Food & Beverage Director

Cambria Hotel Lake Placid•Lake Placid, NY

14h

About The Position

Matrix Hotels is seeking an outstanding leader to direct and oversee all aspects of the Cambria Hotel Lake Placid’s food and beverage department. This is a phenomenal opportunity for the right person to help bring to life to 4,400 sf of restaurant, meeting space, and outdoor event space at Lake Placid’s newest resort hotel!

Requirements

At least 5 years of food and beverage management experience.
Experience working in a hotel and / or banquet facility.
In-depth knowledge of the food and beverage industry and trends.
Must be able to demonstrate clear and concise communication skills.
Able to work well in stressful high-pressure situations while maintaining composure and objectivity.
Knowledge and experience with forecasting, budgeting, labor management and purchasing to ensure maximum productivity.
Maintains professional working relationship and promotes open lines of communication with mangers, employees, and other departments.
The successful candidate will be energetic, persuasive, and well organized.
Self-motivated and goal oriented.

Responsibilities

Develops and implements restaurant and banquet policies and procedures.
Works with Chef on menu creation, costing, planning, and safety standards.
Makes decisions for daily culinary and beverage operations, including exceeding guest expectations and increasing revenue and profit.
Works with chef, hotel management and sales team to create new and unique restaurant and banquet menu items and specials using various ingredients in an innovative way.
Works with bartenders to create and improve beverage menu that will pair well with our food offerings and Cambria Hotel’s DNA.
Controls department costs such as food, beverage, supplies, uniforms, and equipment, and works with vendors to get the best products at cost-effective prices.
Minimizes COGS without affecting the customer experience.
Develops and manages budgets and analyzes financial statements.
Monitors vendor and supplier performance to ensure quality and cost effectiveness.
Negotiates contracts and resolves disputes with vendors.
Oversees purchasing to stay within department budget.
Sets pricing and service standards.
Trains food and beverage supervisors and staff to standards as well as monitors performance.
Coordinates all beverage, kitchen food preparation, including processes, portioning, and garnishing.
Designs and creates usable, workable, and practical space for food and beverage needs.
Inspects and controls quality of food and beverage product line in all facility restaurants and bars to evaluate standards of service.
Ensure compliance to brand standards related Food and Beverage.
Perform all other reasonable duties as assigned by GM including MOD or Property coverage as deemed necessary.