Food & Beverage Manager
What We Will Offer You
£35,000
Permanent Full Time Contract
40 Hours Per Week
Time in Lieu
33 Days Holiday per annum (including Bank Holidays)
Numerous Training Opportunities
Perks (Parking Levy, Local Business Discounts, 25% off F&B Onsite & 15% Off Ice Locker)
Who Are We
We are the Motorpoint Arena & National Ice Centre, Nottingham. The largest entertainment venue in the East Midlands with a crowd capacity of 10,000. Showcasing the biggest names in music, comedy, entertainment and sport, we host over 100 events and welcome 800,000+ visitors through our doors each year. Home to the Nottingham Panthers Ice Hockey Team, where they play 30+ home league & cups games each season.
What We Do
Here at the Motorpoint Arena & National Ice Centre, our people and those around us are at the heart of what we do and how we behave. Our passion is for our venue to be lived and breathed by everyone; whether they’re attending a concert, cheering on their favourite sports team or visiting us each day as their place of work.
Our Food & Beverage team offer an outstanding service across numerous and dynamic areas. Ranging from the 20+ bars and theme outlets to the 44 hospitality suites, hospitality bars & Spotlight restaurant. Outside of the events, we have 2 cafes and a sport & music bar that cater for the day to day visitors. We also have numerous conferences across our range of facilities. Away from our bread & butter, we specialise in outdoor Food & Beverage, where we have supported festivals & bespoke events all over the country.
What You Will Be Doing
- Support the Head of Food & Beverage in the planning, delivery & execution of all F&B operations
- To assist in actively promoting sales growth, profitability and guest service, through innovation, analysis and attention to detail
- Ensure day to day & event operations are delivered to within budget
- Oversee all F&B areas of your responsibility, ensuring all SOP, cleaning schedules and policies are followed
- To promote a positive Health & Safety culture within the F & B team in accordance with company, local authority & national guidelines through training & auditing
- Coach, mentor & develop your teams
- Complete monthly stocktakes and weekly line checks
- Ensure Licencing & Challenge 21 are followed across all areas
- Stock management, including ordering, reporting and monitoring
- Margin management with keeping wastage to a sensible level
- Collaboratively work and partner with numerous Arena departments
- Actively be involved in recruitment, appraisal, disciplinary processes
- Any other duties as assigned by the Head and Deputy Head of Food & Beverage
What Are We Looking For
Person Specification
- Dynamic
- Can switch between a proactive & reactive approach
- The ability to prioritise tasks
- An effective leader
- A genuine believer in people
- Someone who can identify improvements
- A passion for success
- Approach tasks with gumption
- Guest focused mentality
- The desire to grow & develop
Skills & Qualifications
- Food Safety
- Health & Safety
- Proven track record in management in a similar environment
- Sound knowledge of budgets, margins & reporting
- Strong organisational & planning skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Good IT skills
By working together and having the determination and drive to succeed, we can ensure we deliver outstanding service and create everlasting memories for everyone we reach. If you have the determination to develop and be the best you can possibly be, as well as tackle task with integrity and innovation, we’re the right workplace for you.