Manager, Food & Beverage Procurement Budget

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LA28 is the independent, non-profit, privately funded organizing committee for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We are on a singular mission to create an Olympic and Paralympic Games that celebrate all that this city and country have to offer, delivering an unparalleled experience for athletes, fans, partners and our community. 

The 2028 Games mark the return of the Summer Games to the U.S. for the first time in 32 years and Los Angeles’ third time hosting an Olympic Games and first time welcoming the Paralympic Games. This presents the unique and exciting opportunity to celebrate our legacy with the Games and push the Olympic and Paralympic Movements forward, writing a new chapter of Games history in Los Angeles. 

Putting on the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a team sport. To build a Games unlike any the world has seen before, we need the best team in place–a team full of diverse perspectives, experiences and expertise. We are guided by the following set of values and behaviors–optimism, integrity, excellence, inclusion, co-creation and boldness–and look forward to hearing about how your past experiences align with them.  

Manager, Food & Beverage Procurement Budget:

The Games Delivery Revenue team oversees the Ticketing, Hospitality, Accommodations and Food & Beverage departments.  This department is responsible for securing key revenue streams for LA28, ensuring sold out and fully attended events, creating a robust and integrated accommodations strategy that supports our key stakeholders and operational needs, and delivering a comprehensive food and beverage plan for fans, stakeholders, the world’s press and broadcasters, workforce, and athletes. 

The F&B Procurement Budget Manager plays a leading role in managing LA28’s 9-figure Food and Beverage procurement budget for the Olympic and Paralympic Games with a unique focus on the evaluation and deployment of food & beverage products and service providers to be used at the Games.  They will be responsible for managing the F&B Team’s Procurement events (RFIs, RFQs and RFPs), coordinating the gathering, analysis and evaluation of financial and operational data received by suppliers and service providers.  This includes delivery of operational and financial analysis reports that will serve as the central point of reference for the F&B team.  Further, they will contribute to ad hoc analysis projects as needed by the F&B team to develop their strategic approach for Venue and Village operations, identify opportunities for cost-savings and efficiencies, develop methods for analyzing key performance drivers and indicators. Lastly, during Games time, this role will shift into an operational accounting and reconciliation role, focused on ensuring that actual purchases, expenses and operational date-points are tracked and reconciled against initial budgets and proformas.  

This role requires meticulous planning, organization, accuracy, and a deep understanding of complex projects that involve food and beverage accounting standards. 

Key Responsibilities:

Procurement  

• Develop a plan to identify procurement opportunities that meet our core sustainability standards and operational needs 
• Work cross-functionally to produce, develop and deliver F&B Procurement events   
• Produce operational and financial analysis reports for F&B Procurement events to support the evaluation of candidates.
• Coordinate the Logistics planning including scheduling transportation, warehousing, access and HAACP tracking across all venues with various Operations team leaders 

Budget, Analysis and Reporting  

• Develop purchasing budgets for key areas of the business and work with team to maintain overall F&B budget
• Manage the auxiliary budgets such as the Coca-Cola VIK budget, and ensure that all costs associated with those budgets are tracked and reported
• Establish a regular cadence of revision for budget including variance analysis
• Identify areas of opportunity for cost savings or potential risk  
• Implement cost-control measures without compromising quality or guest satisfaction
• Establish close working relationships with key functional areas e.g. Procurement, Stakeholder Functional Areas, Finance, to