Onsite Senior Manager, Food & Beverage Operations

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About the role

  • Senior Manager leading Food & Beverage Operations for Celebrity River Cruises in Basel. Ensuring exceptional guest satisfaction and overseeing strategic initiatives in F&B management.

Responsibilities

  • Strategically lead and guide the F&B performance of Hotel Operations
  • Ensure alignment with annual plans and objectives
  • Responsible for accurate forecasting, performance analysis, and corrective actions for any deviations
  • Provide leadership and support to a diverse team, including Managers, Analysts, and other personnel related to Celebrity Frontier River Cruises
  • Foster a collaborative and innovative environment within River Advice or any other third parties
  • Participates in the development of new F&B concepts and revitalization of existing ones in joint venture with Product Development
  • Management of F&B restaurant budgets and cost control measures with OBR
  • Monitor and assess the success of all F&B initiatives
  • Act as a central point of contact for all F&B-related projects, initiatives, and partnerships
  • Oversee F&B performance metrics, budgets, and specialty revenue targets
  • Continuously evaluate operational performance through feedback analysis and implement strategies for improvement
  • Communicate new F&B projects and initiatives to both onboard and shoreside teams
  • Take a lead role in ensuring the prevention of F&B crew injuries
  • Develop and maintain effective safety plans and practices
  • Drive F&B projects, including those related to New Builds and revitalizations across the Frontier River fleet
  • Oversee all food and beverage collateral fleet-wide
  • Manage and nurture external partnerships within the F&B domain
  • Oversee contract terms and timelines for all partnerships
  • Lead training programs for new hires and existing F&B crew
  • Attract, select, train, and retain talent for F&B operations
  • Foster collaboration with external partners and internal teams to support revenue maximization
  • Collaborate with product development for the execution of new concepts fleet-wide
  • Support the rollout of the Celebrity WAY brand culture
  • Meet and collaborate with external industry partners to support F&B initiatives
  • Monitor financial performance and implement strategies for improvement in joint partnership with OBR
  • Oversees and manages all G&A and associated costs associated with the shoreside food and beverage operations department
  • Builds an annual financial plan together with OBR and manages the forecast process throughout the year
  • Makes relevant capital requests as required to ensure the successful operation of all food and beverage facilities

Requirements

  • 7-10 years of food and beverage or related management experience, preferably in the River Industry, cruise lines, hotels, restaurants
  • Proven leadership and food and beverage management abilities
  • Proven strategic business management knowledge and skills, including financial, product, quality assurance, human resources, and analytical skills
  • Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills, both verbally and in writing

Benefits

  • competitive compensation and benefits package
  • excellent career development opportunities

Job title

Senior Manager, Food & Beverage Operations

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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