Food and Beverage Manager

With over 400 hotels in Australia and New Zealand, and over 5,000 globally, Accor offers limitless opportunities to grow your career within a supportive network of like-minded professionals. 

As Accor’s flagship hotel in ACT, Novotel Canberra is located right in the heart of Canberra, with 286 guest rooms, 7 meeting rooms and a refurbished restaurant and bar. Currently, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Food and Beverage Manager to join our great team in Canberra!

The position:

Reporting directly to the General Manager as part of our Leadership Team, you will be responsible for overseeing the venue's large scale Food & Beverage operations.

We are looking for a natural leader passionate in Food & Beverage who will inspire, innovate and empower those around them whilst being responsible for driving the financial success of the department with proven ability to lead a high performing team.

This role is instrumental to the Leadership Team of the Hotel as we continue to grow our business and provide a unique offering to our customers and team. With an eye for detail and a flair for creativity you will lead the team in providing a high level guest experience.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing the Food & Beverage operations for our hotel. Including: First Edition restuarant, Room Service, Minibar and Conference & Events.
• Co-ordination between the Food & Beverage team and other departments to ensure successful communication of all relevant information.
• Preparation of monthly reports. Including: forecasting, budgeting and analysis of monthly results.
• Stimulating customer-focused service and taking it to the next level
• Taking ownership of all guest feedback and leading the change.

To be successful, you will posses:

• Strong communication skills with well developed stakeholder management and exceptional organizational skills.
• Proven experience leading large scale Food & Beverage outlets.
• Proven track record of success in achieving revenue and sales targets.
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop a successful team.
• Unlimited working rights in Australia
• Availability to work varied shifts; including early mornings, late evenings, weekends and public holidays.
• Demonstrated minimum of 3 years experience within the hospitality, functions and events industry
• Proactive hands-on approach
• Current RSA certificates
• A friendly, self-motivated personality with excellent people skills
• Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail
• Excellent standards of personal presentation and grooming
• A demonstrated understanding of industry-related technology systems
• Strong product and beverage inventory management skills

What is in it for you:

Benefits Your Way:

• Fantastic professional development opportunities
• Discounted Accommodation and F&B in Accor hotels worldwide from Day 1
• Competitive remuneration
• Great benefits – staff parking in CBD, free laundry & up to 30% staff discounted hotel rates for all Accor hotels across Australia and New Zealand.
• Accor partnership discounts
• Employee Assistance Programs and much more!

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

• We are an inclusive company, and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent. We offer reasonable adjustments to support you. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, you are most welcome to let us know.