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Job Opening: F&B Consultant

About August Point Advisors:

August Point Advisors (APA) is a New York-based food-sector consultancy serving independent, passionate, purpose-driven restaurants, retail food stores, and food brands. APA’s consulting focus areas are: Strategic Planning, Project Management, and Talent Recruitment. Our Strategic Planning work develops comprehensive roadmaps for clients, driven by robust analysis, realistic budgets and achievable milestones. In our Project Management engagements, we work alongside clients to facilitate each stage of launching a new business or growing an existing one. Our Talent Recruitment practice provides comprehensive, high-touch, right-sized recruiting services to the food sector to help clients find the best people.

At APA, client success is our primary objective. As former owners and operators, we’ve built an extraordinary network of like-hearted collaborators who share a mastery of the business and can lend their expertise to any project. To learn more about August Point Advisors, please visit: https://www.augustpoint.co/

Who we’re looking for:

August Point Advisors is seeking a full-time F&B Consultant to join its team. The F&B Consultant will work closely alongside APA’s Managing Partners on the firm’s portfolio of projects, with a particular focus on Strategic Planning and Project Management engagements. At times the F&B Consultant will take a lead role on a project and at other times will operate in a supporting role to the Managing Partners. The majority of these projects will be in the NYC metro area though some may be outside of the city and require occasional travel. The ideal candidate for this position loves food experiences, has a background working in the restaurant industry, has been on the opening team of a few F&B venues, has a creative mind for F&B concepts, understands the language and culture of hospitality-based operations, and has ample amounts of the all-around, figure-it-out generalist energy that’s unique to F&B people. For candidates who have that, we can teach the specifics.

What you will be involved in:

• Liaising with relevant project stakeholders including architects, designers, kitchen equipment consultants, engineers and more
• Ad hoc client advisory and internal projects
• Company administration and organizational tasks as required
• Workshopping F&B concepts with clients to be exciting, viable, and commercially sustainable businesses
• Building capital budgets for the development and construction of client projects
• Facilitating regular project check-ins with clients and project teams
• Developing and managing project roadmaps and business plans for clients
• Translating those ideas into detailed financial projections

What you know or know how to do:

• Knowledge of restaurant industry, functionality, space planning and equipment
• Take accurate notes and follow-up with people assiduously on relevant tasks
• Strong project management, planning and organizational skills
• Build, read, and analyze financial projections and restaurant profit-and-loss statements
• Dialogue with multiple stakeholders to evaluate and help develop F&B concepts
• Excellent and adaptable interpersonal skills
• Strong MS Office skills with an emphasis in Excel

Ideal Additional Skills:

• Understanding of design, architecture, construction process terminology
• Ability to interpret and comment on architectural drawings
• Formal Project Management training and/or fluency with Gantt charts, WBS and other PM tools

Your Prior Experience:

• BA/BS in hospitality management, business or other related area of study
• 3-5 years in restaurant operations, ideally with a focus on new store development, or equivalent experience in design or construction project management with a focus on food & beverage

Compensation:

$75,000-90,000 depending on prior experience in relevant positions

Benefits & Perks:

• Commuter benefits
• Annual Citibike membership
• Contribution to individual health care premium expense
• Ten days of annual paid time off

Application Process:

Candidates should send an email with “F&B Consultant” in the subject line to: recruiting at augustpoint dot co. Please include the following information in your submission:

• Resume
• Cover letter

Qualified candidates will be contacted directly.

August Point Advisors provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. If you require a reasonable accommodation to view or apply to this position, please contact us via [email protected].