Chief Steward - Six Senses Fort Barwara

IHG Hotels & Resorts; Salem; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Six Senses Fort Barwara in India is seeking a Chief Steward to lead the stewarding function across all kitchen areas, ensuring top cleanliness, sanitation and compliance with health regulations. You will translate our hospitality standards into daily operations.

You will supervise staff, manage par stocks and collaborate with Purchasing to meet stewarding needs, control costs, and maintain safety, inventory, and service quality in a luxury resort setting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and two years’ experience in stewarding, kitchen maintenance, kitchen operations or similar, with at least one year in a supervisory capacity.
• Knowledge of food and beverage service operation preferred.
• Alcohol awareness certification and/or food service permit or valid health/food handler card as required by local or state government agency.
• Reading and writing abilities
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Manage the stewarding function in all kitchen areas to promote overall cleanliness, sanitation and compliance with state and local health regulations.
• Determine the minimum and maximum stocks and control the par stocks of all materials and equipment.
• Liaise with the Purchasing Department and suppliers regarding purchasing needs for the stewarding operation.
• Setting up workstations, cleanliness and storage of dishes, filling dish machines, ensuring correct chemical levels, maintaining efficient traffic patterns in kitchen, etc.
• Control storeroom orders and issue all china, silver and glass. Ensure all food and beverage outlets have sufficient equipment to perform adequately.
• Supervise day-to-day operations and assignments of the stewarding staff, communicate objectives and expectations, and assign/schedule work. Communicate and enforce policies and procedures.
• Control and analyze cost, breakage and quality of support provided to outlets, banquets and other areas.
• Control expenses in accordance with established budget. Maintain procedures for security of inventory.
• Operate the department consistent with all legal, statutory and financial requirements and documentation, reporting systems, contractual obligations, security and safety protocols, communications, product and service standards, host management practices and budgetary controls are implemented, reviewed and maintained to ensure the successful operation of the hotel.

Skills

Fluent in English

Reading and writing abilities

Supervisory experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

As Chief Steward, I will fully comprehend the vision of Six Senses to help people reconnect with themselves, others and the world around them and our values of local sensitivity and global sensibility, crafted experiences, emotional hospitality, responsible and caring, fun and quirky and pioneering wellness. Sustainability, Wellness and Out of the Ordinary experiences are at the core of everything we do at Six Senses. I will safeguard these pillars and its strategic planning and development and ensure all directives, practices and initiatives are implemented, embraced, adopted within the resort.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage the stewarding function in all kitchen areas to promote overall cleanliness, sanitation and compliance with state and local health regulations.
• Determine the minimum and maximum stocks and control the par stocks of all materials and equipment.
• Liaise with the Purchasing Department and suppliers regarding purchasing needs for the stewarding operation.
• Setting up workstations, cleanliness and storage of dishes, filling dish machines, ensuring correct chemical levels, maintaining efficient traffic patterns in kitchen, etc.
• Control storeroom orders and issue all china, silver and glass. Ensure all food and beverage outlets have sufficient equipment to perform adequately.
• Supervise day-to-day operations and assignments of the stewarding staff, communicate objectives and expectations, and assign/schedule work. Communicate and enforce policies and procedures.
• Control and analyze cost, breakage and quality of support provided to outlets, banquets and other areas.
• Control expenses in accordance with established budget. Maintain procedures for security of inventory.
• Operate the department consistent with all legal, statutory and financial requirements and documentation, reporting systems, contractual obligations, security and safety protocols, communications, product and service standards, host management practices and budgetary controls are implemented, reviewed and maintained to ensure the successful operation of the hotel.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and two years’ experience in stewarding, kitchen maintenance, kitchen operations or similar, with at least one year in a supervisory capacity.
• Knowledge of food and beverage service operation preferred.
• Alcohol awareness certification and/or food service permit or valid health/food handler card as required by local or state government agency.
• Reading and writing abilities
• Fluent in English.

Six Senses Fort Barwara is an equal opportunity employer. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.