Food and Beverage Manager - Smoke & Mirrors

Concord Hospitality Enterprises; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 59,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

ST/LT disability options

401K options

Tuition assistance

Discounted room rates

Training & development

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Concord Hospitality Enterprises is hiring a Restaurant Manager in Washington, DC. You will lead a team to deliver great guest service, manage costs, train staff, and collaborate with the Chef to ensure excellent food quality and presentation.

The position offers a full-time schedule with competitive pay and benefits, including health, retirement, and development opportunities. You will drive guest satisfaction and operational excellence across the restaurant.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a restaurant team to deliver consistent service.
• Ability to train staff in service standards and product knowledge.
• Proven track record in managing costs and labor efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Provide guests with friendly, professional service and ensure quality and consistency.
• Lead service education, train new staff, and develop ongoing development programs.
• Collaborate with the Chef on food quality and presentation.
• Develop cost-saving and labor strategies aligned with financial goals.
• Assist in budgeting, marketing plans, and achieving financial targets.
• Oversee liquor and wine selection and procurement.

Skills

Team Leadership

Customer Service

Staff Training

Cost Control

Budgeting

Interpersonal Skills

Job description

Description

We are hiring a Restaurant Manager!

As a Concord Leader,

• You inspire greatness in your team.
• Encourage and support team members to reach their full potential.
• Create an environment that is a Great Place to Work for All!
• Lead with integrity, transparency, respect, and professionalism.
• Care for your team and their families!

Responsibilities:

• Provide guests and patrons with friendly and professional service, excellent food quality, strong price value and consistency of execution in an attractive, well-maintained environment.
• Ensure that meals are delivered in a timely fashion with attention to plating, portion and temperature.
• Develop ways to improve cost savings and labor retention/associate development in line to meet the hotel’s F&B financial goals.
• Thoroughly train staff in service sequence, product knowledge, ensuring we make every effort to meet the needs of each and every guest.
• Lead service education through daily line-ups.
• Headline new server, busser, host, and bartender training programs, as well as ongoing development programs, and seminars.
• Daily evaluation of restaurant service performance.
• Employee discussions and evaluations.
• Coordination of timely food production.
• Work with the Chef to provide "excellent quality and presentation" of all food to the guests.
• Participate in evaluation of food product, kitchen employee performance, and development of products consistent with our market position.
• Selection and pricing strategy of all liquors and wines and supervision of their procurement.
• Assist the General Manager and/or a F&B Director in creating financial objectives for the restaurant on an annual basis through the budget process.
• Assist in meeting the financial targets in the sales area by executing and enhancing the annual marketing plan, reacting quickly to new opportunities, running consistently high operation standards and effective utilization of marketing funds.
• Help meet budget in all areas of cost control with consistent focus on cost of sales and payroll.

Benefits:

We offer competitive wages. Full-time associates are eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefit package, which includes medical/dental/vision plans, life insurance, ST/LT disability options, 401K options, tuition assistance, discounted room rates at Concord managed hotels, plus training & development and career advancement opportunities.

Why Concord?

Our culture is based on our five Cornerstones and they are what we consider our foundation: Quality, Integrity, Community, Profitability, and Fun. It’s important to us to provide a great work environment for our associates and we strive to hire the BEST associates in the market. At Concord, you can enjoy a culture where you are valued and our Associate First policy is a way of life. Utilize your hospitality talents with a Company that cares about you and your development. We do many fun things on property to stay engaged with our associates and show you we care about you.

If you are seeking a position where you can grow and be a part of a fun team, this job may be your answer. We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace.

Base Salary Range: $59,000 - $74,000

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

Source: Concord Hospitality