Manager, F&B Design & Plan Review

The F&B Design Review Manager supports IHG’s efforts in guest, owner and service-driven F&B design and innovation. This role focuses on prototype and custom F&B design direction for IHG’s brands in an assigned region. This role reports into the Regional Director, Design Review.

Your day to day

• Work as a collaborative member of a multi-disciplinary, high-volume, schedule-oriented design review project management team with a focus on leading Premium, Lifestyle and Luxury F&B Design.
• Manage Americas (AMER) regional F&B design projects from concept through completion. Work closely with regional Brand Management and Architecture & Design teams for Premium, Lifestyle and Luxury brands to create and deliver prototype & custom F&B designs for all brands within your region in accordance with project budgets, deadlines, and/or direction established by Senior Management.
• Actively participate in pre-deal activities, evaluating critical F&B projects through design, operational guidance and general requirements for project success before licensing.
• Must demonstrate comprehensive F&B Design and operational experience including, but not limited to, regional F&B context, brand-based performance optimization, F&B design direction, food service equipment evaluation, assessment and supplementation. Communicate F&B design direction to internal and external stakeholders through operational and design feedback.
• Develop F&B design resources through cost efficient strategies aligned with brand standards and design principles with best practice and guest experience requirements in mind.
• Work directly with hotel owners and design teams deliver F&B experiences for new and current brand initiatives and programs. Responsible for working with Brand Marketing & Design Strategies teams supplying relevant F&B data, enabling design standards to be written and implemented.
• Act as an F&B subject matter expert and advisor to internal IHG stakeholders and owner-engaged Food Service Equipment consultants by providing F&B design direction, technical and operational solutions.
• Participate in Strategic and project specific meetings involving owners, external design consultants, and contractors to provide direction for new build, conversion and renovation project types guiding project quality and brand F&B experience delivery. This role will also assist in delivering custom F&B design solutions that deviate from prototypical design for Premium brands with prototype requirements or detailed guest experience guidelines.
• Contribute to ongoing development of useful F&B design tools and resources shared with internal partners and our franchisee community via internal IHG and owner-facing websites.
• Evaluate and maintain a clear line of communication between various F&B equipment suppliers, monitor and report non-compliant vendors and help develop product cost models.

What we need from you

• 8+ years extensive progressive work-related experience in F&B design with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines related to Food and Beverage. Must have a minimum of 3 years hospitality or restaurant F&B design experience.
• Must be self-motivated and able to prioritize escalation items as they arise.
• Excellent communication skills and a hospitable disposition.
• Must be able to focus in a very fast-paced environment.
• Enthusiastic and capable of being a team player interested in contributing, learning, and growing.
• Enthusiasm with all aspects of F&B Design and experience focused solutions.
• Strong organizational, prioritizing and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of F&B trade resources, vendors, competitive differentiation and operational objectives and realities.
• Innovation and new ideas focused on details and follow-through to completion.
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Word, Outlook) and preferred AutoCAD experience.
• F&B operations design and technical, food service equipment expertise with prior-experience and understanding of Hospitality focused interior design, and architecture.
• Ability to learn and input project management data via in-house Data Management Software.
• Ability to create and manage spreadsheets and custom database solutions.

Travel - none

Location - Our hybrid work structure is an expectation of three (3) days in the ATLANTA office. This expectation may be adjusted to evolve with the changing needs of the business.

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At IHG, we’ve made a promise. As one of the world’s leading hotel groups, we’re here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected – wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?

Who we are

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.

Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.

We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.

We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.