Beverage Manager - Horse Racing Ireland

at  Compass Group

We’re currently recruiting a dedicated Beverage Manager to help ensure the smooth running of the operations in Levy on a full time basis, contracted to 40 hours per week.

As a Beverage Manager, you will use your skills to maintain a high standard of quality work. In return, you will have the chance to progress your career with a company that invests in its people, celebrates individuality, and rewards and recognises employees who go beyond the plate.

• Medicash - Healthcare benefits, including dental, optical and therapy treatments (includes up to 4 dependent children)
• Aviva Digicare - Free annual healthcare check
• Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work)
• Entertainment discounts - up to 55% off cinema tickets
• Health & Wellbeing discounts - Discounts for Nuffield Health (20%) and Pure Gym (10%)
• Travel discounts - Discounts with holiday companies such as TUI and Expedia
• Shopping discounts - Save up to 15% at high street and online stores by purchasing Shopping Cards
• Meals on duty
• Vodaphone discounts
• Pension scheme and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 23 days + BH’s and additional day off for your birthday
• 2 days additional leave, following return from Maternity leave during first year back
• Competitive and supportive family benefits
• Day off for baby’s first birthday
• Holiday purchase scheme
• On-going training & development and career pathways
• Professional subscriptions paid
• Financial wellbeing programme and preferred rates on salary finance products

Could you bring your spark to Levy? Here’s what you need to know before applying:

Your key responsibilities will include:

• As a F&B Manager you will be managing the day to day operation with a hands-on approach you will build strong relationship with the business owner and key stakeholders.
• Ability to identify sales opportunities and exploit them.
• A strong focus on developing a core team, and full responsibility for managing a large variable team.
• Reviewing standards and processes and improving where required and making sure we meet out require set standards
• Strong attention to detail within all aspects of catering and hospitality
• Innovation and creativity with menu plans
• Delivering on KPI agreed with the client
• Assisting of P&L and Budgetary achievements, an understanding of cost vs revenue.
• This is a commercial contract, your main focus will be to maximise sales and profitability
• Driving and growing profit through strategic planning
• Excellent commercial understanding and creative ideas to increase business
• Being fully responsible for all health & safety and food safety
• Stakeholder and client management - building strong and robust relationships
• Detail conscious
• Able to work efficiently with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Our ideal Beverage Manager will:

• Proven experience of running high volume restaurant catering.
• Proven experience of planning & running functions / weddings / events
• Strong commercial skills
• Ability to identify sales opportunities and exploit them
• Ability to manage a profit and loss account – this is not a cost plus business. Comfortable with finances
• Ability to motivate a team and develop training plans as required.
• Able to work efficiently with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Strong communicator as they will work closely with the client and need to motivate the team.
• Formal qualification is non-essential but you need to be detail conscious

As part of Compass you’ll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK’s biggest businesses.
Job Reference: com/1909/40262001/52681304/WJ
Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive?because diversity is our strength

• As a F&B Manager you will be managing the day to day operation with a hands-on approach you will build strong relationship with the business owner and key stakeholders.
• Ability to identify sales opportunities and exploit them.
• A strong focus on developing a core team, and full responsibility for managing a large variable team.
• Reviewing standards and processes and improving where required and making sure we meet out require set standards
• Strong attention to detail within all aspects of catering and hospitality
• Innovation and creativity with menu plans
• Delivering on KPI agreed with the client
• Assisting of P&L and Budgetary achievements, an understanding of cost vs revenue.
• This is a commercial contract, your main focus will be to maximise sales and profitability
• Driving and growing profit through strategic planning
• Excellent commercial understanding and creative ideas to increase business
• Being fully responsible for all health & safety and food safety
• Stakeholder and client management - building strong and robust relationships
• Detail conscious
• Able to work efficiently with Microsoft Word and Excel