Assistant Director of Food & Beverage

Omni Hotels & Resorts; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Omni Hotels & Resorts in Orlando seeks an experienced Food & Beverage Manager to oversee operations of Food & Beverage and Banquets, ensuring prompt, courteous service that complies with Omni standards and policies.

The role requires a minimum of 5 years in F&B management in upscale hotel settings, with strong wine knowledge and proficiency in Micros and MS Office. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is expected, with preferred banquet experience. On-site position with comprehensive F&B rewards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Food & Beverage management in an upscale hotel environment.
• Restaurant management experience preferred
• Banquet management experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of wines

Responsibilities

• Maintain and refine service standards.
• Correlate outlet P&L and financial information monthly.
• Maintain adequate service ware through communication with Executive Steward.
• Assist managers and unit chefs in refinement of successful menus.
• Assure consistent maintenance of corporate Food and Beverage systems and control procedures in all front-of-house operations.
• Assure unit management development through well planned cross training programs.
• Review all purchase requests of unit managers prior to submittal to the Food and Beverage Director.
• Maintain accurate private wine bin inventories.
• Maintain outlets environments and related areas.
• Maintain all outlets key control procedures.
• Forecast daily linen consumption and communicate needs to Executive Housekeeper.
• Monitor front-of-house uniform stock and forecast usage and purchases.
• Supervise EOM inventories of unit managers and unit chefs, coordinating with Food and Beverage controller.
• Ensure proper functioning of CTC systems and information gathering from system.
• Ensure daily menu abstracts are completed and summarized.
• Ensure cashier reconciliation procedures and related reporting and accountability are followed.
• Disseminate customer credit information daily.
• Maintain outlet pars of china, glass, and silver at identified levels daily.
• Attend daily and weekly food and beverage meetings.
• Participate in Key Result Area planning, organizing, and controlling.

Skills

Decision making under pressure

Positive personality

Wine knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent

Tools

Micros

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview: This position is responsible for ensuring proper training and supervision of all Food & Beverage and Banquets Operations. to deliver prompt, courteous service to associates and guests in a manner that complies with Omni Food and Beverage standards and company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Consistent maintenance of/and refinement of service standards
• Correlation of outlet P & L and financial information monthly.
• Maintenance of adequate service ware through communication with Executive Steward
• Assist managers and unit chefs in refinement of successful menus.
• Assure consistent maintenance of corporate Food and Beverage systems and control procedures in all "front of house operations".
• Assure unit management development through well planned cross training programs.
• Review all purchase requests of unit managers prior to submittal to the Food and Beverage Director.
• Maintenance of accurate private wine bin inventories.
• Consistent maintenance of environments of all outlets and related areas.
• Maintenance of all outlets key control procedures.
• Assure forecasts of daily linen consumption and communicate needs to Executive Housekeeper.
• Monitor serviceability of front of house uniforms and forecast uniform consumption and purchase schedule.
• Supervises EOM inventories of unit managers and unit chefs, and coordinates with Food and Beverage controller.
• Assures proper functioning of CTC systems and information gathering from system.
• Assures daily menu abstracts are completed and summarized.
• Assures adherence to cashier reconciliation of all over/short, missing check reports, full bottle sales slips, check issue and return procedures and other related cashier reporting and accountability procedures.
• Assures customer credit information is disseminated daily.
• Assures outlet pars of all china, glass, and silver are at identified levels daily.
• Attends daily and weekly food and beverage meetings.
• Participates in Key Result Area planning, organizing, and controlling.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Food & Beverage Management in an upscale hotel environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent
• Restaurant Management Experience Preferred
• Banquet Management Experience Preferred
• Strong knowledge of wines.
• Strong working knowledge of Micros.

• Ability to make quick decisions in high stress situations.
• Pleasant and positive personality.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office programs.

Working Environment

• Inside 80-90% of work period, in normal office conditions.

Physical Job Requirements (for essential functions only)

• Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 10 pounds without assistance.