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About the Role
This role is responsible for leading the planning, budgeting, and onsite delivery of Food & Beverage across a portfolio of events throughout the EMEA region. You will work closely with clients, venues, suppliers, and internal teams to create memorable experiences that delight attendees while delivering exceptional value.
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and delivery of food and beverage across a portfolio of complex events throughout the EMEA region.
- Design creative, memorable menus and beverage programmes that align with client objectives, attendee demographics and local cultures.
- Create engaging F&B presentations and culinary concepts that bring event experiences to life.
- Manage all F&B project documentation, timelines and operational plans to ensure seamless delivery.
- Ensure all catering operations are delivered to the highest standards onsite, proactively resolving challenges as they arise.
- Partner with Account Directors, clients and project teams to understand event objectives, budgets and attendee requirements.
- Build strong relationships with venues, caterers and suppliers across the EMEA region.
- Negotiate supplier contracts to achieve outstanding quality and value for money.
- Ensure all dietary, cultural and regional requirements are considered throughout planning and delivery.
- Develop and manage detailed event budgets, monitoring costs throughout project delivery.
- Identify opportunities to maximise value while maintaining exceptional attendee experiences.
- Manage financial forecasting and proactively communicate risks or opportunities to project teams and clients.
- Collect and analyse onsite F&B data to support post-event reporting and continuous improvement.
- Contribute ideas and best practice to evolve Nteractive's food and beverage offering across global events.
- Ensure all legal, health & safety and food compliance requirements are met across multiple international markets.
- Coach and support colleagues onsite, providing leadership where required.
Requirements
- Significant experience delivering Food & Beverage programmes within large-scale corporate events, hospitality or live event environments.
- Experience planning and delivering multiple concurrent international events.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage complex logistics and multiple priorities.
- Experience managing onsite catering operations and leading venue and supplier teams.
- Excellent financial acumen with experience managing event budgets.
- Outstanding relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- Passion for food, wine, beverages and creating exceptional guest experiences.
- Strong negotiation skills and commercial awareness.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and confidence using project management tools.
- Ability to work from the Staines office with hybrid flexibility.
- Quiet home working environment with reliable broadband (minimum 25MB download / 5MB upload).
Skills
- Food & Beverage Planning
- Menu Design
- Beverage Programme Development
- Project Management
- Budget Management
- Supplier Negotiation
- Stakeholder Management
- Financial Acumen
- Microsoft Excel
- Project Management Tools
Location
- Staines
- EMEA region
Work Type
- Hybrid working
- International travel
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Hospitality or Catering qualification advantageous
- WSET qualification advantageous
Benefits
- 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)
- Hybrid working with flexibility
- Pension Scheme (5% employee / 3% employer contribution)
- Private Medical Insurance & Cash Plan
- Life Insurance
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Wellbeing & Inclusion initiatives (including EAP)
- Birthday Day Off
- Summer Hours
- Volunteering Day
- Rewards & Recognition incentives
- Generous Employee Referral Scheme
About the Company
- Nteractive designs and delivers world-class experiential, event, and conference solutions that connect brands with people in powerful, meaningful ways.
- We partner with some of the world’s most influential organizations to create large-scale, high-impact global programs.
- Our work blends strategy, creativity, technology, and flawless delivery to produce experiences that truly move audiences.
- Our success is built on our people. We are a collaborative, ambitious, and values-driven agency that invests in talent, encourages innovation, and empowers our teams to take ownership and make a real difference.
- We believe in long-term partnerships, exceptional client service, and continuously raising the bar in everything we do.
- As our portfolio across the EMEA region continues to grow, we're looking for an experienced Food & Beverage Manager to join our specialist Food & Beverage team.