Food & Beverage Manager

Valor Hospitality Partners•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for the overall operation of food and beverages, bars, and banquet departments, ensuring quality service, compliance with policies and procedures, and meeting or exceeding financial goals. This role involves managing all administrative functions such as scheduling, purchasing for the department, and hiring and terminations of associates in a fiscally responsible manner. The Food & Beverage Manager works closely with catering and convention services.

Requirements

Strong leadership and communication skills
Budget management and financial acumen
Organizational skills for managing staff and events
Knowledge of food and beverage trends
Understanding of food cost and inventory management
Familiarity with health and safety regulations

Nice To Haves

Passion and creativity
Desire to grow
Love for space and Huntsville

Responsibilities

Accomplish food & beverage human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining associates; communicating job expectations, job duties and job responsibilities; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
Achieve food and beverage operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
Meet food and beverage financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
Avoid legal challenges by conforming to the regulations of the alcoholic beverage commission.
Maximize bar profitability by ensuring portion control; monitoring accuracy of charges.
Publicize the food and beverage by designing and placing advertisements; inviting food editors to review the food and beverage; contacting local, regional, and national magazines with feature ideas; encouraging local businesses to hold social events at the food and beverage.
Maintain safe, secure, and healthy environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures; supervise the maintenance of food and beverage equipment to protect the assets, while securing revenues and complying with legal regulations and ensure quality service.
Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
Investigate, resolve, respond to guest needs, inquiries, comments and/or problems to ensure a quality experience and enhance future sales prospects.
Update the cash management system and compile, generate and prepare various reports to aid in the administration of the food and beverage.
Perform Manager-on-Duty functions and shifts as assigned.