Food Beverage Controller

About the Company

The Leela Gandhinagar, Gujarat is committed to providing exceptional hospitality and service, ensuring a luxurious experience for all guests.

About the Role

The F&B Controller is responsible for controlling, monitoring, and optimizing all Food & Beverage costs across outlets, banquets, and events, ensuring adherence to The Leelas financial standards, internal controls, and profitability objectives.

Responsibilities

Cost Control & Financial Management

• Monitor and control food, beverage, and operating costs across all F&B outlets.
• Analyze daily, weekly, and monthly F&B cost reports, identifying variances and recommending corrective actions.
• Ensure accurate calculation of food cost %, beverage cost %, and gross profit margins.
• Review recipes, standard portion sizes, and menu engineering for cost efficiency.

Inventory & Stores Management

• Supervise receiving, storage, and issuing procedures in line with hotel SOPs.
• Conduct and reconcile monthly physical inventories for food, beverage, and operating supplies.
• Investigate inventory variances, wastage, breakages, and pilferage.
• Ensure proper valuation of stock and closing inventory for month-end reporting.

Purchasing & Vendor Coordination

• Coordinate with Purchase and Stores departments to ensure competitive pricing.
• Verify purchase orders, GRNs, supplier invoices, and credit notes for accuracy.
• Assist in rate comparisons for major F&B suppliers.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Assist in preparation of forecasts.
• Track actual performance against budget and provide variance analysis.
• Support banquet and event costing to ensure targeted margins are achieved.

Compliance & Internal Controls

• Ensure compliance with The Leela Group policies, statutory requirements, and audit standards.
• Maintain strong internal controls to prevent revenue leakage and cost overruns.

Team Collaboration

• Work closely with Executive Chef, F&B Manager, Banquets, Stores, and Finance teams.
• Train operational teams on cost awareness, wastage control, and financial discipline.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Commerce, Finance or Accounting
• 36 years of experience in F&B cost control or finance within a luxury hotel or large hospitality operation
• Strong knowledge of hotel accounting systems, inventory controls, and F&B operations
• Experience with ERP/POS systems (e.g., SUN, WINHMS, Oracle & Opera)

Required Skills

• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Knowledge of luxury hotel F&B standards
• Effective communication and coordination skills
• High integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality
• Proficiency in MS Excel and financial reporting tools