F&B Inventory & Cost Control Manager
cinepolis · Dallas, TX ·
- Category
- Management
CINÉPOLIS CAREERS
Cinépolis USA is a luxury cinema exhibitor offering enhanced movie-going experiences through our “Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas” and “Movie House & Eatery” theater concepts. Based in Dallas, we operate 26 luxury and premium theaters across California, Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut, Texas, Maryland, and Ohio, with plans to expand further. As part of Cinépolis International, the most popular movie theater exhibitor globally, we are dedicated to innovation, film, and hospitality worldwide.
AS A CINÉPOLIS TEAM MEMBER, YOU ARE WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO US!
Our team members enjoy a generous employee discount on tickets, food, and nonalcoholic beverages, and they also receive gifts for reaching milestone work anniversaries!
JOB DESCRIPTION
ROLE PURPOSE
Responsible for managing and maintaining the F&B Catalog, ensuring standardization and consistency across the different systems. COGS and recipe analysis, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures. Service to cinemas on recipes, POS products, routing, and other requests related to products offered in menu. Given the heavy amount of interaction happening on emails and service to cinemas, fluency in English is critical for this role.
RESPONSIBILTIES
Maintain F&B interfaces: Ensure the smooth functioning of interfaces related to F&B suppliers, guaranteeing data accuracy and integrity.
Map new items and substitutes: Review purchases and reports to accurately map new items and substitutes in the F&B interfaces, ensuring proper categorization and inventory management.
Ensure correct units of measurement: Verify and maintain the correct units of measurement for F&B items, ensuring consistency and accuracy across all systems and platforms.
Review inactive items for catalog updates: Regularly review and update catalogs by identifying and removing inactive items from the system, keeping it up to date and relevant.
Analyze and correct cinema recipes: Perform in-depth analysis of cinema recipes, identify cost discrepancies, and make necessary corrections to ensure accurate recipe costing.
Provide support for POS-related issues: Assist cinemas with troubleshooting and resolving POS issues, including price changes, requests for new buttons, and routing changes.
Support implementation and updating of new menus: Collaborate with the F&B team during the implementation and updating of new menus, ensuring proper integration with the POS systems, accurate pricing, and seamless operations.
Monthly update of purchasing dashboards: Update and maintain purchasing dashboards for F&B on a monthly basis, ensuring timely and accurate information for decision-making purposes.
Support operations during monthly inventory, be a resource to our regional and operations managers as needed.
Ownership of menu rollouts, pricing changes, product substitutions, POS configuration, and operational readiness
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management, Business Administration, Supply Chain, or a related field preferred; an equivalent combination of education and relevant F&B operations experience will be considered.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum of five years of experience in F&B operations, inventory management, cost control, purchasing, or restaurant systems, including multi-unit experience.
Knowledge of the food and beverage industry, including F&B operations and inventory management systems.
Experience analyzing food costs, inventory variances, waste, purchasing trends, and recipe profitability.
Experience with ERP, POS, inventory management, and purchasing systems.
Professional fluency in English required; bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish preferred.
SKILLS
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify patterns, trends, and cost discrepancies.
Strong planning, presentation, and organizational skills, with the ability to balance and prioritize work.
Strong communication skills for interacting with employees, other departments, cinema teams, clients, and senior management.
Excellent attention to detail and organizational abilities.
Customer Focus: Dedicated to meeting the needs of both internal and external customers.
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in a general office environment where typical levels of noise, dust and activity can be expected. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be added at any time per the business needs.
**Cinepolis is an equal opportunity employer and, as such, affirms in policy and practice to recruit, hire, train, and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.