Food & Beverage Manager

Location: Mill Rythe Coastal Village, Hayling Island

Salary: Up to £38,500 per annum

Job Type: Permanent Contract – 40 Hours per week

What we need, in a nutshell

This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced Food & Beverage Manager to work at our incredible Mill Rythe Coastal Village.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to use your knowledge, experience and ideas to manage all aspects of the revenue generation and cost control on one of our Flagship parks.

Who are we?

Away Resorts are shaking up the industry and setting the new standards for what to expect from a UK Holiday Park.  With 27 parks and resorts around the UK, our Parks are jaw dropping not only in its views but also what it offers our Guests.

Our Mill Rythe resort, set on a peaceful estuary, has undergone a stunning £10m refurbishment with our stunning cocktail bar, The Missing Squirrel! As well as our incredible new restaurant The Green Room.

So, whether you are looking for the next step in your career or simply a new challenge, find out more here  http://www.awayresorts.co.uk/

Skills, experience, and qualities you’ll need

We are looking for a high calibre Food & Beverage Manager that can create an environment where a team thrives and our guests can sit back and take away memories that will last a lifetime; whilst still having an analytical mind that can process KPI's and drive the right behaviour though standards and leading the way.

You will need to develop an in-depth understanding of the commercial aspects of all our operational businesses on the park, so you will need to:

• Have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role
• Manage, lead, train, and motivate a team to deliver delight
• Oversee the smooth running of the bar and restaurant, the preparation for service, as well as overseeing service and supervising the after-service duties.
• Maximise sales whilst driving profitable growth with care and flair
• Carry out regular stock takes and orders, as necessary.
• Handle deliveries and ensure health and safety regulations are always enforced
• Oversee and contribute to any project work as part of the upcoming development
• The preparation and management of budgets for resources on the park, to deliver annual profit targets in food and beverage, arcade and gaming
• Identifying and maximising business opportunities 
• Monitoring and maintaining cost controls to create efficiencies across the business
• Managing the development, coaching and performance of the Food & Beverage and Retail teams, promoting the Holiday Heroes culture that makes our holiday park a great place to work
• Helping to deliver the highest level of guest experience to all our guests
• Developing close working relationships with the other managers on the park as well as other areas of the business, gaining an understanding of what drives their side of the business and how you can help them with commercial information
• Being a professional interface with the owners and stakeholders of the business and with external suppliers and other important contacts

 It’s about your values too. We have a can-do, fun-loving, people-centred ethos here at Away Resorts, which is captured by our holiday heroes’ mantra of Attentive Amazing Lovers - have a read about it on our website and decide if it describes you.

One more thing…holidays happen at holiday times, so you will need to work your magic on bank holidays too.

What we can offer you

• Competitive Pension
• Bonus Scheme
• Enhanced Family Benefit
• Life Insurance
• Discounts on Away Resorts Holidays for you and your friends and family
• On Park Discounts
• Awards and recognition
• Employee Discount Scheme - Perkbox

Want to join our team? Here’s how to apply

Just click on the Apply Now button and follow the instructions. To find out more about what it’s like to work for Away Resorts check us out at www.awayresorts.co.uk/careers.

Our Promise to You

Holiday Heroes come with all sorts of different super-powers, and we welcome them all!

We embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities. From our investors, to our teams we love that everyone comes from different backgrounds, allowing us to grow and inspire each other. We’ll never accept any form of discrimination and we’ll forever strive not just for our product to be unique but our people too. Afterall, wouldn’t it be boring if we were all the same? In short, we want to bring your whole self to work!

Good Luck!