Assistant Beverage Director

Goodwin Recruiting; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodwin Recruiting seeks an Assistant Beverage Director to support beverage programming across a growing portfolio of chef-driven restaurants. This is a hands-on, restaurant-based leadership role based in Columbus with travel to Dallas required to influence programs.

You will partner with the Beverage Director, develop cocktails and support wine, spirits and beer, coordinate seasonal menus, manage costing and training, and ensure consistent execution across concepts while working directly in the

Qualifications

• Strong restaurant beverage leadership experience.
• Advanced knowledge of cocktails, spirits, wine and beer.
• Proven cocktail-development experience.
• Experience implementing beverage menus or LTOs.
• Strong understanding of beverage costing, purchasing and procurement.
• Excellent training and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the Beverage Director on portfolio-wide beverage initiatives.
• Develop cocktails and support wine, spirits and beer programming.
• Coordinate seasonal menus, LTOs and beverage rollouts.
• Manage costing, procurement, timelines and implementation for new programs.
• Develop training materials and conduct hands-on beverage training.
• Ensure consistent execution across restaurants.
• Work directly with restaurant leaders, bartenders and service teams.
• Monitor program performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support beverage menu changes and new restaurant initiatives.
• Spend significant time working directly within the restaurants rather than from a corporate office.

Skills

Beverage leadership

Cocktail development

Beverage costing

Restaurant operations

Training & presentation

Education

Sommelier certification or formal wine education

Job description

We are seeking a talented Assistant Beverage Director to support beverage programming across its growing portfolio of chef-driven restaurants. This is a hands-on, restaurant-based leadership position for someone who combines outstanding beverage knowledge with the operational ability to turn great ideas into successful restaurant execution.

Compensation

• Columbus-based
• Travel to Dallas required
• Opportunity to influence beverage programming across multiple distinctive restaurant concepts

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the Beverage Director on portfolio-wide beverage initiatives.
• Develop cocktails and support wine, spirits and beer programming.
• Coordinate seasonal menus, LTOs and beverage rollouts.
• Manage costing, procurement, timelines and implementation for new programs.
• Develop training materials and conduct hands-on beverage training.
• Ensure consistent execution across restaurants.
• Work directly with restaurant leaders, bartenders and service teams.
• Monitor program performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support beverage menu changes and new restaurant initiatives.
• Spend significant time working directly within the restaurants rather than from a corporate office.

Qualifications

• Strong restaurant beverage leadership experience.
• Advanced knowledge of cocktails, spirits, wine and beer.
• Proven cocktail-development experience.
• Experience successfully implementing beverage menus or LTOs.
• Strong understanding of beverage costing, purchasing and procurement.
• Excellent training and presentation skills.
• Strong organizational and project-management ability.
• Experience working across multiple restaurants or concepts preferred.
• Sommelier certification or formal wine education strongly preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly to Dallas.
• Collaborative leadership style and ability to work closely with an established Beverage Director.