Restaurant Development & Innovation Specialist (m/f)

• Analytical profile, with a strong orientation toward data and the ability to transform information into practical decisions;

• Knowledge of ratio analysis, margins, costs, pricing, product, sales, and profitability in an F&B context;

• Ability to build maps, dashboards, and monitoring tools;

• Technical knowledge of beverages, product categories, and understanding of F&B operational processes will be valued;

• High capacity for organization and structuring of information;

• A passion for the restaurant sector and curiosity about product, operation, and trends;

• Good communication skills;

• Attention to detail, collaborative spirit, and orientation toward results;

• Good knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint;

• Fluency in English will be valued.

Do you want to contribute to the innovation, development, and profitability of the restaurant offering of the largest hotel group in Portugal?

The Restaurant Development & Innovation area of Pestana Hotel Group follows opening projects for new restaurants, as well as improvement, repositioning, and rebranding initiatives for existing concepts, ensuring a close connection between product, operation, communication, and performance. We are looking for an analytical profile, with a strong orientation toward data, technical knowledge of the sector, and the ability to transform information into practical decisions, with a primarily back-office focus, but with a direct impact on the quality and profitability of the product.

• Participate in opening, improvement, and rebranding projects for restaurants, following the various phases of the project from conception to implementation, activation, and communication.

• Support the definition and optimization of concepts, menus, pricing, and offerings, ensuring a balance between attractiveness to the customer, operational feasibility, and business profitability.

• Analyze product, sales, consumption, cost, margin data, and other F&B indicators, transforming information into practical recommendations to support decision-making.

• Build maps, reports, and monitoring dashboards, ensuring clear monitoring of restaurant performance and ongoing projects.

• Work in coordination with F&B, Operations, Marketing, Branding, Design, Purchasing teams, and hotel units, ensuring alignment between concept, operation, and communication.

• Identify continuous improvement opportunities through benchmarking, trend analysis, feedback collection, and evaluation of results after implementation.

• Permanent employment contract

• Hybrid working model;

Location: Lisbon