Culinary Manager, F&B - FIFA World Cup 26™

Who We Are:On Location is a global leader in premium experiential hospitality, offering ticketing, curated guest experiences, live event production and travel management across sports, entertainment, fashion and culture. On Location provides unrivaled access for corporate clients and fans looking for official, immersive experiences at marquee events, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games, FIFA World Cup 2026, Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four, and more. An official partner and/or service provider to over 150 iconic rights holders, such as the IOC (the Milano Cortina 2026 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games), FIFA, NFL, NCAA, UFC, WWE, and PGA of America, the company also owns and operates a number of its own unique experiences. On Location is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company.

The Role and What You’ll Do:

We are searching for a talented, motivated and highly detailedCulinary Manager to join our team to help in the planning of amazing experiences for the FIFA World Cup 26™  

As a Culinary Manager you are responsible to support the Back of House,Food & Beverage Management team in the day-to-day operation by performing certain tasks, whereby your role will include key responsibilities such as:

• Developing overarching strategies for food and beverage operations that align with FIFA World Cup 26™ goals, ensuring consistency and quality across multiple venues and events.

• Managing a team of food and beverage coordinators, chefs, vendors, and service staff across different venues, providing leadership, guidance, and support.

• Collaborating with culinary teams to create event-specific menus that reflect the cultural diversity and preferences of attendees while meeting FIFA's standards.

• Monitoring food safety standards, health regulations, and sustainability practices across all food and beverage operations to ensure compliance and guest safety.

• Developing and managing budgets, monitoring expenses, and optimizing costs while maintaininghigh standards of service and quality.

• Implementing strategies to enhance guest satisfaction through innovative F&B offerings, efficient service delivery, and personalized hospitality.

• Conducting regular evaluations, gathering feedback from guests and stakeholders, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to elevate service standards.

• Oversee project milestones and deadlines

• Manage project team and move work forward daily within team environment

• Facilitate and lead F&B meetings with key staff and vendors

• Manage and oversee onsite staff and vendors

• Troubleshoot, anticipate and act proactively on all event aspects leading up to and onsite

• Assist with proposals and pitch meetings 

• Maintain and manage client relationships

• Update senior management

Administrative & Other Responsibilities 

• Expense Reports

• Process Invoices

• File storage

• Weekly hours billing reports

Other Duties & Responsibilities 

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of the employee's activities, duties, or responsibilities for this job.  Duties, obligations, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

You Have These:

• Any combination of training, education, and experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Restaurant/Hospitality Management, Food Service Management, or a related field. 

• Considerable (3-5 years) full-time, progressively responsible experience in the food and beverage industry preferably including catering, and concession work (example: scheduling staff and events, training employees, selecting and ordering products, inventory control, and menu preparation).

• Proficient user of Microsoft Office Suite | Adobe Acrobat | Zoom | DocuSign

• Highly organized and process-oriented 

• Attention to detail, carefully following instructions and checking work for accuracy 

• Ability to multi-task and remain calm in high-pressure situations 

• Strong communication, interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution skills 

• Good timekeeping and work ethic that is characterized by commitment, motivation, and energy 

We’d Love If You Also Have These:

• Knowledge of FileMaker| Keynote | SharePoint | Smartsheets | Microsoft Teams | Zoom 

• Prior experience with large-scale sporting events a plus 

• Flexibility and positive attitude to work long days, evenings, weekends and holidays when necessary 

Travel:Must be adaptable with work and travel schedule and be available to travel for work during holidays.  This position may require up to 30-40% travel. 

How we work:

Endeavor is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experiencedoesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. 

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the range shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Range Minimum:

$71,250 annually

Hiring Range Maximum:

$95,000 annually