Food and Beverage Director

Food and Beverage Director

Coordinates food service activities of hotel, restaurant, or similar establishment by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors. In addition, serve as the backup GM and perform GM duties as required.

Essential Functions:

• Estimates food and beverage costs and requisitions or purchases supplies.
• Confers with food preparation and other personnel to plan menus and related activities such as dining room, bar, and banquet operations.
• Inspects food and food preparation to maintain quality standards and sanitation regulations.
• Investigates and resolves food quality and service complaints.
• Reviews financial transactions and monitors budget to ensure efficient operation, and to ensure expenditures stay within budget limitations.
• Requests identification from customers when legal age is questioned.
• Estimates food consumption and purchases or requisitions foodstuffs and kitchen supplies.
• Reviews menus, analyzes recipes, determines food, labor, and overhead costs, and assigns prices to menu items.
• Directs food apportionment policy to control costs.
• Supervises cooking and other kitchen personnel and coordinates their assignments to ensure economical and timely food production.
• Supervises Banquet staff and operations including menu development, food costing, food preparation and service delivery.
• Work with Banquet Manager and Catering sales staff in developing and marketing local catering promotions including wedding packages, Christmas parties, office parties, local meetings, holiday functions, packages and charity events.
• Ensures excellence in food and beverage service delivery
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the GM

Specific Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Education & Experience:

• Hotel experience is always a plus! Applicants should have:
• A combination of education and experience

What You'll Need to Succeed:

• Eligible to work in the United States
• Sufficient education and/or literacy needed to identify and read product labels and to communicate with guests about job-related needs.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, kneel, and lift as required—with or without reasonable accommodations, regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Availability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays if needed
• A warm, professional demeanor that reflects HVMG's Culture of Excellence by showing a warm smile, friendly personality, and positive attitude.

Why Our Associates Love HVMG:

• Career growth opportunities across our nationwide portfolio
• Flexible scheduling
• Access up to 40% of your earned wages before payday with PayActive
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays
• Full healthcare benefits: medical, dental, and vision
• 401(k) with guaranteed 4% match and no vesting period
• Exclusive hotel and food & beverage discounts

About HVMG:

Our Be Excellent culture is more than just words on a website -- we live and breathe it. As one associate said in an anonymous survey, "This is the best management company I've ever worked for. They walk the talk from the corporate office to the field." We believe that the hotel business is one of the few industries in which successful career paths can start anywhere on the org chart. You control your destiny, and, if our executives are any indication, today's dishwasher can be tomorrow's Senior Vice President.

The above job description is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities of the position, nor should it be construed as a contract.

HVMG is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any basis prohibited by federal, state, or local laws. This policy governs all aspects of employment, including selection, job assignment, compensation, promotion, discipline, termination, and access to benefits and training.