Complex Director Of F&B, Culinary & Recreation
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About the Role
Marriott International seeks a strategic business leader to oversee food and beverage, culinary, and recreational operations at a property in Dubai. You will develop departmental strategies, ensure brand service execution, manage budgets, and drive revenue growth.
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Responsibilities
- Function as the strategic business leader of the property's food and beverage, culinary, and recreational operations
- Oversee Restaurants/Bars, Room Service, Banquets/Catering, and leisure or recreational offerings
- Develop and implement departmental strategies and ensure execution of brand service strategy and key brand initiatives
- Ensure operations meet brand's target customer needs, delivering high quality dining experiences, innovative culinary concepts, and engaging leisure activities
- Maintain high levels of employee satisfaction while focusing on growing revenues, optimizing guest engagement, and maximizing financial performance
- Develop and implement property wide strategies that deliver exceptional products and services across dining and recreational platforms
- Set expectations and hold leadership teams accountable for demonstrating desired service behaviors
- Review financial reports and statements to determine how operations are performing against budget
- Make recommendations for CAPEX funding related to food and beverage equipment, culinary enhancements, and recreational facilities
- Develop and manage Food & Beverage, culinary, and recreational budgets
- Monitor actual and projected sales across dining and recreational outlets to ensure revenue goals are met
- Ensure cash control, liquor control, and operational policies are implemented and followed
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED; 6 years experience in food and beverage, culinary, event management, or related professional area
- OR 2 year degree in Food Service Management, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Hospitality, Business Administration, or related major; 4 years experience in food and beverage, culinary, event management, or related professional area
- Knowledge of customer and personal service principles
- Knowledge of financial resource management
- Knowledge of business and management principles (strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership)
- Applied business knowledge: understanding market dynamics, enterprise objectives
- Knowledge of material resource management
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Job Summary
- Functions as the strategic business leader of the property's food and beverage, culinary, and recreational operations, including Restaurants/Bars, Room Service, Banquets/Catering, and leisure or recreational offerings where applicable.
- The position oversees the development and implementation of departmental strategies and ensures execution of the brand service strategy and key brand initiatives.
- The role ensures that the food and beverage, culinary, and recreational operations meet the brand's target customer needs, delivering high quality dining experiences, innovative culinary concepts, and engaging leisure and recreational activities that enhance the overall guest experience.
- Additionally, the position is responsible for maintaining high levels of employee satisfaction while focusing on growing revenues, optimizing guest engagement, and maximizing the financial performance of all areas under responsibility.
- Develops and implements property wide strategies that deliver exceptional products and services across dining and recreational platforms, meeting or exceeding the expectations of the brand's target customers and employees, while ensuring sustainable return on investment.
Candidate Profile
- High school diploma or GED; 6 years experience in the food and beverage, culinary, event management, or related professional area.
- OR 2 year degree from an accredited university in Food Service Management, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Hospitality, Business Administration, or related major; 4 years experience in the food and beverage, culinary, event management, or related professional area.
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
- Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Understanding market dynamics, enterprise level objectives and important aspects of the company's business to accurately diagnose strengths and weaknesses, anticipate opportunities and risks, identify issues, and develop strategies and plans.
- Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
Core Work Activities
- Sets expectations and holds food and beverage, culinary, and recreational leadership teams accountable for demonstrating desired service behaviors.
- Reviews financial reports and statements to determine how Food & Beverage, culinary, and recreational operations are performing against budget.
- Makes recommendations for CAPEX funding related to food and beverage equipment, culinary enhancements, and recreational facilities or upgrades in alignment with brand strategy.
- Works with leadership teams to identify areas of concern across dining, culinary innovation, and recreational offerings and develops strategies to improve overall financial performance.
- Establishes challenging, realistic, and attainable goals to guide operational and service performance across all areas.
- Continuously strives to improve service quality, guest engagement, and recreational experiences.
- Develops and manages the Food & Beverage, culinary, and recreational budgets.
- Monitors actual and projected sales across dining and recreational outlets to ensure revenue goals are met or exceeded.
- Ensures cash control, liquor control, and operational policies are implemented and followed across all outlets and recreational areas.
- Focuses on maintaining profit margins while enhancing guest experiences across culinary and recreational services.
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