Nteractive
Director of Food & Beverage, EMEA
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About Nteractive
Location: Surrey, UK (Hybrid working with international travel)
At Nteractive, we bring experiences to life. We're a global events and communications agency that helps some of the world's leading technology and lifestyle brands connect with their audiences through unforgettable experiences. From flagship conferences and exhibitions to incentive programmes, product launches and global events, we create experiences that inspire action and build meaningful connections.
As we continue to grow our global delivery team, we're looking for an experienced and strategic Director of Food & Beverage to join our award-winning F&B team.
This is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and evolving Nteractive's global Food & Beverage offering, ensuring exceptional culinary experiences, operational excellence, and continuous innovation across our international events portfolio.
Working closely with the Global F&B Director, you'll lead best practice, mentor and develop the team, drive menu innovation, and use data-driven insights to elevate the client and attendee experience at every event.
What you'll be doing
F&B Leadership & Innovation
- Lead the development and evolution of Nteractive's Food & Beverage offering across global events
- Establish and maintain departmental standards, processes, and Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs)
- Provide culinary leadership and strategic direction to the wider F&B team
- Conduct comprehensive menu reviews to ensure client objectives, event goals, and attendee expectations are met
- Stay ahead of emerging hospitality, culinary, and beverage trends to continually enhance our offering
- Champion innovation and creative thinking across all projects
Event Delivery & Client Partnership
- Collaborate closely with Client Services teams to understand event objectives, budgets, and audience requirements
- Design memorable food and beverage experiences across multiple concurrent projects
- Build strong relationships with clients, venue partners, and suppliers to ensure seamless delivery
- Lead key operational projects and workstreams across complex international programmes
- Support the delivery of training initiatives, departmental resources, and continuous improvement projects
Data, Insights & Financial Management
- Analyse post-event data and operational feedback to identify trends, opportunities, and improvements
- Collaborate with internal teams to create actionable client recommendations and future event strategies
- Utilise forecasting and reporting data to support long-term planning and innovation
- Support budget development and financial oversight across F&B programmes
- Ensure commercial awareness and value-for-money considerations remain central to all decisions
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Team Leadership & Development
- Inspire, mentor, and develop members of the F&B team
- Share knowledge, expertise, and industry best practice across the business
- Support supplier negotiations, contract management, and procurement processes
- Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and excellence
- Act as a role model for Nteractive's values and behaviours
Compliance & Best Practice
- Ensure all Food & Beverage activities comply with relevant health and safety legislation and industry regulations
- Promote operational excellence and consistency across all projects
- Support risk management and supplier compliance processes
- Champion continuous improvement and quality standards throughout the department
What you will bring
- Extensive hospitality, catering, or Food & Beverage leadership experience
- WSET qualification, hospitality degree, catering qualification, or equivalent professional experience
- Proven experience managing large-scale catering, hospitality, or event operations
- Experience of working in an events agency setting, a bonus
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Experience developing and delivering innovative food and beverage concepts
- Commercial awareness and contract management experience
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and identify trends
- Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing skills
- Exceptional organisational and project management capabilities
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
- Experience working across international projects and diverse cultural environments
- A passion for delivering exceptional guest experiences
Why you'll love working here
- Work with globally recognised technology and lifestyle brands
- Shape the Food & Beverage experience for world-class international events
- Opportunity for international travel and onsite event delivery
- Collaborate with talented creative, production, and client services teams
- Be part of a growing global agency where innovation and collaboration are valued
- Play a key role in influencing the future of Nteractive's global F&B offering
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Benefits
- Annual leave – 33 days including Bank Holidays
- Summer Hours
- Pension (5% employee, 3% employer)
- Wellbeing & Inclusion Initiatives including access to an EAP
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Rewards & Recognition Incentives
- Volunteering Day
- Private Medical Insurance & Cash Plan
- Generous Talent Referral Scheme
- Life Insurance
- Birthday Vouchers
- Eyecare Vouchers
Other Requirements
- Quiet home environment from which to work, with the ability to attend the office when required for collaboration or client needs
- Minimum 25MB download / 2MB upload broadband speed for home working
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally throughout the year (approximately 20–25% of working time)
- Valid passport and ability to obtain visas for international travel
If you're a passionate Food & Beverage leader who thrives on creating exceptional hospitality experiences and wants to shape the future of global event catering, we'd love to hear from you.
For further details contact: careers@nteractive.com
About us
We are Experience Architects with an ambition to cultivate client trust and brand value.
We are a people-first agency where our passion and boundless collaboration combine to deliver excellence for our clients. We are commercially aware and drive value for our clients and Nteractive by seeking efficiencies and cost-effectiveness without compromising the creative vision. We are forward-thinking and constantly pushing ahead for ourselves and our clients.
We are specialists in the technology sector. We create incredible live brand experiences – the sort that really make a difference. Experiential marketing campaigns, product launches, conferences, incentive programmes, exhibitions, VIP experiences, store launches, hospitality programmes, digital campaigns, brand films, internal communications programmes, and much more.
Our Commitment
We eagerly seek individuals who bring diversity of background, experience, and thought to create an engaging work environment, foster innovation, and better understand and meet the needs of our users. We encourage people from underrepresented and/or marginalized backgrounds, including BIPOC, LatinX, LGBTQ+, women, and people with disabilities, to apply.
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