Director of Food And Beverage

Title : Food & Beverage Director

Reports to : General Manager

Department : Food & Beverage

FLSA Status : Exempt

Scope :

Direct and coordinate food and beverage and culinary activities such as delivering a quality product, maintaining established operational standards, effectively leading the team and maximizing profits.

Primary Responsibilities include the following : Others duties may be assigned.

• Ensure compliance with the national programs such as Core Beverage Program, Menu Program, Approved Product List, Beverage Cartender program.
• Responsible for selection, development and retention of talented food and beverage staff.
• Ensure financial targets are being met and appropriate accounting procedures such as check book overview and monthly financial reviews are being followed consistently.

If financial targets are not being met, provide an analysis of the problem and determine a specific plan of action.

• Ensure food and beverage staff are providing excellent guest service. Review guest and member surveys and feedback and determine appropriate plan of action if appropriate.
• Identify and communicate successes and best practices to Field Specialist and / or VP Food & Beverage to help improve quality and financial results across the company.
• Create and execute short term and long term operational and financial plans for the food and beverage department to improve quality and financial results.
• Maintains constant communication between departments and keeps other departments informed about special programs and events.

Qualifications :

• Previous experience in a food and beverage leadership role
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail, planning and organizational skills
• Experience supervising others and leading a team
• Excellent customer skills

Working Conditions :

Will often be required to work nights, weekends and holidays.

Physical / Cognitive Activities :

This description of physical and mental activities is not intended to describe essential job functions. Rather, its purpose is to give the job applicant a feel for the physical and mental activities of the job to the end that an applicant with a disability can determine whether he or she will be able to do this job either with or without accommodations.

• The major responsibility in this position is to direct the operations in the food and beverage departments. Therefore a significant amount of time is spent speaking, walking, standing and listening.
• Communication skills are used a significant amount of the time when interacting with guests or staff members and when giving instructions
• A significant portion of time will be spent reviewing budgets, revenues, inventories and requisitions, requiring a great deal of reasoning and thinking skills.
• Since the employee in this position oversees several subordinates, a vast amount of time is spent utilizing problem solving, reasoning, motivating and training abilities.
• Mathematical skills such as profit / loss concepts, percentages, and variances are used often.
8 days ago