Lead Bartender ("Lider de Cantineros/as")

Azul Hospitality•Paso Robles, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Bartender provides friendly, courteous, and efficient food and beverage service to all guests, with a focus on quality presentation. This position involves supervising beverage staff during a shift and supporting the Director of Food & Beverage, Executive Chef, and Food & Beverage Manager in leadership responsibilities. Key aspects include preparing high-quality, freshly crafted cocktails at high volume, taking orders, describing menu items, and assisting in directing craft spirit, wine, and beer programs. The role also involves creating craft cocktail menus, managing beverage costs, ensuring service standards, training the bartending team, maintaining inventory, and enforcing cleanliness and alcohol control protocols.

Requirements

Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand the primary language used in the workplace.
Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written.
Must have excellent leadership capability and customer relations skills.
Must be detail oriented with outstanding organizational and communication skills.
Must possess basic computer skills.
Must possess basic computational ability.
Ability to effectively deal with internal and external customers some of whom will require high levels of patience, tact and diplomacy and collect accurate information to resolve conflicts.
Knowledgeable about basic function of Windows OS, MS Office, PMS, and POS.
Self-driven and able to work independently.
Knowledge of table and bar service.
Knowledge of spirits, beer, wine, and flavor profiles.
High school or equivalent education required.
Three years high volume bar/ food service experience required.
Must be at least 21 years of age to serve alcohol.
Safe Server Alcohol & Food Handlers certification required.
Regular attendance in conformance with the standards established by Azul Hospitality.
Compliance with Azul Hospitality rules and regulations for the safe and effective operation of the hotels facilities.
Maintain a neat, clean, and well-groomed appearance per Azul Hospitality standards.

Nice To Haves

At least one year of Supervisory/lead bartender experience preferred.
Micros experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Prepare high-quality, freshly crafted cocktails at high volume with proper technique.
Take beverage and food orders at the bar.
Describe menu items and suggests products to customers.
Assist in directing the craft spirit, wine, and beer programs.
Create craft cocktail and menu, with an emphasis on the classical method of mixology.
Work with food and beverage director in lowering beverage costs by keeping accurate par levels, preventing spillage, theft-prevention and developing high margin programs.
Ensure proper service standards are met with a genuine commitment to guest satisfaction.
Train bartending team on service standards, product knowledge and technique.
Ensure that the proper materials and supplies (garnishes, foams, shrubs, juices, infusions, tools, syrups, modifiers, bitters, etc.) are available and used correctly and consistently.
Prepare house made spirit infusions.
Work with Director of F&B closely to build vendor relationships and ensure bar is carrying the most up to date, high quality product.
Train the beverage staff on proper alcohol beverage control protocols and enforce policies consistently.
Perform cash, credit card, and room transactions in an accurate manner for servers/bartenders when necessary.
Always maintain and enforce cleanliness standards of the bar from start to finish of a shift.
Restock and replenish bar inventory and supplies.
Provide opening and closing inventory of spirits.
Ensure all liquor, beer and wine product is put away safely and always secured.
Participate in the deep cleaning of the outlet, while overseeing safety of the bar staff.
Assist all guests and staff professionally and courteously, with the highest quality of standards for customer service.
Ensure that taps, coolers, and other appliances like blenders or coffee makers are clean and in working order.
Verify customers identification and confirm it meets legal drinking age.
Ensure that minors and intoxicated persons are not served alcoholic beverages.
Assist with any guest inquiry.
Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures.
Report maintenance problems, safety hazards, accidents, or injuries.
Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by direct and indirect Supervisors.