Directeur F&B F/H/X
Core
Director of F&B responsible for global management and strategy of the Food & Beverage department across all sales points, kitchens, and stewarding operations for a luxury hotel.
Role type
Senior F&B Director (Hotel)
Builds
Restaurant operations, culinary partnerships, and guest dining experiences
Domain
Luxury hospitality / Fine dining
Required skills
Financial management, operational leadership, strategic planning, budget forecasting, vendor negotiation, team recruitment and training, compliance auditing, crisis management
Preferred skills
International experience, luxury hotel background, culinary partnership management
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Articulate and promote the hotel's restaurant strategy, manage relationships with culinary partners (Matsuhisa, Il Carpaccio), lead operational meetings, maintain Raffles service standards, supervise activities to meet profit and client satisfaction targets, conduct periodic action plans for budget and performance, ensure budget and forecast compliance, coordinate deployment of operational procedures and training programs, analyze irregularity reports, conduct regular audits on F&B standards, manage staff records including grooming, attendance, and payroll, oversee recruitment and termination of F&B teams, coordinate equipment selection and inventory, ensure FLHS and HACCP procedures are applied, handle client complaints, maintain consistent pricing policies with suppliers, work with local and national authorities on hygiene standards, develop new promotions, maintain inter-departmental communication, conduct daily briefings on VIP arrivals and operational issues, foster cooperation with hotel services, update client preference databases, coordinate PR plans for menu updates, develop individual employee performance, and respond to emergency or evacuation situations.