Director - Food and Beverage

Bally's Interactive; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Bally's Interactive seeks a seasoned Food & Beverage leader to oversee all F&B managers and departments. The role focuses on budgeting, cost control, and menu collaboration to maintain high service standards across all outlets.

You will partner with chefs to design menus, train managers, and ensure adherence to pricing and service benchmarks, while coordinating with purchasing and other departments to optimize operations.

Qualifications

• Ten years' experience in Food and Beverage (high volume).
• Experience supervising multiple departments and staff; strong leadership and training skills.
• Proven ability to set and maintain department standards and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all managers and departments within Food & Beverage.
• Review and control budgets for Yearly and Monthly cycles.
• Manage labor costs and food & beverage costs.
• Set pricing, service standards, and department goals.
• Work with chefs to develop menus and ensure quality.

Skills

Budgeting

Staff management

Cost control

Menu development

Leadership

Job description

Responsibilities

• Yearly and monthly budgets.
• Review and organize special events.
• Review cost in all areas in the food and beverage department.
• Oversees all managers and departments.
• Control labor costs.
• Control Food & Beverage costs.
• Control china utensils, silver, glass, linen, and restaurant related budget items.
• Train managers and supervisors to standard.
• Set goals for department.
• Interface with all other related and unrelated departments.
• Write and execute department budget.
• Write departmental compendium.
• Set pricing and service standard.
• Set departmental and service standards.
• Meet with each department on monthly basis.
• Provide important company information to managers.
• Work with chefs to create menus.
• Foster Professional development of all Cast.
• Interface with purchasing department to follow up on items ordered.
• Design and create usable, workable practical space for Food & Beverage needs.
• Inspect and control quality of Food & Beverage product line in all facility restaurants to evaluate standards of service.
• Follows all Human Resources policies and procedures as it relates to Team Members and coordinating paperwork.

Competencies

• Manages subordinate supervisors who supervise employees in the Food Department and Beverage Department.
• Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Must have ten years' experience in Food and Beverage (high volume).

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to stand.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.