Bar Lead

HEI Hotels & Resorts; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 24,796 - 30,307; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Dental programs

Vision insurance programs

401(k) Savings Plan with matching funds

Vacation, Sick and Holiday programs

Pet insurance

Job summary

HEI Hotels & Resorts is seeking a Bartender in Chicago to provide excellent guest service and maintain bar operations. Responsibilities include preparing beverages, managing stock, keeping the bar area organized, and ensuring compliance with regulations.

Ideal candidates should have experience in hospitality, strong communication skills, and a good understanding of food and beverage preparation. HEI offers competitive benefits including health programs, 401(k) matching, and discounts for employees.

Qualifications

• Experience in hotel service preferred.
• Must communicate effectively with guests.
• Knowledgeable in food and beverage service.
• Ability to handle cash and operate registers.
• Sufficient manual dexterity for service tasks.
• Must remember and promote menu items.
• Ability to operate keyboard and point of sale system.
• Stand and work in confined spaces for long hours.

Responsibilities

• Set up and maintain bar operations daily.
• Prepare and store garnishes and perishables.
• Greet guests and mix drinks per recipes.
• Follow corporate and state regulations for service.
• Input orders and handle cash transactions.
• Ensure security of cash and equipment.
• Adhere to attendance rules and be reliable.
• Perform other related tasks as assigned.

Skills

Hotel experience

Communication with guests

Food and beverage preparation knowledge

Basic mathematical skills

Manual dexterity

Memory for menu items

Keyboard and POS operation

Ability to work in confined spaces

Effective communication skills

Job description

Compensation

Salary Range: $18.00 - $22.00 per hour. Tipped/Service Charge Eligible? No. Discretionary Performance Bonus Eligible? No.

Overview

Serve guests in a hospitable manner to ensure a positive guest experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a daily basis. This includes requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, straws and stirrers, condiments and produce based on projections from the daily functions sheet.
• Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices, and other perishables daily to ensure product quality.
• Greets guests in a courteous and friendly manner, promotes and documents orders for drinks. Mixes, garnishes, and presents drinks using standard ingredient recipes and practicing prudent portion control.
• Abides by all State, Federal and Corporate requirements pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages.
• Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest, including those served by other beverage servers, to maintain accountability of all beverages served.
• Receives cash from guests, makes any change needed, verifies validity of charges, records charges, and ensures vouchers are properly executed, in order to balance all money.
• Locks and stores all beverage, food and other equipment items, deposits cash drops and secures bank.
• Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis.
• Perform any other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills

• Hotel experience preferred.
• Must communicate well with guests.
• Must have basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation and service of various alcoholic beverages.
• Basic mathematical skills necessary to operate a cash register, make change, total guest checks, count total bank, prepare cash drops, total all other charges, and understand portion sizes.
• Sufficient manual dexterity in hands in order to use a knife to make garnish, pick up glassware and bottles, scoop ice, mix drinks, and reach overhead to retrieve stock with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to remember, recite and promote the variety of menu items with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to operate a keyboard and point of sale procedures to pre-check an order and close out a check with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to stand and work in confined spaces for long periods of time with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, customers, and patrons.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills. Ability to adapt communication style to suit different audiences, such as effectively communicating with supervisors, coworkers, public etc.

Benefits

HEI Hotels and Resorts is committed to providing a comprehensive benefit program that offers you choices for your physical, mental and financial wellness, creating value in your most important investment – you! For your physical and mental wellness we offer competitive Medical and Dental programs through Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield as well as Vision insurance programs through EyeMed. Our Vacation, Sick and Holiday programs are available for you to rejuvenate with time off. HEI also provides pet insurance through the ASPCA. For your financial wellness, HEI provides a wide array of coverage, including Supplemental, Spousal and Child Life insurance as well as Short and Long-Term Disability plans. Our 401(k) Savings Plan with matching funds, and discounts through our “YouDecide” and Hotel Room Discount programs provide additional incentives for choosing HEI as the employer of your future. Specific details and eligibility of these programs vary by location and employment status.

Equal Opportunity Employer

HEI Hotels and Resorts is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We value U.S. military experience and invite all qualified military candidates to apply.