Bar Lead

One Off Hospitality Group Ltd•Chicago, IL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

For over 25 years, One Off Hospitality has developed and operated some of Chicago’s most beloved places to eat and drink. More importantly, we’re a group of people – chefs, hospitality veterans, managers and creators – who believe in the power of treating our guests like family and our restaurants like home. POSITION SUMMARY: The bar lead is responsible for helping support bar operations and continuous education in conjunction with the Director of Operations and General Manager.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED graduate
ServSafe Certification required
BASSET Certification required
Ability to handle stress under pressure
Willingness to maintain a clean, healthy, and safe working environment
Ability to coordinate multiple activities with attention to detail
Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision
Ability to work a flexible schedule

Responsibilities

Maintains a cheerful, courteous disposition and a neat, clean and professional image
Guides, teaches, motivates and encourages team members to follow recipes as well as bar, service, safety and sanitation standards
Encourages healthy communication and strong teamwork across entire team
Executes effective and respectful communication to all team members, including leadership
Attends manager and beverage meetings as needed
Receives, stocks and organizes orders as needed and bundles invoices for superiors
Responsible for periodic bar inventory
Leads with the creation and implementation of new cocktails, event packages, wine, beer and liquor menus, POS edits and communication to team members
Helps roll out and oversee bar program assets at events, tastings and other curated packages
Helps maintain quality and cleanliness standards
Focuses on improving bar costs (ensure proper rotation, utilization and inventory to ensure minimum waste)
Assists with relaying structure and execution of side work by all bar team members
Conducts as-needed bar and floor training within spirits, wine, beer and cocktail categories
Works in a front-of-house supervisor capacity, as needed including floor shifts as MOD
Helps create and coordinate larger scale continued education opportunities for team members
Keeps immediate superior promptly and fully informed of all problems or unusual matters of significance and takes prompt corrective action when necessary
Performs other administrative tasks as will be communicated by superiors
Adheres to all company safety and sanitation policies and procedures
Assists other team members as needed or when business needs dictate
Makes necessary edits to cocktail, wine and beer pages on menu software and prints menus as needed
Oversees liquor purchasing and limited cocktail program at PQM (ensures batched cocktail quality and quantity)
Has a minimum of annual quarterly visits (or as needed) to Publican Tavern O’Hare for oversight, training and new cocktail implementation
Works with Chef and GM for wine/bev/cocktail pairings as needed for special menus and events
Ensures that bar is fully prepped, stocked and ready for service prior to opening
Works with GM/AGM on bartender training