Assistant Food & Beverage Manager

Our client is seeking an experienced and motivated Assistant Food & Beverage Manager to join their hospitality leadership team. This is an excellent opportunity for a hospitality professional who enjoys leading people, delivering exceptional service, and helping drive the success of a busy food and beverage operation.

Working alongside the senior management team, you'll play a key role in overseeing the day-to-day operation of multiple food and beverage outlets, ensuring consistently high standards of service, strong financial performance, and an outstanding guest experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the management team with the daily operation of a range of food and beverage outlets, including restaurant, bar, room service, conferences and events.
• Help lead, motivate and develop a high-performing front of house team.
• Ensure exceptional levels of customer service are delivered at all times.
• Coordinate daily operational briefings and maintain effective communication across departments.
• Monitor service standards, compliance, health and safety, and operational procedures.
• Assist with stock management, labour scheduling and cost control to maximise profitability.
• Support revenue growth through effective upselling, promotions and commercial awareness.
• Coach and mentor team members, creating a positive and professional working environment.

About You

To be successful in this role, you'll have previous management or supervisory experience within a quality hospitality environment, such as a 4/5 Star hotel, quality fresh food restaurant, bar or events venue.

You'll also bring:

• Strong leadership and team development skills.
• The ability to control different areas of the food and beverage department whilst on shift.
• Excellent communication and organisational abilities.
• A hands on approach with the ability to remain calm under pressure.
• A passion for delivering memorable customer experiences.
• Commercial awareness with an understanding of budgets, labour management and cost control.

What's on Offer

Our client offers a supportive working environment where career development is actively encouraged, alongside a competitive benefits package including:

• Ongoing training and genuine opportunities for career progression.
• Flexible access to a portion of wages before payday.
• Monthly gratuity payments.
• Complimentary leisure club membership and discounted wellness treatments.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Enhanced family friendly policies.
• Apprenticeship and professional development opportunities.
• Generous annual leave allowance, increasing with length of service.
• Employee discounts on accommodation, food and drink across a collection of premium hospitality venues.
• Company pension scheme and life assurance.
• Long service recognition awards, including complimentary dining and overnight stays.

If you're an ambitious hospitality professional looking to take the next step in your management career, we'd love to hear from you.