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Temp Food & Beverage, Events Coordinator I

Redwood City, CA 94063

Posted: 03/28/2025 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Other Job Number: 618440 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description


Temp Food & Beverage, Events Coordinator I

The Opportunity:

Seeking an experienced team member with a background in corporate food and beverage services to maintain in-office break rooms and assist in on site event coordination. We are looking for someone who is engaging in their style and able to build relationships across the company to support the aforementioned food and beverage needs. This is contractor reports to the Director of Food & Beverage, Events. This role is based out of our headquarters with onsite presence needed five days per week.

This role will have impact on maintaining food and beverage services which are tightly aligned to the company’s culture. Focus areas will include vendor relations, food and beverage site services, and the primary responsibilities include:

  • Vendor Relations: Maintain relationships established by the Director, F&BE with break room vendor(s), ensuring quality control to uphold an overall positive employee in-office experience.

  • Food & Beverage Equipment Maintenance: Partner with Facilities and break room vendor(s) to ensure all equipment is in proper working order and complies with health and safety regulations.

  • Food, Beverage & Events Inventory: Assist the Director, F&BE to organize all inventory and maintain correct supply levels, including, sourcing, ordering, and expense reporting.

  • Onsite Catering: Coordinate onsite catering operations, ensuring all requests are handled efficiently in tandem with third party vendors, aligning with service standards and the following needs:

    • Communicate with vendors to provide optimal catering services, finding cost savings when available.

    • Track tickets and catering requests to ensure visibility and timely execution

    • Work with Site Services to coordinate proper room set up and catering needs.

  • Onsite Cultural & Corporate Event Assistance (as needed): Assist the Director, F&BE in coordination of onsite cultural & corporate events, such as the annual Summer BBQ & Halloween celebration, including the following needs:

    • Supplies procurement

    • Assistance in vendor coordination

    • Event setup and break down

    • Communications and post-event feedback collection, in collaboration with the Culture team

  • Feedback Aggregation and Quality Control: Partner with vendors to aggregate robust feedback, through mechanisms implemented by the Director, F&BE, such as surveys, quarterly “snack fairs,” and focus groups to gather daily and quarterly insights on food and beverage employee satisfaction.

Required Skills, Experience and Education:

  • 3+ years experience within Culinary and/or Food & Beverage industry (or transferable experience) with 1+ years hands-on experience.

  • Passion for hospitality work with skills to maintain open communication with vendors and their operations.

  • Robust collaboration skills and the ability to communicate effectively.

  • Demonstrated ability in customer service, gathering input and feedback from colleagues to enhance service quality and customer satisfaction.

  • Skilled at maintaining quality standards which are benchmarks to assess overall acceptability of all food and beverage offerings and services including food quality, break room cleanliness, service levels, and others.

  • Strong organizational skill and ability to execute tasks independently and effectively.

  • Strong MS office skills with familiarity with MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Forms, and PowerPoint.

Preferred Skills:

  • Fluent in both Spanish and English.

  • Experience working in a corporate office, with a preference for a high tech or similar environment.

The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.

Planet Pharma is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.