Food and Beverage Area Manager at Hollywoodbets

Job Description

• Being a part of the Hollywoodbets Purple Team is an opportunity to become a part of one of South Africa’s biggest success stories. From humble beginnings in Durban, Hollywoodbets has grown into a powerhouse brand operating across Africa and the United Kingdom. And that’s just the beginning. Our talented Team is on a mission to increase our global footprint, ready to take on any challenge because at Hollywoodbets, not even the sky is the limit. Join our Team and let’s reach for the stars.
• We have an amazing opportunity for a Food and Beverage Area Manager to be based in Pinetown, Durban. Do you think you have what it takes to be our newest Purple Star?
• The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring growth of the branches in your allocated area and taking accountability of the management function in order to ensure smooth running and management of the operations within those branches. This includes improving the area’s financial performance in terms of sales, cost control, productivity and efficiency, resource planning, customer service levels, reporting and company policies, legislative and statutory policies. The ideal candidate will ensure that all branches comply with legislative requirements and standards of excellence.

With Hollywoodbets You Will:

• Innovate and create as part of a like-minded, authentic Team eager to achieve goals.
• Embrace challenges and the thrill of working in a vibrant and fast-paced industry.
• Grow with our development plans and culture that allows you to further your career.

You Bring:

• Management experience
• Experience in the Food and Beverage Industry
• Valid Driver’s license

A bonus to have:

• Food and Beverage Qualification

What You’ll Do For The Brand:

• Reporting from GAAP on GP% to National F&B Manager.
• Ensure all F&B branches effectively operate on GAAP and input into system is correct. Ensure GRV process is conducted according to set requirements.
• Collate stock reporting for all regions, all branches. Conduct bank recon against stock recon and sales recon. Investigate with F&B branch managers in Gauteng for reasons for variances, wastage, and shortages.
• Stock control and reconciliation of stock in regions. Investigate and provide explanations for variances, shortages, wastages.
• Assist the National manager in investigating stock shortages and investigate with branches to determine reasons for variances, shortages, wastage etc.
• Ensure efficient F&B cash management. Work closely with internal audits and investigate variances.
• Extraction of sales information for regions from recons. Advice on cash books of transfer required. Capture EFT’s.
• Daily checking of F&B documentation submitted by the operation branches for both completeness and accuracy.
• Preparation of the F&B trading results for inclusion in the monthly management accounts as well as the monthly GP excel spreadsheet. Submit to National F&B Manager beforehand for verification.
• Checking and final preparation of the daily waitron sales data submitted by food and beverage management.
• Checking entails balancing to daily sales ex recon, highlighting areas to F&B national Manager and follow up with F&B branch managers to investigate, resolve and, if necessary to correct.
• Assist branch managers to implement F&B procedures. Implement F&B procedures in regions.
• Manage flow of documentation between the branches and team support.
• Work with team support creditors in resolving supplier problems/queries.
• Resource management of F&B resources across regions (in conjunction with Branch managers) in line with operational trends and events to ensure optimal staff utilization. Schedule resources and assign duties taking into account busy periods, events, operating hours to ensure that the F&B department is sufficiently staffed and able to meet operational requirements.
• Ensure timeous submission of daily, weekly, monthly F&B reports.
• Work closely with Regional Betting Managers and Betting Branch Manager to enquire about customer experience to ensure that the F&B experience attracts and retains customers/punters.
• Any other ad hoc duties that might be required.

What You’ll Bring To The Team:

• Dedication and high sense of responsibility to one’s own work
• Consistently delivers required business results and achieves goals
• Manage and report on income and expenditure in order to achieve profitable results
• Solve problems and issues in a timely and effective manner
• Understanding of the GAAP System