offerings are popular among consumers.

• Keeping tab of supply and equipment inventories and maintaining records on cafeteria operations also come with the role.

• Managing Tuck Shops end to end from inspection of varieties, expiry dates, appropriate quantity stacking, regular intervals replacement of items as per the market trends

• Management of events is the key element of F & B. Managing indoor & outdoor events time to time.

work closely with a catering vendor to identify how much and what type of food to serve.

• Planning on Food festival with special lunches, coordinating with hotels for booking for any special Lunch/Dinner/Hi Tea /Breakfast

• Preparation of different Menu s as per the pulse of the employee & managing the employee feedback

• You ll coordinate, as well, all equipment maintenance and repairs, waste removal and pest control activities. Carrying out hygiene audits both internally and through a third-party agency.

• Ensuring proper documentation and keeping records (sanitation, food subsidy records, food wastage etc.) up to date and consistent with government standards are a must do.

• Kitchen Audits to be conducted as agreed with food service partner through a contract. Evaluation of vendor performance through score card mapping & tracking. MOM to be shared & tracking for their closure.

• Working on innovations, technology introduction& understanding of new products introduced in caf kitchen

• Imparting trainings to the Kitchen Staff on cleaning, etiquette, equipment management , Food layout etc.

Sound like you To apply you need to have:

In-depth understanding of the role s ins and outs

You ll need significant and relevant experience in handling base kitchens. Your impeccable skills in evaluating existing processes and tweaking them when necessary will prove useful. You ll also have solid background in formulating policies and developing new strategies and procedures.

Excellent vendor management skills and good working knowledge of important catering elements including supplies, equipment, services ordering and inventory control are also helpful.

Strong leadership and organizational skills

Are you a dependable leader who can effectively supervise and train employees Do you have technical aptitude and report generation skills If you said yes to all these, we are more than happy to discuss this opportunity with you.

Mastery in the field

You should have earned an experience of more than 5 to 7 years in Facility Management - F & B Services . Working on floor/corporate culture will be an added advantage. We ll also expect you to work as a part of a diverse team in both leadership and individual contributor expertise.