Director of Food & Beverage

At Adare Manor, our vision is 'Beyond Everything' - a commitment to creating magical, unforgettable experiences for our guests and team alike. As a globally celebrated luxury resort, we are proud to have been named #1 Resort in Europe by Condé Nast Traveler for three consecutive years, awarded the prestigious Forbes Five-Star rating, and honoured with Michelin's highest distinction-3 Keys. From our Michelin-starred dining to world-class golf, including hosting the 2027 Ryder Cup, Adare Manor is a place where excellence thrives. If you share our passion for pushing boundaries and delivering extraordinary experiences, we would love to welcome you to our award-winning team.

We are now recruiting for a Director of Food & Beverage to join our team here in Adare Manor.

The F&B Director is responsible for the Food & Beverage strategy and concepts, while driving effective and efficient management of the overall function across the resort ensuring that the defined luxury brand & service standards are implemented, and commercial targets are met

Operational responsibilities:

· Responsible for managing the Food & Beverage Managers reporting directly to you

· Collaborate with the Director of Culinary on concepts for all F&B outlets

· Develop and continuously review the Food & Beverage strategy

· Together with the support of the HR team recruit & engage a team of professional, motivated employees

· Together with the support of the Training & Development Manager create & roll out a comprehensive training programme for the F&B team

· Ensure the Food & Beverage outlets are compliant with internal & legislative Health & Safety, Hygiene compliance requirements

· Conduct pre-service briefings with your Managers & ensure they do the same with their teams

· Ensure all key performance indicators are monitored, met & exceeded annually

· Ensure that all members of the Food & Beverage team have an extensive knowledge of all menus, standards & service expectations.

· Apply efficient cost controls through effective management of departmental costs, purchasing, breakages, labour costs and efficient systems of operation.

· Apply effective rostering techniques to meet the business demands of the hotel

· Promote the culture of 'beyond everything' & the supporting values & behaviours by example & training as an EXCOM/Senior Team member

· Ensure that all Food & Beverage team members comply with the hotel's conditions of employment, procedures and policies.

· Conduction annual appraisals with your F&B Managers and ensure they conduct appraisals with the wider F&B team

· Collaborate with the HR Director on succession planning for your function

· Assist the HR team to partner with Hospitality Colleges offering F&B internships and developing future pipelines of employees

· Coach & mentor your direct reports and ensure they are adequately resourced to carry out their roles

· Ensure you are proficient on the Leading Hotels standards & exceed audit expectations

· Ensure you live the values of Adare Manor acting as a role model while promoting the vision, values and their associated behaviours to your team

· Drive commerciality through upselling, menu engineering, effective rostering, manpower planning and cost effective purchasing

· Ensure your outlets have a welcoming and friendly environment that results in it being a pleasant atmosphere for both guests and team members alike

· Create a culture of open communication throughout F&B ensuring your team are informed and knowledgeable on all relevant information

· Ensure you team have the resources to do their job

· Work closely with other members of the Executive Committee to ensure a one team approach

· To communicate effectively with all relevant parties and effectively lead your department in a structured and organised manner.

· Ensure Guest satisfaction monitoring is consistently carried out & deal with any Guest feedback in a responsive manner

· Liaise with Kitchen on all culinary matters

· Supervise work performance and systems of operation effectively within the department.

· Ensure that tasks are allocated & delegated in a fair manner to ensure operational effectiveness.

· Be 'on the floor' during service engaging with Guests & ensuring service is efficient.

Financial responsibilities:

· To upsell & maximise all revenue/sales opportunities in order to achieve budgets.

· Ensure that all bills are correctly posted/charged and all monies are accounted for.

· Reduce breakages/wastage through effective training and monitoring of staff.

· To prepare annually budgets for the following financial year

· Ensure compliance with financial policies and procedures across the entire Food and Beverage department

· To ensure that a culture of care and respect is shown for the products in daily use, that effective systems are adhered to for the storage, requisitioning, ordering/purchasing and security of all deliveries and storeroom areas, ensuring that any discrepancies are investigated fully, brought to the attention of Senior Management and rectified.

At Adare Manor we offer an exceptional remuneration package including incredible benefits in a spectacular working environment.

Administration responsibilities:

· Comply with & promote Fire, Health, Safety, HACCP and Environmental procedures & monitor staff systems of work and taking corrective action where necessary

· With the support of the Food & Beverage Coordinator ensure all administrative tasks including rosters, payroll, SOPs, purchasing & data analysis is completed in an organised & timely manner

People management:

· Ensure that fair practices and procedures are implemented and ensure that any issues are addressed without delay, taking corrective action as necessary - liaising with HR/ Director of F&B.

· Ensure that all employees are dressed to the correct uniform standard, maintain good personal hygiene, and present the appropriate image consistently throughout their shift.

· Ensure all employees arrive for work punctually, absence is covered, over time is worked as necessary etc. and monitor absences in the workplace.

Professional responsibilities:

· Actively participate on the overall hotel management team & support all hotel initiatives.

· Take responsibility for own personal development & the development & succession planning of the team.

· Contribute ideas, suggestions for continuous improvement on a regular basis.

· Regularly network within the hospitality industry, visit & benchmark against competitors

Because of the changing nature of our business you will, from time to time, be required to undertake other activities of a similar nature that fall within your capabilities as directed by the leadership team. Understand that this job description gives you a broad overview of your job role and as such it is not exhaustive or complete in listing each and every task required

We offer exceptional working environment, development opportunities that are beyond everything, state of the art equipment as well as competitive rates of pay & benefits.