We are looking for a skilled and experienced Food and Beverage Manager to join our team. As the Food and Beverage Manager, you will play a crucial role in the success of our venture, overseeing all aspects of our F&B operations and leading a team of skilled hospitality and culinary professionals. This is a leadership role that encompasses day to day operations for a bar, restaurant and live entertainment space, as well as associated administrative duties, marketing & sales, and handling of private event rentals. You will be directly responsible for driving business growth, and vital to the success of our company.
This is a fast-paced and dynamic role, where you will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of hospitality professionals, bringing your expertise and creativity to create a unique and memorable hospitality and entertainment experience for our guests.
If you are a skilled and experienced Food and Beverage Manager with a passion for food and hospitality, and thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment, we encourage you to apply today! This is an exciting opportunity to join a new and growing project, and make your mark on the culinary and entertainment scene.
We are currently looking for an ambitious individual with a passion for hospitality and culinary experiences, someone with an eye towards advancing their career path and making a difference in the world. A great fit and opportunity for someone who wants to get their foot in the door on the ground floor of something unique and special!
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Ownership Team, the Food & Beverage Manager sets the tone for Food & Beverage Service by passionately modeling our values of providing fresh, vibrant, and exciting hospitality experiences. The Food & Beverage Manager is responsible for leading the service team in excellent service, creating and maintaining an inviting delightful dining and drinking environment, and ensuring the cleanliness of all areas, including cookware. The Food & Beverage Manager is a vital leadership role and must ensure the smooth running of the department in line with the mission, vision, and values of the company. The position overlaps with several other departments, including integrating directly with our live events and private events program.
Accountabilities:
- Build and maintain excellent relationships and communication within the department, both with front of house and back of house staff
- Advise Ownership Team and other members of overall management team of pertinent matters that may have an impact on the department
- Drive business growth and sales through marketing initiatives. Develop, propose, and execute marketing initiatives
- Help develop and grow private event rental sales. Handle associated administrative tasks
- With direction from the Ownership Team, create and lead service standards in line with the company cuisine profile and the mission, vision, and values of the company
- Hire, train and ensure staff are following policies and procedures. Provide feedback, develop staff, and perform disciplinary action as needed
- Interact with guests continually to ensure excellent service and communicate food-related questions to the back of house team
- Schedule staff to ensure the maintaining of staffing budgets and adequate staff coverage
- Perform HR duties associated with direct reports on the F&B team
- Be on duty manager during service times, making guest contact and ensuring service meets or exceeds the standards
- Supervise, direct, and organize the work of the staff ensuring efficient and effective execution of all tasks
- Ensure daily protocols for high standards of safety and sanitation are being met in the restaurant service areas, all guest areas, kitchen, dining room, and dish room
- Work with all other departments to create a culture focused on welcoming guests and providing a delightful experience
- Create and implement training for all service staff ensuring excellent service and a knowledgeable team
- Create and execute training for all staff ensuring sanitation protocols are being met.
- Oversee equipment maintenance in the service area and dining rooms.
- Ensure that all dining room and dish room supplies are ordered and available for use as needed.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Demonstrate a high level of knowledge and impeccable customer service standards
- Ability to own financial responsibilities, P&L expectations, restaurant inventories, appropriate parts for approved orders, ability to report accurate financial information to ownership and management team and create and approve all schedules for employees to budget.
- Experience and skills in using computer systems (G Suite, Excel etc.) as well as Bar & Restaurant POS Systems
- Familiarity with Marketing techniques and upselling within the F&B, private event rental and live entertainment space
- Experience in the service industry with the front of house. Experience interacting directly with the back of house team.
- Management experience preferably in a large-scale dining environment
- Experience providing an excellent guest experience, including creating loyalty and repeat customers
- Experience managing a team to high levels of sanitation and safety
- Proven ability to create and maintain positive relationships with the management team and direct reports
- Proven ability to build successful relationships with both superiors and colleagues
- Enthusiastic about process improvement.
- Highly collaborative, flexible team player, keen to engage in positive, supportive, professional relationships.
- 5+ years in the food & beverage industry, and at least 2-3 years experience managing successful teams
Health, Dental, Vision and 401k with company matching, as well as PTO offered after initial 90 day period
To be considered for this position please respond to this post with a brief cover letter explaining your background and interest in the position. Responses must have cover letters in order to be considered.