Food & Beverage Manager

Westwood Country Club - Vienna; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401K with company match

Paid time off

Meal allowance

Education Opportunities

Job summary

Westwood Country Club - Vienna is seeking a hands-on Food and Beverage Manager to partner with the AGM and Senior F&B Manager to deliver exceptional dining experiences for members and guests.

The role requires strong communication, wine knowledge, and the ability to lead service staff across multiple dining rooms, while maintaining brand standards and a welcoming atmosphere in a private club setting in Vienna, Virginia.

Qualifications

• Experience in Food and Beverage operations within a club setting.
• Strong wine knowledge and wine service experience.
• Proven ability to lead and develop service staff.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with members.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day FOH outlets across multiple dining rooms.
• Assist in hiring, training, and scheduling FOH staff.
• Contribute to annual budget development and financial reviews.
• Manage POS updates and menu programming.
• Lead pre-shift staff meetings and inventories.
• Ensure staff appearance, uniforms, and professional conduct.
• Enforce club rules and guest service standards.
• Engage with and mentor team to enhance member experience.
• Collaborate with F&B leadership to ensure seamless operations.

Skills

F&B operations

Wine service knowledge

Staff mentoring

Excellent communication

Tools

POS systems

Club management software

Job description

Description

About Westwood Country Club

Westwood Country Club is a private member-owned Club just west of Tysons Corner, Virginia, in the beautiful town of Vienna. The Club offers a Gene Bates-designed 18-hole championship golf course, fitness center, indoor racquets facility, court tennis, five indoor tennis courts, four outdoor tennis courts, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, baby pool, and a children’s center. The Club offers a variety of full-service dining rooms and private rooms throughout our expansive clubhouse. Westwood recently completed over 26-million-dollars in renovations and is on a substantial waitlist for members to join.

Brief Job Description

The Food and Beverage Manager works closely with the AGM and Senior F&B Manager to ensure a quality dining experience for members and guests. The F&B Manager is a highly visible, "hands-on" manager who is expected to consistently engage with members and guests and lead/support service staff. Candidate must be an exceptional communicator and have excellent personal interactive skills and maturity to instinctively know how to make members and guests feel welcome and comfortable. This individual will work closely with our Food & B team including the Senior F&B Manager, Beverage Manager, and Food & B Manager (lower level) to ensure seamless operation throughout all dining areas of the club.

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Manage day-to-day FOH food and beverage outlets on the upper club level to include 3 dining rooms (Family Casual, Adult Casual, Adult Pub)
• 2. Assists with hiring, training, and scheduling FOH food and beverage staff.
• 3. Assist in developing the food and beverage department's yearly budget with the AGM, routinely review financial reports, and take corrective actions as needed.
• 4. Responsible for POS updates and menu programming.
• 5. Conduct pre-shift meetings with staff.
• 6. Conduct inventories of beverages, supplies, dinnerware, and glassware as needed.
• 7. Ensures that all food and beverage staff are presentable, well-groomed, and always in established uniforms.
• 8. Enforce all club rules and regulations.
• 9. Engage with and mentor team members to improve member service and experience

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance (available after 60 days).
• 401K with company match (available after 1 year).
• Paid time off
• Meal allowance
• Education Opportunities

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

• Have a passion for F&B service and standards and establish a positive family-oriented culture.
• Thorough understanding and knowledge of wine and wine service.
• Be highly motivated and detail-oriented and possess a positive hospitality-oriented demeanor.
• Have a hands-on management style and is motivated by the success of his/her teammates.
• Keep up with F&B trends and understand balancing fine dining with upscale, relaxed service.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, a strong eye for detail, and the ability to hold teammates accountable.
• Ability to communicate with members and guests professionally.

Candidate Prerequisites

• knowledge of Food and Beverage operations and POS systems
• The ideal candidate possesses dining management experience and/or experience in private club management
• Experience in successful team building and staff development