Food and Beverage Manager
GoFind Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting for an experienced Food & Beverage Manager to join a prestigious and well-established entertainment and events venue in Blackburn.
This impressive venue hosts a varied programme of live music, comedy, entertainment, corporate events, private functions and banqueting, welcoming large numbers of guests throughout the year.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced hospitality professional who enjoys a hands-on, fast-paced environment and wants to take real ownership of the food, beverage and customer experience operation.
The position will initially be offered on a 3-month agreement, with a genuine opportunity to become permanent for the right person.
The Role
As Food & Beverage Manager, you’ll take responsibility for the day-to-day management and development of the venue’s food and beverage operation, covering bars, catering, banqueting and hospitality during shows and events.
Key Responsibilities (but not limited to):
- Leading bar, catering, banqueting and event teams
- Planning rotas and staffing levels around a busy events calendar
- Managing F&B delivery across live shows, functions and events
- Recruiting, training and developing hospitality staff
- Managing team performance and maintaining high operational standards
- Managing stock levels, rotation, wastage and stocktaking
- Monitoring budgets, sales performance and operational costs
- Maintaining excellent customer service and guest experience standards
- Ensuring licensing, food hygiene and Health & Safety compliance
- Overseeing tills, cash/card procedures and event income reconciliation
- Supporting private hires and wider commercial growth
- Identifying opportunities to improve service, efficiency and financial performance
This is a commercially focused position, with responsibility for wet and dry budgets and an operation achieving sales in excess of £350,000.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for an experienced hospitality professional who is confident taking ownership of a busy F&B operation and leading from the front.
Ideally, you’ll have:
- Previous Food & Beverage, Hospitality, Bar or Venue Management experience
- Experience within a busy events, entertainment, hotel or large hospitality environment
- Strong leadership and people-management skills
- Experience managing rotas and hospitality/event teams
- Experience managing budgets, stock and operational costs
- Good commercial awareness and understanding of F&B profitability
- Strong knowledge of licensing and hospitality compliance
- A hands-on management style
- Excellent customer service standards
- The ability to remain organised and calm during busy, high-volume events
- Personal Licence Holder experience would be particularly advantageous
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary of £37,500 – £40,000 pro rata
- 37 hours per week
- Initial 3-month agreement with a genuine opportunity to become permanent
- Opportunity to lead F&B operations within a high-profile entertainment and events environment
- Work across an exciting calendar of live music, comedy, functions and events
- Take ownership of a substantial food and beverage operation
- Opportunity to influence and improve the venue’s F&B offering
- Lead, develop and motivate hospitality and event teams
- Varied and fast-paced working environment where no two events are the same
Working Hours
This is a 37-hour-per-week position. Due to the nature of the venue and its events programme, flexibility will be required, including evening, weekend and Bank Holiday working when required.
Interested?
If you’re an experienced Food & Beverage Manager looking for your next challenge and want the opportunity to make a genuine impact within a busy entertainment and events environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today through GoFind Recruitment for a confidential discussion.
