Food & Beverage Manager

Hotel Leveque; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance enrollment from DAY 1

Paid time off from DAY 1

Holiday pay from DAY 1

Hotel and travel discounts

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Tempo by Hilton Louisville Downtown NuLu is seeking a Food & Beverage Manager to lead the restaurant and bar operations, ensuring exceptional guest experiences and strong financial performance.

You will train staff, monitor budgets, and implement quality standards while maintaining a guest-centric culture in a vibrant hotel setting. Prior hotel restaurant supervision is preferred, with DAY-1 benefits and ongoing development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising restaurant and bar operations.
• Ability to analyze data figures and budgets.
• Strong communication and writing skills.
• Knowledge of computer accounting programs and math for budgeting.
• Experience with labor cost management and staff scheduling.
• Prior hotel restaurant supervision preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily Restaurant & Bar operations.
• Ensure staff training on quality and service standards.
• Meet or exceed budgeted revenues as directed by leadership.
• Control labor costs through scheduling and management.
• Train staff on operational standards and audit performance.
• Maintain guest satisfaction and high service levels.

Skills

Restaurant supervision

Budget management

Staff training

Data analysis

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Some college or advanced training in food operations

Tools

Microsoft Office

Accounting software

Job description

Tempo by Hilton Louisville Downtown NuLu

Compensation: $55,000 to $60,000 per year

What's in it for you...

• Insurance enrollment available from DAY 1!
• Paid time off available from DAY 1!
• Holiday pay available from DAY 1!
• Hotel and travel discounts at worldwide destinations!
• Professional development and promotion opportunities!

About this job...

The Food & Beverage Manager performs a key role on the hotel team by ensuring employee and guest satisfaction in every aspect of the food and beverage operation. By promoting an environment of hospitality, cleanliness, quality, accuracy, and engagement, the Food & Beverage Manager is responsible for cultivating a best-in-class culture.

What you'll be doing...

• Oversee the day to day operations of the specified Restaurant & Bar
• Ensure staff receive proper training on quality and service standards and have the tools & equipment to effectively carry out their job functions
• Achieve and maintain budgeted revenues as instructed by the Director of Food & Beverage
• Maintain labor cost to meet or exceed budget through effective staff scheduling and labor management
• Train staff in operational standards and follow-up on that training to ensure levels of service are maintained
• Establish and achieve quality and guest satisfaction goals
• Maintain set food and liquor costs
• Maintain a floor presence during needed meal periods to ensure optimal guest service
• Conduct routine brand standard audits designed to ensure optimal service execution
• Complete additional duties as assigned by hotel leadership

Requirements...

• Must be able to speak, read, write and understand the primary language(s) used in the workplace
• Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to prepare and analyze data figures and transcriptions prepared on and generated by computer
• Knowledge of computer accounting programs, math skills as well as budgetary analysis capabilities required
• Strong administrative skills, to include business writing, mathematics for basic accounting and knowledge of Microsoft Office programs
• Ability to stand and walk for hours at a time
• Must be able to lift up to 30 pounds occasionally
• Understand this role requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, bending, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.
• Some college and/or advanced training in food operations preferred
• Prior restaurant and bar supervisory experience required; hotel restaurant experience preferred
• Ability to work calmly under stressful situations
• Ability to maintain high level of guest satisfaction is in absolute requirement for this position

About First Hospitality...

Founded in 1985 and based in Chicago, First Hospitality is a forward-thinking hotel development, investment, and management company. First Hospitality’s strategic vision is to create value for all through excellence and an openness to doing things differently.

First Hospitality seeks to attract and retain a high-performing and diverse workforce in which employee’s differences are respected and valued to better meet the varying needs of the customers we serve. FH fosters an inclusive work environment that promotes collaboration, flexibility, and fairness. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Tempo by Hilton Louisville Downtown NuLu

Hotel with 130 Rooms

Steps from entertainment in vibrant Nulu

Find us surrounded by dining and entertainment. Tastings at the Rabbit Hole Distillery are steps away. KFC YUM! Arena and the Louisville Slugger Field are a mile from us. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Welcome Center and the Muhammad Ali Center are under a 10-minute drive. Enjoy our rooftop restaurant, gym, coffee shop, and meeting space.