Food and Beverage Director

NH Collection Colombo offers comforting familiarity based on three main pillars value for money, the best location, and service with a human touch – making stays always a pleasure, time after time.

• Oversee the entire food and beverage department, from catering and restaurant operations to staffing and budget management. 

• Managing orders, inventory control, and deliveries. 

• Identifying ways to cut costs, eliminate inventory shrinkage, and reduce food spoilage. 

• Developing realistic budgets with the team, using historical data to forecast future financial plans.

• Monitoring current spending habits to ensure that they’re staying within the budget. 

• Analyzing financial and consumer data reports.

• Nurturing relationships with vendors and hospitality software companies. 

• Collaborating with various types of chefs to create delicious and enticing menu types.

• Developing a pricing strategy to establish before ordering sufficient ingredients. 

• Executing plans to maintain health and safety standards across food and beverage storage spaces. 

• Making final decisions on whether to use food and restaurant tech solutions.

• Ensuring the team is providing clients with stellar customer service. 

• Reviewing and implementing policies across food and beverage sub-departments (restaurants,  event management, banquets, catering, etc).

• A bachelor’s degree in business or a related field. 

• Five to ten years of experience in restaurant and/or hospitality management is a must-have.

• A passion for the hospitality industry as a whole.

• Develop realistic budgets with the team, using historical data to forecast future financial plans.

• An understanding of statistics and mathematical equations to accurately calculate forecasts and reports. 

• The desire to constantly improve the customer experience. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. 

• The ability to remain calm and professional in high-stress situations.

• A familiarity with Microsoft and Google applications, as you’ll be spending a lot of time managing documents, sharing files, and creating presentations.

• An interest and willingness to travel, as there may be on-site appointments with vendors.

• Should be a Sri Lanka.