Food & Beverage Manager in Leeds

Food & Beverage Manager The Queens Hotel Salary: £40,000.00 - £45,000.00 Per Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Town: Leeds
Located in the heart of Leeds, The Queens Hotel is a place like no other. Marrying authentic art deco glamour with on-trend fittings and furnishings, this newly refurbished city-centre retreat offers style and comfort in equal measure.
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Food & Beverage Manager to join our Truly Talented team.
What we offer
£40,000.00 - £45,000.00 Per Annum
Permanent, full-time contract (40hrs per week).
Benefits
Hotel discounts across all Axiom Hospitality hotels – colleague rates and up to 50% discount on F&B;
28 days holiday, including bank holidays, increasing yearly to 33 days;
Discounts across retail, restaurants, events and more through our benefits & rewards portal;
Access to our Employee Assistance Line to support your Mental Health and Wellbeing;
Use of Wagestream Financial Wellbeing platform, allowing instant access to your pay;
Yearly complimentary Axiom Xcape stayover after one year of service;
A growing team with great training, progression, and promotion opportunities;
Rewards for referring a friend: referral bonus for recommending a new team member starts at £250 per successful hire;
Length of service awards, ranging from 1 year to 3, 5, 10 and 20-year rewards and more!
Your role
You will have an entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for hospitality and a proven track record of growing fantastic teams by leading from the front, while keeping your guests at heart of everything that you do.
We are looking for someone that holds and enjoys maintaining high standards, with keen attention to detail. Experience within the luxury/boutique segment would be a real advantage.
The ideal person for this role will be a true epicurean – a food and drink enthusiast, who maintains a solid and up-to-date understanding of the restaurant and bar scene.
As a Food & Beverage Manager , you will ensure the smooth operational running of the F&B outlets in order to deliver an excellent and memorable experience for our guests.
You will work closely with General Manager, leading and evolving the F&B operations at the hotel, driving revenue, ensuring that brand standards are met, and guests' expectations are exceeded.
The ideal person for this role will be enthusiastic about change, focused on details and trusting.
This role will also include working with our on site Restaurant and Bar, Cinnamon Kitchen which will include the below points:
Working closely with the Cinnamon Kitchen team to drive the commercial performance of the F&B operation, ensuring alignment on revenue generation, cost control, profitability and overall financial performance.
Collaborate with Cinnamon Kitchen on budgeting, financial forecasting and revenue projections, regularly reviewing performance against targets and identifying opportunities to maximise revenue and improve profitability.
Maintain regular communication with Cinnamon Kitchen to review trading performance, commercial opportunities, operational challenges and agreed business objectives.
Ensure all F&B teams operate in line with agreed brand, operational and service standards, working collaboratively with Cinnamon Kitchen Leeds to maintain consistency across the guest experience.
Ensure F&B mystery guest audits are consistently achieved and passed, taking ownership of implementing required standards, monitoring performance and following up on any areas of improvement identified through audit feedback.
Embed a culture of accountability and continuous improvement, ensuring all team members understand and consistently deliver the expected service standards and operational procedures.
Maintain regular communication with Cinnamon Kitchen to review trading performance, commercial opportunities, operational challenges and agreed business objectives.
The core skills and experience required to succeed
Truly passionate about the Hospitality Industry;
Previous experience as a Food & Beverage Manager or an Assistant Food & Beverage Manager, Restaurant & Bars Manager (ready for the step-up)
Strong leadership and motivational skills which are capable of nurturing, developing and inspiring team members;
Excellent personal presentation;
Good understanding of food hygiene and health & safety procedures;
Ability to work under pressure to deadlines and targets;
Ability to function independently with a minimum of supervision;
Excellent communication skills, the ability to communicate verbally and in writing;
To be an enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach and have experience in empowering a team to successfully meet expectations;
Strong leadership and motivational skills which are capable of nurturing, developing and inspiring team members;
An authentic and inspiring leader of people and business.
You must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from all candidates prior to commencing employment.
Having these core skills will put you one step further to joining Axiom Hospitality and The Queens Hotel.
Opportunities for all
At Axiom Hospitality, we thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a fast-growing hospitality company with global aspirations. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We, therefore, encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages, and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.
At Axiom Hospitality, we are making efforts to reduce our carbon, energy, water and waste footprint. We strive to be ethical in all we do and want to be a thriving, sustainable and responsible business for our people, our communities and our planet. Working closely with our Hotel Owners, we are committed to the journey to sustainability. In addition, we are working to reduce our hotels' impact on the environment through internationally recognised eco-label certification.
Our hotels strive to be active members of their local communities by giving back where they can. Supporting local charities is important to our teams, from volunteering at soup kitchens to collecting donations and fundraising. Our hotels aim to leave a positive impact on their neighbourhoods. At Axiom Hospitality, we are working closely with our stakeholders to support our social impact commitment. Caring about people extends outside our business and is part of our DNA.

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