Cost Controller

The Four Seasons team thrives in an environment which is warm, dynamic, fast-paced and responsive to business priorities. We look for talent who share the Golden Rule – people who, by nature, believe in treating others as we would have them treat us. On offer is the opportunity to build a life-long career with global potential, professional growth and a supporting platform to excel with a real sense of pride in work well done. Join Four Seasons to experience a globally recognized culture of connection, craftsmanship and character, based on a fundamental belief in the power of people.

Work on a team that is built on mutual respect, collaboration, excellent service.

Four Seasons provides employees with the same level of care that we expect to be shared with our guests.

Four Seasons have been ranked in FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 best companies to work for since 1998.

 

Four Seasons Hotel Doha:-

　

Gazing over the Arabian Gulf, with a private beach and marina curving at its feet, Four Seasons Hotel Doha is a traveler’s haven fashioned to the finest international standards. It is the centerpiece of Doha’s outstanding waterfront landmark, the West Bay business and residential complex. Four Seasons is home to 237 guest rooms overlooking land and sea, nearly a quarter of which are suites. With refreshing contemporary elegance, the accommodations are enhanced by carefully detailed comforts and 21st century conveniences.　

 

Our Team:-

　　

Our team is our greatest asset and the key to our success. We demonstrate our beliefs in the way we treat each other and by the example we set for one another. In all our interactions with our guests, guests, business associates and colleagues, we seek to deal with others, as we would have them deal with us. Our team is built on mutual respect, collaboration, excellent service and a passion.

 

Who We Look For:-

 

We look for employees who share the Golden Rule; people who, by nature, believe in treating others as we would have them treat us. We look for individuals who share a passion for excellence and who infuse that enthusiasm into everything they do.

 

Responsibilities:-

 

Data Analysis:

Creation of various financial analysis and reports on performance, including but not limited to Revenue, COS, other expenses, Payroll

Supervision of daily orders in Birchstreet for all kitchens, reconciliation of discrepancies between purchase orders and invoices, resolution of food invoices without a purchase order and resolution of FB accounts payable discrepancies (tasks done by the Cost Control )

Supervision of updates and maintenance of order guides in Birchstreet (references, prices, packaging, etc.) done by the Cost Control

Monitoring of price changes for products ordered for the Kitchens and working in collaboration with the Purchasing Department for renegotiation needs

Work closely with the Purchasing Department on the development of the food cost reduction programs.

Development and communication of the weekly Food Cost Trend, general and for each individual kitchen

Development and communication of the Beverage Cost Trend weekly, general and for each point of sale

Work closely with Purchasing to establish overall monthly food and beverage costs

Establish in collaboration with the Bar team the technical recipe sheets of the cocktails, existing and new, in order to carry out the costing of the Bar menu in order to ensure a beverage cost in line with the budgeted goals

Follow market trends

Ensure the updating and maintenance of beverage items in Micros, as well as the consistency of beverage items between Birchstreet and Micros, in order to allow a consistent calculation of the beverage cost and to eradicate “open beverage” in the different points of sale

 

Menu Engineering

Establish, in collaboration with the Kitchens, the technical recipe sheets for each dish/dessert, existing and future, and proceed with the corresponding ” costings “

Updated all recipes in Birchstreet to ensure costing scalable »

Ensure the correct configuration and updating of items in the various software participating in the engineering menu ( Birchstreet , Micros, Avero , etc.) in order to ensure that costs and revenues are up to date and correctly “linked” between them

Establish the ” costing ” of the menus and menus of all the restaurants and communicate them to the kitchen & restaurant teams, and to the F&B management to assist them in establishing the selling prices, with each change of menu or in order to reassess the selling price of dishes and ensure profitability.

Work with the restaurant teams and the F&B Management on the menu engineering in order to establish an F&B revenue strategy to maximize the profitability of the outlets

Establish P&L for temporary F&B events: pop-up stores, etc.

 

 

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS:

 

Communicate effectively with all hotel services and external stakeholders

Communicate effectively with the various F&B departments, the Purchasing department and the Finance Department in order to ensure proper follow-up on any information relating to cost control.

Establish a relationship of trust with kitchens and restaurants in order to obtain their support and help in the actions implemented and to be implemented to control costs and improve the profitability of restaurants.

Be proactive about the measures to be implemented and their automation to improve cost control processes and maximize restaurant profitability.

Assist the F&B management on any other project or temporary mission, in connection with the needs of the hotel.

Training of a “Master User” Micros, Avero and Birchstreet in every Foodservice outlet

 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:-

Education credentials in Finance is preferred

Experience on working with systems such as (Sun, BSS & Micros etc)

5 years of experience in a similar role

Excellent communication skills

 

Our Offering:-　　

Deeply instilled values-based company culture

Opportunities to build a successful career with global potential 　　

Unique strong culture – diversity of 50 different nationalities　　

Living accommodation in a high-quality, well-resourced apartment　

Excellent Training and Development opportunities

Employee Recognition Programs​

Complimentary nights at FS Hotels Worldwide

Paid annual home leave tickets　　

Complimentary meals in employee restaurants　　

Free transportation to work　　

Medical coverage