Bartender

HEI Hotels & Resorts; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental benefits

Vision insurance

Vacation & holidays

Pet insurance

401(k) matching

Hotel room discounts

Job summary

The Hotel at Avalon, operated by HEI Hotels & Resorts, seeks a spirited bar/server to provide hospitable beverage service and guest care in Alpharetta, GA. You will stock, prepare drinks, handle POS transactions, and ensure compliance with all safety and service standards.

Hotel experience is preferred; strong communication, cash-handling, and teamwork are essential. This role offers benefits, shift meals, and opportunities within a large hospitality family.

Qualifications

• 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 to garnish, handle glassware and bottles, scoop ice, mix drinks.
• Ability to remember and promote menu items.
• Ability to operate POS and pre-check orders.
• Ability to stand for long periods and maintain composure.
• Ability to establish working relationships with associates and guests.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to adapt communication style to different audiences.

Responsibilities

• Maintains proper setup of the bar daily, stocking beer, wine, spirits, and related supplies.
• Maintains stock and garnishes, ensuring product quality.
• Greets guests, promotes and documents drink orders.
• Mixes, garnishes, and presents drinks per standard recipes.
• Complies with state, federal and corporate alcohol-service requirements.
• Inputs orders into POS and creates checks for guests.
• Receives cash, makes change, verifies charges, and balances cash.
• Locks and stores beverage, food, and equipment; secures cash deposits.
• Adheres to attendance rules and works regularly.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Guest service

Communication

Cash handling

Alcohol service knowledge

POS proficiency

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Education

Hotel industry experience preferred

Tools

POS system

Job description

About Us

Inspired by the mythical land of Avalon, where the experience of the \"Good Life\" is ever-present, The Hotel at Avalon arrives - a grand reimagining of resort environment, where guests are immersed in the timeless art of living well. Here at the Hotel at Avalon, the \"Good Life\" is ever present in our benefits of becoming an associate! In addition to our Company's medical, dental, vision, and retirement benefits, Hotel at Avalon associates also enjoy free lunch or dinner during your shift in our Associate Cafe, free gated on-site parking, provided uniforms, and discounted dry cleaning rates on-site. In addition, you and your family have access to Marriott's discounted hotel room program at thousands of Marriott locations around the world. \"Think of us as a guide to the extraordinary, a gateway to the unconventional, a beacon of good taste\".

Don't meet every single requirement of this job? At HEI we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still send in your information. You may be the perfect candidate for this or for other roles within our organization! We value U.S. military experience and invite all qualified military candidates to apply.

Compensation

Tipped/Service Charge Eligible? Yes

Discretionary Performance Bonus Eligible? No

Overview

Serve guests in hospitable manner to ensure 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.
• Abide 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

Education and Experience

• Hotel experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 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.

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.