Job Description
Find where you belong!
Do you have the commercial and customer-first mindset to develop and deliver a successful F&B business on a national scale? Can you architect a 3-year F&B strategy that drives out-performance, puts our guests first, and translates into a seamless mission for our hotels and their teams? If yes, our Head of Food & Beverage Strategy position might be the right next move for you.
Your Purpose
We are seeking a visionary cultivator to scale our multi-million pound F&B operation, overseeing 230 bar-cafes and our F&B proposition across 370 hotels. Our Head of F&B will be responsible for driving revenue, margin and ensuring a consistent brilliant customer experience across the entire estate.
Key Responsibilities
- Define the 3-year F&B vision, identifying new growth initiatives and pricing strategies that maximise our revenue and optimise margin through a customer-first approach.
- Oversee a c£2m management budget and influence investment.
- Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle from initial concept to national launch, optimizing for both profitability and consumer demand.
- Act as the bridge between Marketing, Finance, and Ops – ensuring we deliver a consistent, high-quality brand experience.
- Spearhead the use of data dashboards and digital platforms to optimise conversion, the guest journey and commercial performance.
Your Strengths
The ideal candidate will be a strong commercial director with a proven track record in high-volume F&B or large-scale restaurant retail. We are seeking a candidate who has held full P&L accountability—ideally for portfolios exceeding £50m—and possesses the rational mindset to transform complex market trends and consumer data into high-growth strategies. Beyond the numbers, they should demonstrate rational intelligence, showing a history of working hand-in-hand with ground-level teams to ensure that national change is implemented seamlessly and sustainably.
Our Head of F&B will need to influence at the ExCo level and negotiate high-value supplier relationships with ease. They should be a collaborative partner known for winning “hearts and minds” across a business, pairing exceptional stakeholder management with the flexibility to travel nationally. We are looking for a strategic thinker with technical expertise—someone who can present to the board one day and analyse the drivers behind a 1% margin shift the next.
Your Perks
- Up to £120,000 & Annualise Bonus
- Car Allowance payable at £570 per month
- Contributory pension scheme – auto enroll at 5% after 3 months and we contribute 8%
- Hybrid working – a minimum of 60% of your time should be spent in the office and or visiting suppliers
- 50% personal discount for hotel bookings and great friends and family discounts too!
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays, increasing with length of service
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