Banyan Tree Veya Valle de Guadalupe

Department: Food & Beverage
Country: Mexico
Property: Banyan Tree Veya Valle de Guadalupe
Type: Full Time

About Our Team

At Banyan Tree Veya Valle de Guadalupe, Food & Beverage is more than an operational function. It is an essential expression of our destination, connecting guests with the flavors, people, wines, and extraordinary terroir of Baja California.

Our culinary portfolio celebrates a deep sense of place through distinctive concepts, thoughtful service, local sourcing, and memorable experiences. Our outlets range from destination dining and refined tasting experiences to relaxed, locally inspired concepts, each contributing to the overall guest journey and positioning of the resort.

Role Purpose

The Food & Beverage Manager will lead the strategic, financial, and operational performance of the resort's Food & Beverage division, ensuring exceptional guest experiences while delivering sustainable profitability, strong cost discipline, and continued market positioning.

This role requires a leader who combines luxury hospitality expertise, strong financial acumen, operational excellence, and commercial vision.

The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of F&B; financial performance, including revenue management, menu engineering, food and beverage cost, payroll productivity, forecasting, budgeting, inventory control, and profitability by outlet.

Equally important, this individual will contribute to positioning our restaurants as culinary destinations in their own right, with particular attention to Amapola and its continued development within the gastronomic landscape of Valle de Guadalupe.





The Impact of This Role

The Food & Beverage Manager will play a critical role in transforming culinary excellence into strong business performance.

The position will be responsible for creating the appropriate balance between:

- Outstanding luxury guest experiences
- Revenue generation and profitability
- Food & beverage cost optimization
- Labor productivity and payroll management
- Service excellence and consistency
- Restaurant positioning and reputation
- Team development and engagement
- Innovation and commercial activation

Success will be measured not only by how our guests experience our restaurants, but also by how effectively each outlet performs as a sustainable and profitable business.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Performance & Business Analysis

- Assume ownership of the financial performance of the Food & Beverage division and each individual outlet.
- Analyze revenue, average check, covers, food cost, beverage cost, payroll, productivity, departmental expenses, and profitability.
- Review P&L; performance and implement corrective action whenever results deviate from budget or forecast.
- Lead the preparation and follow-up of annual budgets, forecasts, and monthly business reviews.




- Develop action plans to improve revenue and profitability without compromising guest experience or product quality.
- Partner closely with Finance to strengthen cost control, purchasing, inventory management, and operational discipline.
- Analyze pricing and contribution margins and actively participate in menu engineering decisions.
- Identify revenue opportunities according to seasonality, occupancy, local demand, events, and market trends.

Restaurant Positioning & Revenue Generation

- Develop strategies that position the resort's dining venues not only as hotel restaurants, but as desirable culinary destinations for hotel guests, local residents, and visitors to Valle de Guadalupe.
- Create commercially relevant programming, culinary events, collaborations, and experiences that generate incremental revenue and strengthen brand recognition.
- Work closely with Sales, Marketing, PR, Revenue Management, and the culinary leadership team to develop effective restaurant positioning and communication strategies.
- Monitor market dynamics, guest behavior, restaurant trends, and competitive positioning to identify new business opportunities.
- Develop strategies to increase restaurant covers, average check, beverage revenue, repeat business, and overall outlet profitability.

Amapola & Culinary Positioning

A key priority of this role will be supporting the continued positioning of Amapola as one of the resort's signature culinary experiences.

Amapola is led by chefs Solange Muris and Benito Molina and is presented by Banyan Tree Veya as a fine-dining concept celebrating Baja California's land, sea, local ingredients, and s

📌 FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER (Baja California)
🏢 Banyan Group
📍 Baja California