F&B Director

Jefferson Hotel Partners LLC; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Daily Pay!

Hotel Discount Program

Uniforms Provided

Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance

Paid PTO

401k with employer match

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Valor seeks a Food & Beverage leader to recruit, train and supervise a talented team, while driving operational excellence and guest satisfaction across multiple properties.

You will manage budgeting, forecasting, and compliance, ensuring safety standards and financial targets are met. Strong communication and leadership are essential to foster a high-performance culture and memorable guest experiences.

Qualifications

• 2 or 4 year degree in hospitality management or related field.
• Minimum 3 years experience in a food & beverage leadership role.
• Ability to perform critical analysis and manage a wide-range of information.
• Requires advanced knowledge of business and management principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, select, train, coach, and discipline associates; set job expectations and performance reviews.
• Forecast requirements, prepare annual budget, monitor expenditures, and analyze variances.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and sanitation standards; maintain safe, secure operations.
• Investigate guest needs and issues to enhance quality experiences and future sales.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Staff management

Operations

Communication

Problem solving

Presentation skills

Education

Hospitality management degree

Job description

COMPANY OVERVIEW

At Valor, we are passionate Hotelitarians—driven, detail-obsessed professionals who go beyond service to deliver true hospitality. With a global perspective and a commitment to thoughtful hospitality and sustainable dining, we bring enthusiasm, creativity, and local flair to every property we support. We seek individuals who value relationships, embrace high standards, and create meaningful experiences for guests, teams, and owners alike. If you’re someone who notices the little things and strives to make a lasting impact, you’ll thrive here. Please visit http://www.valorhospitality.com to learn more about our existing hotels, other exciting job opportunities and our company.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accomplish food & beverage human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining associates; communicating job expectations, job duties and job responsibilities; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
• Achieve food and beverage operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
• Meet food and beverage financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Avoid legal challenges by conforming to the regulations of the alcoholic beverage commission.
• Maximize bar profitability by ensuring portion control; monitoring accuracy of charges.
• Publicize the food and beverage by designing and placing advertisements; inviting food editors to review the food and beverage; contacting local, regional, and national magazines with feature ideas encouraging local businesses to hold social events.
• Maintain safe, secure, and healthy environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures; supervise the maintenance of food and beverage equipment to protect the assets, while securing revenues and complying with legal regulations and ensure quality service.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Investigate, resolve, respond to guest needs, inquiries, comments and/or problems to ensure a quality experience and enhance future sales prospects.
• Update the cash management system and compile, generate and prepare various reports to aid in the administration of the Food and Beverage department.
• Perform Manager-on-Duty functions and shifts as assigned.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• 2 or 4 year degree in hospitality management or related field
• Minimum 3 years experience in a food & beverage leadership role
• Ability to perform critical analysis and manage a wide-range of information.
• Requires advanced knowledge of business and management principles and practices involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Possess excellent oral, written and presentation skills.
• Ability to delegate, manage manpower and organize complex projects and establish priorities consistent with department/hotel objectives.
• Listen effectively.
• Operate department within the guidelines of the Foundation Document.
• Communicate to both, guests and fellow associates, professionally and positively.

BENEFITS PACKAGE

• Competitive Salary
• Daily Pay!
• Team Member Hotel Discount Program
• Uniforms Provided for most positions
• Benefits - Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and other supplemental options
• Paid PTO
• 401k with employer match
• Team Member Awards and Recognition programs throughout the year
• Food and Beverage Discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement

EMPLOYER CULTURE

We are a global hospitality management company who partner with internationally renowned brands to deliver the full commercial potential of our hotels. Here in the US, we operate 25 properties and have ambitious development and growth plans. Our mission to go beyond hospitality by creating memorable experiences and lasting connections with our guests. It's our uncomprising passion for outstanding service that makes us who we are. At the core of this philosophy is our people. Our culture runs on passion, enthusiasm and fun. We love what we do! We set the bar high and we are relentless in our pursuit to re-define hospitality.