Food, Beverage & Banqueting Manager
Location: Piperdam Golf & Leisure Resort, Dundee, DD2 5LP (Nr Birkhill)
Hours of work: 40 hours - evenings, weekends & bank holidays
Salary: DOE
What we need, in a nutshell
We’re looking for a dynamic Food, Beverage & Banqueting Manager who’s ready to dive into every aspect of our bar, restaurant, café, and banqueting/events operation, bringing hands-on leadership and a passion for service excellence.
In this pivotal role, you’ll be a driving force on our park management team, working alongside staff to create memorable guest experiences while strategically steering our F&B operations towards sustainable, profitable growth.
With a balance of daily engagement and forward-thinking, you’ll build and empower customer-facing teams to deliver outstanding service across all interactions
Who are we?
Our holidays are amazing and it's our people who bring everything to life. We pull out all the stops, add the bells and whistles and put our hearts and souls into it, so that our guests can enjoy the greatest of Great British holidays. Find out more about our holiday experience on our website:.
At Away Resorts, we like to have fun and we're not apologising for it. If you do too, and you would also like to be part of an award winning, entrepreneurial company with big plans - we need to talk.
What you’ll be doing
We are looking for a high calibre Food, Beverage & Banqueting Manager to take the reign of our food & beverage and banqueting/events operations and can create an environment where a team thrive 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, so you will need to:
1. Manage, lead, train and motivate a team to deliver delight.
2. Oversee the smooth running of our food & beverage operations, ensure the preparation for service, as well as overseeing service and ensuring the after-service duties are appropriately carried out and managed.
3. Maximise sales whilst driving profitable growth with care and flair.
4. Lead and manage all aspects of stock control, implementing company policies to ensure efficient ordering, accurate deliveries, and thorough stock-taking practices. Ensure all team members follow specified standards for food and drink service to maintain consistency, and achieve theoretical stock targets.
5. Deliver KPIs and annual profit targets in our food & beverage operations through smart budget planning, an eye for commercial opportunities and leadership skills that motivate your teams to deliver.
6. Take full ownership of all food & beverage elements for events, working closely with the events team to ensure every menu is costed accurately and aligns with our standards. Oversee on-the-day execution to deliver a seamless and memorable guest experience.
7. Work in partnership with the Kitchen Manager to ensure the kitchen operation is safe, compliant, and performing. This includes achieving audit standards, hitting stock and GP targets, and ensuring team members have clear development plans to drive growth, performance, and retention.
8. Support the delivery of our outstanding guest experience by providing strong leadership and motivation to permanent and seasonal team.
9. Be responsible for health and safety, ensuring the business meets its statutory obligations and that all team members receive relevant training.
Skills, experience and qualities you’ll need
We are looking for a high calibre Food & Beverage Manager,, so you will need:
10. To be commercially focused with experience of delivering both short- and long-term profits – with the customer experience remaining central
11. A proven track record in managing, leading and developing teams within the hospitality sector
12. Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
13. The ability to work under pressure and solve problems
14. Strong project management skills, with the ability to engage colleagues so that new strategies are successfully implemented
15. To be hands-on, self-motivated and ambitious, as well as having a large helping of common sense and a sense of humour.
It’s the icing on the cake if you are an experienced Food & Beverage Manager with previous Holiday Park experience.
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 and decide if it describes you.
What we can offer you
16. Competitive Pension
17. Bonus Scheme
18. Health Cash Plan
19. Life Insurance
20. Discounts on Away Resorts Holidays
21. On Park Discounts
22. Free Gym & Golf Membership
23. Awards and recognition