Beverage Controller - White City House, West London

 

The Role… 

 

At Soho House, a Beverage Controller is responsible for the effective management and control of beverage stock across the House, ensuring accurate inventory levels, stock movements and reporting.

Working closely with the Food & Beverage, Bar and Finance teams, you will play an important role in maintaining accurate beverage stock levels, monitoring usage and variances, supporting cost control and ensuring that all deliveries, transfers and stock movements are recorded correctly.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience within beverage control, stock control or inventory management, ideally within a high-volume hospitality, restaurant, hotel or bar environment. You will be highly organised, confident working with stock data and able to identify discrepancies and work with operational teams to resolve them.

 

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What's in it for you?

• Weekly Pay
• Team meal whilst on shift prepared by our chefs
• Soho Friends Membership
• 50% Team discount on Food & Drink, 7 days a week
• Staff Room Rates
• Health Cash Plan (option to up to 2 additional dependents)
• Dental Plan (option to add up to 2 additional dependents)
• Birthday Day Off after 1 years' continuous service
• Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home
• In conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2 days paid a year to support a charity of your choice.
• Free Counselling Sessions
• Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & Tonic Programmes offer unique food and drink training, events and opportunities to inspire and educate.
• Continuous training to develop yourself personally and professionally
• Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to.

Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks. Whether you’re seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to enhance your career

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Key duties…

 

• Manage and maintain accurate inventory records for all beverage stock, including wines, spirits, beers, soft drinks and other bar products

• Receive and check beverage deliveries, ensuring quantities and products match purchase orders and delivery documentation

• Ensure all beverage stock movements, transfers, wastage and adjustments are accurately recorded

• Conduct regular beverage stock counts and support month-end inventory processes

• Monitor stock levels and work with operational teams to ensure appropriate availability while avoiding unnecessary overstock

• Review and investigate beverage stock variances, identifying potential causes and working with managers to resolve discrepancies

• Support the monitoring of beverage costs, usage and wastage to help maintain agreed cost-of-sales targets

• Produce accurate stock and variance reports, highlighting trends, discrepancies and areas requiring action

• Work closely with Bar Managers, F&B Managers and Finance to maintain strong stock-control processes

• Ensure appropriate stock rotation and storage standards are maintained across all beverage areas

• Monitor high-value beverage items and ensure appropriate controls are in place

• Support the implementation and maintenance of effective stock-control procedures across the House

• Identify opportunities to improve beverage stock processes, reduce wastage and strengthen cost control

• Support and guide operational teams on correct stock handling, recording and control procedures

 

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What we are looking for...

 

• 1-2 years’ experience within beverage control, stock control or inventory management, ideally within hospitality

• Good understanding of beverage products and wet-stock management

• Experience working within a restaurant, hotel, members' club, bar or other high-volume F&B environment would be advantageous

• Strong numerical skills with the ability to understand stock figures, variances and costs

• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

• Strong organisational and time-management skills

• Confident working with stock-management systems and spreadsheets

• Ability to investigate discrepancies and identify potential causes

• Strong communication skills and the confidence to work collaboratively with operational and finance teams

• Reliable, organised and comfortable working in a fast-paced hospitality environment

• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy