Director of Food & Beverage

JOB PURPOSE STATEMENT

Iconic 598-room Hilton Sydney is located in the heart of Sydney’s CBD and is steps from Town Hall station and the QVB Light Rail stop. Amongst our operations, we are home to glass Brasserie, heritage listed Marble Bar and one of the largest Conferencing & Event spaces in Australia.

As Director Food and Beverage, you will report directly to the General Manager and be responsible for overseeing and managing the operations in Conferencing & Event Operations, Lobby Lounge, Room Service, glass Breakfast, glass Brasserie, Zeta Bar and Marble Bar. As a senior leader of Hilton Australasia’s flagship hotel, you will be responsible for leading daily activities to ensure team members are well trained and managed, excellent guest experiences provided, and performance targets met.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Hotel Strategy and Management

• Lead from the front and with passion setting an example for your team and inspiring great performance
• Work in conjunction with the hotel’s Commercial team to maximise revenue potential and profitability of all F&B Outlets including C&E
• Maintain a high level of product, hotel and local area knowledge including up and coming industry trends
• Monitor and review costs for all outlets, particularly payroll cost and beverage cost ensuring costs are within budget/forecast
• Coordinate regular communication meetings to ensure all Food & Beverage leaders are well informed of hotel activities and strategy
• Ensure that the appearance and condition of all outlets are consistently at their best.  Monitor departments daily and ensure that housekeeping or engineering requirements are managed as timely and cost effectively as possible
• Monitor and complete returns for incentive programs in F&B Outlets, ensuring that any incentives are achieving their intended aim of maximising profitability
• https://jobs.hilton.com/apac/en/job/HOT0BD0H/Director-of-Food-Beverage