Director Food & Beverage

DIRECTOR FOOD & BEVERAGE – FOOD AND BEVERAGE

Are you our next rising star?

Join our team as the Director Food & Beverage at The Star Brisbane.

The Star Brisbane, positioned at the heart of the new Queen’s Wharf Brisbane precinct, will be Australia’s newest entertainment and leisure destination. Commencing a staged opening in 2024, The Star Brisbane will bring a range of unique entertainment options, world class hotels, dining, bars, luxury retail, gaming and a state-of-the-art Event Centre, transforming how people will play, shop and socialise in the river city.

The Director Food & Beverage, reporting to the General Manager of Food and Beverage, offers a unique opportunity to lead the operational performance of our Food & Beverage department. This role will see you joining Australia’s largest integrated resort.

As Director, your key priorities will be to lead the operational teams on making growth focused decisions that optimise our food and beverage department. You will also demonstrate your passion for the business and achieving positive results for The Star Brisbane. You will take a lead in project management of new concept as well as venue development and other improvement initiatives.

A few of your responsibilities

• Leverage food and beverage workstreams and projects to develop, implement and monitor initiatives designed to achieve sustainable profitable results and guest excellence
• Support all venues in the achievement of their financial and commercial targets by building a culture of accountability with venue managers and their teams
• Work with Marketing and venue teams to successfully deliver promotions and activations and new concepts
• Recommend strategies and initiatives to the General Manager relating to increasing repeat guests, driving revenue and costs to meet budget
• Work with the Guest Experience team to support all guest related service standards to build a culture of consistent guest excellence

What we will be looking for

• Demonstrated experience at a senior management level within an international opening of casino, entertainment or hospitality property.
• Excellent leadership skills across planning, execution and team engagement
• Demonstrated ability in developing productive relationships, stakeholder influencing and managing and driving change.
• Strong awareness of key market trends

About you

As an experienced hospitality Director, you will be the driving force behind our food and beverage experiences, you will find yourself at the front of a creative and innovative food and beverage operation. You will be able to demonstrate a proven track record of success in the hospitality industry and show case you're understanding at a senior leadership level.

Our ideal candidate possesses a deep understanding of hospitality trends, exceptional leadership skills, and a keen commercial business acumen. Your role will involve shaping the overall food and beverage strategy, ensuring exceptional guest satisfaction, and collaborating seamlessly with our talented culinary and food and beverage teams. This is a role for a visionary leader with a palate for excellence, ready to elevate our Food and Beverage offerings to new heights.

Your role will be pivotal in shaping the success of our food and beverage operations at The Star Brisbane. Join us in making a difference.

What can we offer you

• Discounted parking available in the city
• Up to 30% Discounts across award winning restaurants and accommodation
• Career development, training, and courses via The Star Academy – limitless career opportunities
• An organisation that values diversity, teamwork and being your best self
• Supportive leadership team
• Mental Health and Wellbeing services
• Diversity & Inclusion areas of focus including Multicultural, Gender, Aboriginal & Torres Strait islander and LGBTQI+

Please be aware that eligibility checks are required as part of the recruitment process and ongoing employment for this position.

About us

The $3.6 billion Queen’s Wharf Brisbane development is being delivered by Destination Brisbane Consortium – a joint venture led by The Star Entertainment Group alongside its partners.

When complete, Queen’s Wharf Brisbane will deliver four new luxury hotels, more than 50 new food and beverage experiences, significant luxury retail, the restoration of nine heritage buildings and around 1,500 residential apartments.

Our Culture

At The Star, we are committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that we know will contribute to exceptional experiences for our guests, a great place to work for our team members and positive outcomes for our communities. We welcome applications from all cultures, ages, religions, genders, LGBTQI+ people, Australia’s First Nations Peoples, and people with disabilities. We recognise the distinctive challenges that trans and gender-diverse applicants may encounter during the recruitment process. We offer a range of flexible working options for team members to find a balance between work and life that’s right for them and their unique well-being needs.

The Star is a WGEA Employee of Citation for Gender Equality holder and is recognised with a Gold Award 2022 by the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) which evaluates LGBTQI+ inclusiveness in the workplace.

It is an exciting time for The Star Entertainment Group as we get ready to start our journey to The Star Brisbane.

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