Manager, Food And Beverage Concession Operations

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Reporting organisationally to the Head of Rights Delivery and Licensing, the Food and Beverage Concessions Operations Manager will coordinate the development and performance of the Food & Beverage Concessionaire program between various Stakeholders including stadium appointed F&B Concessionaire and FIFA Commercial Partners. The objective is to implement and deliver successfully the FIFA Commercial Partners’ exclusive F&B rights.

These are your key tasks:

• Manage the integration and operational delivery of Commercial Partner products and services within the FIFA Public Food & Beverage Concessionaire Program across official venues.
• Collaborate with F&B concessionaires, stadium officials, authorities, and stakeholders to plan and execute services, including permanent and temporary infrastructure preparation.
• Coordinate with the signage team to oversee installation of all signage elements related to the F&B Concessionaire Program.
• Plan, oversee, and ensure the implementation of Commercial Partners’ F&B agreements, including rights, obligations, and exclusivity requirements (clean site policy).
• Lead and support stadium inspections, operational visits, and ensure commercial requirements are met in F&B concession operations.
• Act as the primary point of contact for Partners, managing inquiries, resolving issues, and maintaining expectations throughout event delivery.
• Prepare reports, guidelines, presentations, and tournament debriefs, highlighting progress, achievements, challenges, and recommendations for future events.

We work hard at FIFA.
We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.

And we respect our values. Always.

For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.

The specific competencies we require for this position are:

• Bachelor’s Degree or similar level of education 
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in the food & beverage/catering industry, in food & beverage concessions / fast-food outlets operational management and in project infrastructure management.
• Knowledge of public event Food & Beverage industry, of basic utilities requirements, especially for food & beverage concessions (electricity, water supply, etc), of food safety and hygienic requirements for food & beverage concessions operation and in the dressing & signage area. 
• Ability to adopt a strategic view, take decisions, act promptly, operate in a high pressure and fast paced environment.   

We will only consider CVs submitted in English.