Bar Manager

Job Description

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Bar Manager

Reports to: Food & Beverage Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Summary: Manages the day to day operations of the bar staff ensuring they are providing the best customer service possible. Maintains product inventory for the bar, and suggestive selling techniques of the bar staff.  

Essential Duties:

• Manages the daily operations of the bar and its employees.
• Interviews, hires, trains, and is responsible for any disciplinary action of all bar staff.
• Ensures compliance of the bar in accordance with all laws, regulations, and policies and procedures applicable.   
• Develops new ways to increase sales. 
• Monitors all bar employees for correct recording of all sales. 
• Creates and reviews departmental financial reports, establishes and maintains budget/cost controls.
• Prepares inventory control for the bar. 
• Updates and maintains all employee liquor licenses.
• Creates and manages schedule for all bar staff.
• Handles any customer complaints, or issues that may arise in a timely, fair, and consistent manor.
• Monitors all guest alcohol consumption to ensure no bar staff is overserving the guests.
• Works with Kitchen Manager to create monthly drink specials.
• Serves alcoholic drinks to customers as needed.
• Must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays in rotation with all other Food & Beverage Management.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent required.
• Three years’ experience bartending experience required.
• Current ABLE Commission Liquor License required.
• Previous experience supervising, keeping inventory, scheduling, etc. preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. 
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees and patrons.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistics. Ability to apply concepts. 
• Basic analytical and deductive reasoning ability. 
• Must be competent in the Microsoft Office suite. 
• Must have good interpersonal relation skills.
• Inventory control, purchasing, and product ordering knowledge.
• Must be organized.
• Must be knowledgeable of merchandise and available for any training deemed necessary. 
• Understand and comply with all Company and departmental rules and regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to read, write and communicate verbally in English. 

Working Conditions and Physical Environment:

The working conditions and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Able to stand for extended periods of time.
• Able to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids.
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels, outdoors and on the telephone.
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly.
• Physical agility to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs/ladders, work in small spaces, walk, reach and lift up to 25 pounds regularly.
• Requires occasional heavy physical work; pushing, or pulling required of objects up to 75 pounds.
• Work involves almost constant exposure to elements, such as extreme temperatures, fumes, smoke, and/or loud noises.
• Physical work is a primary part (more than 70%) of job.