Culinary Assistant Manager - Beverage Expert
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About the Role
Americana Restaurants seeks a Beverage Expert to develop and standardize beverage portfolios across all brands. The role involves menu development, quality control, cost management, and training.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and curate a compelling beverage menu aligned with brand positioning, customer trends, and business objectives.
- Innovate new beverage concepts (hot, cold, specialty, seasonal, and limited time offers).
- Optimize existing recipes for taste consistency, speed of service, and cost efficiency.
- Conduct market and competitor analysis to identify emerging beverage trends.
- Create and maintain standardized recipes, SOPs, and preparation guidelines.
- Ensure consistent beverage quality, presentation, and portioning across all brands.
- Define equipment specifications and beverage preparation workflows suitable for high volume brands.
- Monitor and improve beverage performance through audits, tastings, and store visits.
- Design beverages that are easy to execute in fast paced QSR environments.
- Collaborate with procurement to source ingredients, syrups, concentrates, and equipment.
- Manage beverage cost targets, yield, wastage, and margin optimization.
- Develop training materials and conduct training for store teams and trainers.
Requirements
- Degree or diploma in Food & Beverage, Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management, or a related field (preferred)
- 4–8 years of experience in beverage development, beverage operations, or R&D, preferably within QSR, cafe chains, or large food service businesses
- Hands on experience with high volume beverage preparation and standardization
- Exposure to multi unit or franchise operations is an advantage
- Proven ability to develop innovative yet commercially viable beverage solutions
- Willingness to travel extensively across markets and supplier locations
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Job Purpose
- The Beverage Expert is responsible for developing, standardizing, and continuously improving the beverage portfolio for the Americana all brands.
- The role ensures that beverages are innovative, commercially viable, operationally simple, and consistently delivered to brand standards across all outlets, while meeting customer preferences, food safety requirements, and profitability targets.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and curate a compelling beverage menu aligned with brand positioning, customer trends, and business objectives.
- Innovate new beverage concepts (hot, cold, specialty, seasonal, and limited time offers).
- Optimize existing recipes for taste consistency, speed of service, and cost efficiency.
- Conduct market and competitor analysis to identify emerging beverage trends.
- Create and maintain standardized recipes, SOPs, and preparation guidelines.
- Ensure consistent beverage quality, presentation, and portioning across all brands.
- Define equipment specifications and beverage preparation workflows suitable for high volume brands.
- Monitor and improve beverage performance through audits, tastings, and store visits.
- Design beverages that are easy to execute in fast paced QSR environments.
- Collaborate with procurement to source ingredients, syrups, concentrates, and equipment.
- Manage beverage cost targets, yield, wastage, and margin optimization.
- Support troubleshooting of operational challenges related to beverages.
Education & Experience
- Degree or diploma in Food & Beverage, Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management, or a related field (preferred).
- 4–8 years of experience in beverage development, beverage operations, or R&D, preferably within QSR, cafe chains, or large food service businesses.
- Hands on experience with high volume beverage preparation and standardization.
- Exposure to multi unit or franchise operations is an advantage.
- Proven ability to develop innovative yet commercially viable beverage solutions.
- Willingness to travel extensively across markets and supplier locations.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong presentation and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong knowledge of beverage ingredients, formulations, and preparation techniques.
- Understanding of QSR operational constraints (speed, simplicity, scalability).
- Commercial mindset with the ability to balance creativity and cost.
- Strong analytical skills to interpret sales data, costs, and customer insights.
- Excellent communication and training skills.
- Ability to work cross functionally and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
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