Food and Beverage Director

FOOD AND BEVERAGE DIRECTOR JOB SUMMARY:

• Position responsible for overseeing all the food and beverage operations, which includes restaurant, lobby bar, room service operations and banquets. Must have a strong background in a high volume banquet operation.
• Oversees guest and employee satisfaction, maintaining standards and meeting or exceeding financial goals.
• Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency of all applicable food and beverage laws and regulations.
• Develops and implements business plan for food and beverage.

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

• 3 years minimum as Food & Beverage Manager or Banquet Manager in a high volume hotel environment.
• Must have flexible schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Oversee all food and beverage outlets and banquet operations.
• Supervises and manages employees. Manages all day-to-day operations. Understands employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence.
• Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
• Oversees all restaurant, lobby bar, banquets and room service operations.
• Creates and nurtures a property environment that emphasizes motivation, empowerment, teamwork, continuous improvement and a passion for providing service.
• Provides excellent customer service to all employees.
• Responds quickly and proactively to employee's concerns.
• Provides a learning atmosphere with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Provides proactive coaching and counseling to team members.
• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Ensures and maintains the productivity level of employees.
• Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Provides the leadership, vision and direction to bring together and prioritize the departmental goals in a way that will be efficient and effective.
• Sets clear expectations with the employees and team leaders and ensures that appropriate accolades are given if expectations are exceeded.

Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service:

• Provides excellent customer service.
• Responds quickly and proactively to guest's concerns.
• Understands the brand's service culture.
• Ensures that all employees, team leaders and managers understand the brand's service culture.
• Sets service expectations for all guests internally and externally.
• Takes ownership of a guest complaint/problem until it is resolved or it has been addressed by the appropriate manager or employee.
• Ensures all banquet functions are up to standard and exceed guest's expectations.
• Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
• Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
• Serves as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
• Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.

Cost Controls:

• Controls and manages all financials: Labor, Food and Beverage costs, Supplies. Understanding and analyzing Profit and Loss statements.
• Utilizes forecasting to determine scheduling.

Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities:

• Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Conducts performance reviews in a timely manner.
• Promotes both Guarantee of Fair Treatment and Open Door policies.
• Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaches, mentors, or otherwise helps others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Identifies the educational needs of others, develops plan to ensure product knowledge, Sequence of service and guest satisfaction action plans.
• Develops an action plan to attack need areas and expand on strengths based on employee engagement and guest satisfaction results.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Complies with all corporate Food and Beverage procedures, Specifications and accounting procedures.
• Provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Ensures effective departmental communication and information systems through logs, department meetings and property meetings.

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