Position Summary The F&B Director – Strategy & Performance will establish the planning, reporting, analytical and performance-management discipline for regional F&B. The role will provide accurate and timely insight into portfolio performance, support budget and forecast processes, maintain regional KPIs and tools, coordinate improvement plans and prepare executive-level materials for decision-making. Regional F&B Strategy and Annual Planning • Support the Director of F&B in preparing the annual F&B strategy and operating plan. • Translate strategic priorities into measurable initiatives, targets and milestones. • Coordinate inputs from Culinary, FOH/Bar, Events, Marketing and hotels. • Prepare strategic analysis, business cases and recommendations. • Track progress against annual priorities and identify emerging risks and opportunities. Budgeting, Forecasting and Financial Planning • Coordinate the regional F&B budget and forecast process. • Establish planning timelines, templates, assumptions and submission requirements. • Review hotel submissions for completeness, consistency and commercial logic. • Analyse forecast changes, gaps and variances. • Partner with Finance to reconcile F&B reporting with official financial results. KPI, Reporting and Performance Management • Define and maintain regional F&B KPIs and reporting standards. • Produce weekly flashes, monthly performance packs and quarterly reviews. • Lead benchmarking across hotels, outlets and markets. • Provide clear explanations of performance drivers and variances. • Ensure reports are accurate, timely, concise and decision-oriented. Portfolio Improvement and Performance Enablement • Coordinate structured improvement plans for underperforming hotels or outlets. • Support hotels in diagnosing revenue, cost, productivity, control and profitability gaps. • Establish baselines, targets and benefits for improvement initiatives. • Monitor implementation progress and escalate delays. • Evaluate whether interventions are producing measurable results. P&L, Business Cases and Commercial Analysis • Partner with Finance on F&B P&L delivery, business cases, capex and return-on-investment analysis. • Analyse revenue, profitability, food cost, beverage cost, labour productivity and outlet performance. • Highlight risks to revenue, profitability, cost and productivity. • Provide recommendations to improve commercial outcomes. • Support strategic projects, openings, conversions and repositioning initiatives with financial analysis. Systems, Tools and Digital Enablement • Partner with IT and systems teams on F&B reporting and operating tools. • Improve data availability, accuracy, consistency and usability. • Support dashboard, reporting and automation initiatives. • Ensure hotel teams understand reporting requirements and tools. • Promote practical use of data in operating decisions. • 15+ years of experience in F&B performance, hotel finance, commercial planning, business analytics or multi-unit operations. • Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, P&L analysis, benchmarking and KPI design. • Experience in portfolio performance management and improvement planning. • Strong understanding of hotel F&B operations, outlet economics, cost controls and profitability drivers. • Experience partnering with senior leaders, Finance, hotel teams and cross-functional stakeholders. • Strong analytical, structured problem-solving, business-partnering and executive-communication skills. • Hospitality-sector and multi-market experience preferred. Education and Expertise (i.e. certificates, licenses, etc.) • Degree or diploma in Hotel Management, Finance, Business Administration, Economics or a related field. • Finance, analytics, business or management qualification preferred. • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, financial modelling, business-intelligence tools, dashboards and reporting systems. • Working knowledge of project-management, collaboration and presentation tools.