Regional Director Food & Beverage Arabian Peninsula Hilton Hotels

What will I be doing?

F&B Operations

Support to deliver the EMEA F&B Strategy, annual plan, and key business objectives within the region.

Drive the commercial performance of the regional F&B

Support all managed properties deliver agreed budgets, forecasts and commercial KPIs.

Builds and develops relationships within the wider industry to engage and support the Hilton F&B strategy and vision.

Partner with F&B Commercial Finance Director to identify trends and opportunities to maximize F&B performance across the region.

Support Hiltons commercial forecasts and annual budget process

Ensure that all properties work within Hilton brand standards, EMEA F&B Strategy, food safety, health & safety, compliance, and local legislative requirements.

Ensure that the hotel teams are employing and attracting the highest calibre F&B teams, and that development programmes and succession planning is in place.

Support corporate involvement in the recruitment and promotion of senior F&B personnel within the hotel properties.

Support and foster a culture of performance management working with GMs and hotel property teams to maximize F&B performance through talent attraction and retention.

Support the hotel teams through coaching, site visits, one to ones and performance management to achieve best in class performance and deliver against agreed budgets, KPIs, objectives and Hilton policies.

Support and lead on F&B initiatives such as ESG, innovative technology innovation, F&B products and implement new Hilton or legislative requirements as they arise within their region.

Work with the Senior Culinary Director to ensure that all food brand standards are implemented. F&B Prototypes and concepts are relevant, commercial, innovative, and fit for purpose within their region.

Work with Corporate & Regional HSM to ensure that all bars & restaurants are commercial and responding to consumer trends. Bar prototypes are relevant, commercial, and innovative.

Work with F&B Brand services to implement operational SOPs for prototypes and bespoke concepts.

Partner with HSM to ensure that F&B purchasing is driving best in class product, innovation, and commercial opportunities for the hotel F&B operations.

Partner with hotels on Group C&E opportunities within the region using best practice guide Rise to the Occasion.

Work with Senior Marketing Director to ensure that EMEA strategy in terms of destination venues, pop ups, innovation and digital marketing are all in place.

Support and lead F&B teams to deliver Hilton 2030 goals.

Support on F&B Competitions, regional team activities such as Flavour & Flair, Roadshows, and conferences

Key Business Partnerships

VP F&B EMEA

EMEA F&B Team

CE ExCom

F&B Global Brand Team

EMEA Brand and Central Operations Team

SVP CE

SVP Brand and Central Operations Team

VP Operations

Hotel Property Teams

Hilton Corporate Teams specifically Development, AD&C, GM&E, Marketing, Revenue, Finance, HSM

Third Party Contractors

Owners and owner s representatives

Commercial Finance Director - F&B