Food and Beverage Manager - Events

Job Introduction

We are proud to work with Centerplate, a Sodexo company, where we create bespoke hospitality experiences for premier events and gathering places across the United Kingdom. Our unique approach to hospitality makes the time people spend together more enjoyable, and more valuable. For more than 85 years, we have welcomed people to the moments that matter with award-winning hospitality, exceptional service, and one-of-a-kind guest experiences.

We partner with the ACC Liverpool Group where a variety of national and international conferences; public and trade exhibitions and entertainment events are held.

We are looking for a Senior Event Operations Manager who is an expert in Food and Beverages to join our team based at the ACC Liverpool and Exhibition Centre.

You will be responsible for the food and beverage function,  leading, developing and motivating a high-performing team to deliver exceptional events which is the core objective of this role.

You will be an expert in hospitality, perhaps you have worked as a restaurant manager and are looking for something a bit different where you can use your skill set to support with the fantastic events on offer at the ACC Liverpool!

To be successful you will need to be a strong organiser who can adapt to a wide range of fast paced environments and be able to deliver events efficiently and on budget.

This really is a brilliant opportunity to join a unique catering and events business who are a part of a global organisation where the freedom to develop is limitless; we will absolutely support you to grow in this role and to develop your career with Sodexo.

Role Responsibility

• To be fully accountable and responsible for all events from start to finish – planning, delivery and post event
• To take events from operational planning to successful delivery, ensuring the success of each event
• Assist the Account Management team in ensuring that all operational requirements for each event are met
• Attend and chair weekly operation meetings
• Lead the operations team to ensure maximum efficiency and productivity of staff
• Communicate with the client of each event and co-ordinate their requests

The Ideal Candidate

• Excellent communication skills
• Passion for working with people
• Passion for working with food, beverage and service
• Excellent attention to detail
• Exceptional time keeping skills
• Exceptional personal presentation
• Competent financial knowledge

Package Description

Up to £30,000 per annum

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process