How to become a food and beverage operations manager
Official title: Food and beverage operations manager
Also called: Banquet director, Central kitchen director, Central kitchen manager, Food and beverage (F&B) manager, Food services operations director, Food services operations manager, Central Kitchen Director (Factory Manager), Group Beverage Manager, Multi-Outlet Manager (Area Manager/ District Manager/ F&B Manager), Banquet director, Central kitchen manager, Food services operations manager
Food and beverage operations manager plans, organises, coordinates and directs food and beverage (F&B) operations, including those related to central kitchen. He/she creates and maintains Standard Operations Procedures (SOP) for the F&B business, including F&B administration and food safety and hygiene practices. He/she maintains brand standards and establishes the brand concept, management and strategy.
Main tasks
- Planning menus in consultation with chefs and cooks
- Planning and organising special functions
- Arranging the purchasing and pricing of goods according to budget
- Ensuring dining, kitchen and food storage facilities comply with health regulations and are clean, functional and of suitable appearance
- Conferring with customers to assess their satisfaction with meals and service
- Selecting, setting staff work schedules, training and supervising waiting and kitchen staff
- Negotiating arrangements with clients and suppliers
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $63,432 a year. The middle half earn $46,068 to $100,368 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does a food and beverage operations manager earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $63,432 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $46,068 to $100,368.
Will AI change the work of a food and beverage operations manager?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026