What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food & Beverage Director position at Cambria Hotel Lake Placid?
Position Overview:
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 a brand new restaurant, 4,400 sf of meeting space, and outdoor event space at Lake Placid’s newest resort hotel!
Job Responsibilities:
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 a brand new restaurant, 4,400 sf of meeting space, and outdoor event space at Lake Placid’s newest resort hotel!
Job 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.
- 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.
Salary : $75,000 - $85,000
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