Assistant F&B Manager

COMO Metropolitan Singapore is located in the heart of Singapore on Bideford Road. It is part of COMO Orchard, COMO Group’s newest immersive experience building which is the most complete iteration yet of the vision that brings together COMO Group’s hospitality, fashion, wellness and cuisine into one inspiring location. COMO Metropolitan Singapore’s 156 rooms and suites are spread over 11 floors with a rooftop pool bar that is exclusively for hotel guests. COMO guests also enjoy preferred access to some of the hottest tables in town including the first patisserie in Asia from renowned pastry chef Cedric Grolet, the Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse COTE and COMO Cuisine. The building also features a multi-label fashion retail space curated by Club 21 and a new flagship urban wellness space by COMO Shambhala. The result is an inspiring gathering place for innovators and creatives with a passion for the COMO-curated life.

Job Summary

The Assistant Food and Beverage Manager is responsible for overseeing all Food and Beverage operations in lounge/bar and event spaces; delivers excellent product and service quality levels while maximizing profits; forecasting and budgeting; and selecting, training, and developing employees.

Tasks/Responsibilities:

• Prepares the annual food and beverage budget and monthly forecasts for food and beverage needs and expenses

• Oversee the entire Food and Beverage Operations, ensuring all food and beverage concepts according to brand standards and guests preferences;

• Be the leader who understand and deliver luxury, personalisation, recognition and lifestyle and memorable experiences.

• Be innovative; constantly challenging self and the team to lift the bar in service delivery.

• Be the strategic business leader for the Food and Beverage Division, actively working with Director of Sales and Marketing to drive sales, marketing, pricing and service delivery.

• Have the foresight to anticipate future business trends, challenges and competitive pressures and to be in a position to counter such threats

• Responsible for operating day to day whilst working on a pre-agreed short and long term business objectives of the property.

• Develop and implement standard operating procedures, steps of services and other policies and procedures for the food and beverage operations

• Work collaboratively with other department heads in carrying out hotel objectives

• Achieve excellent ratings and standards for all food concepts by the hotel and industry reviews, including social media sites

• Responsible for hands-on day-to-day F&B operations, including hiring, training and development of all staff. Lead continuous training initiatives such as upselling to ensure high-level service delivery.

• Ensure corporate brand and standards are observed

• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations regarding food preparation and serving in all outlets.

• Maintain food and equipment inventories, keeping inventory records, submit purchase orders, and cost control responsibilities

• Maintain an attractive beverage program with an appropriate beverage cost in line with the budget

• Check VIP arrival rooms and make sure all amenities are attended to

• Ability to perform other tasks and/or projects as assigned by Management

• Ensure full knowledge of all hotel systems in order to maintain full maximization of systems use.

• Support and contribute to brand's sustainability goals by implementing environmentally responsible practices within your roles and departments.

Key Requirement

• Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university in Business Administration or Hospitality Management

• 5+ years or more of progressive hotel Food and Beverage experience

• Service oriented with professional presentations skills

• Proven leadership skills

• Possess high energy, entrepreneurial spirit,

• Great team player, strong communicator and proven leader with the ability to drive collaboration and teamwork.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Point of Sales System

• Possess excellent organizational, interpersonal and administrative skills

• Experience in implementing new Food and Beverage concept

• Possess entrepreneur and business skills

• Profit and Loss management and budget skills