Food & Beverage Services Manager in Bishopton

JA Mar Hall Golf & Spa Resort is a peaceful countryside retreat and soulful escape, your haven of Scottish charm, spa indulgence, and championship golf. Recently, Mar Hall proudly joined JA Resorts & Hotels, a heritage hospitality brand with award-winning properties across Dubai, the Maldives, and Scotland. This exciting new chapter brings global expertise, world-class standards, and new opportunities for our teams.

Set within 240 acres of woodland on the banks of the River Clyde, our resort features elegant bedrooms and suites, a championship golf course, a luxury spa and wellness experience, and exceptional dining shaped by creativity and Scottish provenance. Together, we are elevating the resort into one of the UK’s most exceptional luxury destinations.

At JA Mar Hall, we are on an ambitious journey to elevate our guest experience towards Forbes Travel Guide luxury standards. We are seeking a highly driven and hands-on Food and Beverage Services Manager to lead from the front, champion exceptional service, and inspire our team to deliver consistently outstanding experiences across all dining and event operations. This is a dynamic, operational leadership role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced luxury environment and has a deep-rooted passion for restaurant service excellence, while confidently overseeing the broader food and beverage offering across the hotel. Restaurant management experience is critical.

• Lead and oversee daily food and beverage operations across restaurant dining, gallery bar service, breakfast service, afternoon tea, weddings, meetings and events.
• Take full ownership of service delivery, ensuring guest interaction reflects luxury standards and attention to detail.
• Be highly visible on the restaurant floor, actively managing service, coaching teams and responding to guest needs in real time.
• Implement and uphold Forbes level service standards, adapting and embedding them within daily operations.
• Develop, implement, and continuously refine SOPs to elevate consistency and quality.
• Lead and inspire a diverse food and beverage team including a Bar Manager/Head Mixologist, Assistant F&B Managers, Breakfast Manager, Supervisors and F&B Assistants.
• Create a high-performance culture focused on accountability, engagement, and excellence.
• Coach and develop managers and supervisors to strengthen leadership capability across the department.
• Ensure effective communication and alignment across all service areas.
• Ensure seamless execution of events while maintaining luxury service standards.
• Demonstrate flexibility to support key business demands across all food and beverage outlets.
• Manage labour costs in line with payroll budgets and business needs.
• Support forecasting, cost control, and revenue driving initiatives.
• Maintain strong commercial awareness, understanding trends, covers, and performance drivers.
• Implement JA brand standards and support the transition towards Forbes Travel Guide expectations.
• Maintain full compliance with health, safety, and licensing regulations.
• Ensure presentation standards of team, environment, and service consistently reflect a luxury offering.

• Proven experience in a luxury restaurant or hotel food and beverage leadership role.
• An ability to perform as an effective restaurant manager is key.
• Strong operational background with a passion for hands-on service leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to lead high performing teams in a multi-outlet environment.
• Experience in implementing and maintaining high-end service standards.
• Commercially aware with experience managing budgets and labour costs.
• Exceptional attention to detail and guest focus.
• Flexible, resilient, and adaptable in a fast-evolving luxury environment.
• A natural leader who thrives on developing people and driving standards.

At JA Mar Hall, you’ll find more than a job; you’ll build a career within a global hospitality family. We offer competitive salary plus Tronc, paid via an independent tronc system, meaning your monthly earnings are topped up through service charge. Additional benefits include free luxury leisure club membership, discounted membership for friends & family, discounts on Spa treatments, food, beverages, and overnight stays, access to wellbeing support programmes, and more.