Job description
What will be your mission?
To lead the Food & Beverage strategy and performance across the Luxury Hotels portfolio. The postholder ensures operational consistency, concept excellence, safe and efficient design of F&B spaces, and the curation and governance of high fit third-party operator partnerships.
What will you do?
Key Accountabilities:
Regional Strategy & Brand Alignment
• Translate brand positioning into regional operating standards and concept playbooks.
• Create menu frameworks (core, seasonal, local heroes) and promotional calendars.
• Harmonise costing frameworks, recipe yields, variance controls and waste management.
Commercial Performance & Operational Excellence
• Own F&B; P&L; outcomes (revenue, GOP, flowthrough, average spend, RevPASH). Lead menu engineering, pricing elasticity reviews and sales mix optimisation.
• Implement SOPs, brand/mystery audits and procurement synergies.
Third Party Operator Strategy & Governance
• Map market fit operators; lead shortlisting, NDAs, due diligence and fit scoring. Shape term sheets with Legal/Owners; oversee SLAs, QA and reviews.
• Ensure brand alignment and guest experience standards are maintained.
People, Culture & Capability
• Build talent pipelines, succession plans and crossbrand mobility.
• Deliver training programmes (service, wine, barista, mixology, food safety). Champion safety, sustainability and wellbeing.
Governance & Stakeholder Management
• Run monthly performance reviews and quarterly brand councils.
• Present dashboards to senior leadership and owners; manage KPI frameworks. Collaborate closely with Development, Procurement, Finance, Brand and Legal.
What are we looking for?
Experience
Minimum 8 years of experience in Food & Beverage within the hospitality sector, preferably in luxury hotels, including proven exposure to multi‑property or regional roles, P&L management, and F&B strategy and performance optimization.
Qualifications
• Degree in Hospitality Management, Business Administration, or a related field
• Experience working in multi‑property and/or multi‑brand environments
• Fluency in English required; additional languages are a plus
Why choose us?
At Minor Hotels Europe & Americas we are committed to shaping exciting careers worldwide and cross-cultural experiences. Our journey is fuelled by the passion and dedication of our incredible teams, who also enjoy inspiring and exclusive benefits such as:
• Worldwide experience – diversity of 150 different nationalities.
• Career development opportunities full of national and international challenges.
• Wide range of training programmes to enhance your skills.
• Wellbeing initiatives, including flexible working conditions.
• Team member recognition programmes, including Memorable Dates.
• Ability to make a difference through our sustainability programme and volunteering initiatives.
• Team member rates and promotions, offering discounted rates in our hotels around the world and exclusive benefits through our corporate loyalty programme.
