Director of Food & Bevearage

The Peninsula Beijing, a prestigious ultra-luxury hotel located in the heart of the capital, we are seeking a leader who is responsible for the operation of the Food & Beverage department, ensuring the consistent delivery of quality food and beverage service while maximizing turnover and maintaining the highest possible departmental revenues and profit margins. 

• The Peninsula Hotels espouses luxury service, dedication to our customers, and a strong commitment to our employees.
• This is an influential and critical leadership position. We are looking for a commercially savvy F&B leader who is passionate about change and best practice.
• Plan, develop and evaluate the organization's Food and Beverage performance.

Key Accountabilities 

• Ensure that the highest degree of quality guest and employee care is maintained. 
• Responsible for planning, organizing and developing the overall strategy for operations relating to Food and Beverage in accordance with The Peninsula standards and hotel guidelines. 
• Design and implement marketing and sales programs, develop seasonal activities or promotions which can be sold separately or as part of an overall hotel package. 
• Actively contribute to the E-commerce positioning with new content such as promotional activity, special menus, and package deals. 
• Liaise extensively with various departments to coordinate branding and sales initiatives for Food and Beverage to drive awareness, collaborations and cross promotions. 
• Find opportunities to increase revenue for all service and product of offerings in the department and to create new opportunities. 
• Minimize food costs and maximize profits while maintaining the highest possible standards for the department.  
• Understands the industry, competitors and wider issues that impact the business, maintains a global mindset, to act as a champion for change. 
• Support talent selection and development activities to ensure the F&B department is accurately staffed whilst developing a culture which welcomes new employees into the global Peninsula family. 

General Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher 
• Minimum of 4 years in a similar position at a luxury hotel or international hotel group 
• Experience developing a team and service offering which excels within various industry standards such as Michelin star is highly advantageous 
• Fluent English both in spoken and written 
• Strong knowledge of banqueting, fine dining and beverage operations 
• Very strong analytical, financial and project coordination skills 
• Strong ability on selecting and nurturing talent and building culture within an F&B department 

We look forward to receiving your resume and will reach out directly to suitable applicants.