We are looking for a Food & Beverage Controller to manage food and beverage costs, inventory, procurement controls and financial performance across Elior India’s catering operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and control food & beverage costs across client sites.
- Analyse food consumption, wastage, stock levels and variances.
- Conduct regular inventory audits and stock reconciliations .
- Track purchases, consumption and closing stock to ensure accuracy.
- Monitor food cost % and variance against budget/targets .
- Identify opportunities to reduce food wastage and improve cost efficiency.
- Work closely with Operations, Culinary, Procurement and Finance teams.
- Review vendor pricing, purchase trends and material consumption.
- Ensure adherence to approved recipes, portion sizes and standard food costs.
- Prepare regular F&B; cost reports, MIS and variance analysis for management.
- Support budgeting and forecasting for food and beverage costs.
- Investigate unusual consumption, stock variances and wastage.
- Ensure proper documentation and controls for food purchases and inventory.
- Support site teams in implementing effective cost-control processes .
Ideal Candidate
- 4–9 years of experience in F&B; Control, Cost Control, Commercial Finance or similar roles.
- Experience in institutional catering, corporate catering, hotels, hospitality, restaurants or food services preferred.
- Strong knowledge of food costing, inventory management and stock reconciliation .
- Good understanding of procurement and consumption processes.
- Strong Excel and MIS/reporting skills.
- Positive analytical and numerical skills.
- Ability to work closely with kitchen and operations teams.
- Strong understanding of food wastage and cost-control practices .
In short: A strong F&B; cost-control professional who can track food costs, manage inventory, reduce wastage and improve profitability across Elior’s catering operations .