Food & Beverage Manager

Location: Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Switzerland
Work model: Hybrid, primarily on site with occasional home-office flexibility
Contract type / duration: Permanent
Activity rate: Monday to Friday, 100%
Target start date: January/February 2027

As an F&B Manager at Nestlé Research, your mission is to lead and empower a diverse hospitality team to deliver exceptional experiences across every food and beverage occasion, from daily operations and table service to premium internal and external events. Combining creativity, innovation, and operational excellence, you will ensure consistently high standards while creating memorable experiences for guests and stakeholders. You’ll make a difference by setting a clear direction, fostering a strong service culture, and bringing together site leaders, culinary researchers, hospitality partners, suppliers, and event professionals around a shared vision of excellence.

This is your opportunity to turn ideas into sustainable and innovative solutions for people, pets, and the planet.

• Orchestrating all food points and table service at Nestlé Research, while leading the end-to-end delivery of F&B experiences for daily hospitality, VIP visits, conferences, celebrations, and other internal and external events, from developing creative concepts and proposals to coordinating operational set-ups and ensuring a seamless guest experience.
• Leading, developing, and inspiring a diverse food and beverage team of around 25 employees, including permanent employees, apprentices, interns, and ad-hoc staff.
• Creating innovative food and beverage offerings with a strong focus on local sourcing and trusted supplier partnerships.
• Anticipating emerging food and beverage trends and turning best practices into fresh, elevated services and guest experiences.
• Connecting hospitality and science through rapid prototyping and close collaboration with the Culinary Flagship team, the wider chefs’ network, hospitality schools, and external partners.
• Championing quality control, food safety, hygiene, and cleaning while advancing the sustainability roadmap, reducing food waste and environmental impact, and maintaining service excellence.

• Bringing proven food and beverage management expertise, a strong customer-centric mindset, a passion for service, and the confidence to deliver exceptional VIP experiences.
• Leading assertively and approachably, delegating with confidence and empowering an evolving team to take ownership and grow, while remaining ready to step into operations when needed.
• Combining curiosity and an innovative mindset with strong organization to deliver seamlessly.
• Taking ownership of all aspects of catering operations, from budgets and supplier management to local sourcing, quality standards, and the delivery of an outstanding guest experience.
• Communicating fluently in French and English; proficiency in any additional language is an advantage.
• Bringing collaboration, fresh thinking, bold questions, respect, and a positive, wellbeing-oriented mindset, to create shared value.

Our benefits are designed to support your growth and wellbeing, so you can thrive at work and in life:

• Flexible working options, including hybrid work possibilities (for office based roles)
• Paid holidays beyond legal requirements
• Learning and development opportunities to grow your career
• Performance based bonus
• Healthcare contribution and access to the Employee Assistance Program
• Strong employer contribution to your pension plan
• Generous parental leave and comprehensive family support solutions
• Attractive employee…