About August Point Advisors:

August Point Advisors (APA) is a New York-based food-sector consultancy serving independent, passionate, purpose-driven restaurants, retail food stores, and food brands. APA’s consulting focus areas are: Strategic Planning, Project Management, and Talent Recruitment. Our Strategic Planning work develops comprehensive roadmaps for clients, driven by robust analysis, realistic budgets and achievable milestones. In our Project Management engagements, we work alongside clients to facilitate each stage of launching a new business or growing an existing one. Our Talent Recruitment practice provides comprehensive, high-touch, right-sized recruiting services to the food sector to help clients find the best people.

At APA, client success is our primary objective. As former owners and operators, we’ve built an extraordinary network of like-hearted collaborators who share a mastery of the business and can lend their expertise to any project. To learn more about August Point Advisors, please visit: https://www.augustpoint.co/

Who we’re looking for:

August Point Advisors is seeking a full-time Staff Consultant to join its team. The Staff Consultant will work closely alongside APA’s Managing Partners on the firm’s portfolio of projects, with a particular focus on Strategic Planning and Project Management engagements. At times the Staff Consultant will take a lead role on a project and at other times will operate in a supporting role to the Managing Partners. The majority of these projects will be in the NYC metro area though some may be outside of the city and require occasional travel. The ideal candidate for this position loves food experiences, has a background working in the restaurant industry, has been on the opening team of a few F&B venues, has a creative mind for F&B concepts, understands the language and culture of hospitality-based operations, and has ample amounts of the all-around, figure-it-out generalist energy that’s unique to F&B people. For candidates who have that, we can teach the specifics.

What you will be involved in:

• Workshopping F&B concepts with clients to be exciting, viable, and commercially sustainable businesses
• Translating those ideas into detailed financial projections
• Building capital budgets for the development and construction of client projects
• Developing and managing project roadmaps and business plans for clients
• Liaising with relevant project stakeholders including architects, designers, kitchen equipment consultants, engineers and more
• Facilitating regular project check-ins with clients and project teams
• Ad hoc client advisory and internal projects
• Company administration and organizational tasks as required

What you know or know how to do:

• Knowledge of restaurant industry, functionality, space planning and equipment
• Dialogue with multiple stakeholders to evaluate and help develop F&B concepts
• Strong project management, planning and organizational skills
• Strong MS Office skills with an emphasis in Excel
• Build, read, and analyze financial projections and restaurant profit-and-loss statements
• Take accurate notes and follow-up with people assiduously on relevant tasks
• Excellent and adaptable interpersonal skills

Ideal Additional Skills:

• Formal Project Management training and/or fluency with Gantt charts, WBS and other PM tools
• Understanding of design, architecture, construction process terminology
• Ability to interpret and comment on architectural drawings

Your Prior Experience:

• 3-5 years in restaurant operations, ideally with a focus on new store development, or equivalent experience in design or construction project management with a focus on food & beverage
• BA/BS in hospitality management, business or other related area of study

Compensation:

$80,000-100,000 depending on prior experience in relevant positions.
 

Benefits & Perks:

• Contribution to individual health care premium expense
• Ten days of annual paid time off
• Annual Citibike membership
• Commuter benefits