Food & Beverage Operations Manager

Tasting Room Expo; California, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CHANDON invites an experienced hospitality leader to shape and guide the Brand Home Visitor Experience in Napa. You will drive a premium F&B program, mentor teams, and ensure flawless guest interactions from reservation to post-visit.

You will design memorable experience menus, lead events, manage budgets and safety standards, and collaborate with culinary and planning teams to exceed revenue and guest satisfaction goals.

Qualifications

• Experience leading F&B teams in luxury or high-volume hospitality.
• Ability to recruit, train, and appraise staff to standards.
• Experience planning events and managing budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead F&B team by attracting, recruiting, training, and appraising talented personnel.
• Train staff on wine, food, service, safety, and brand standards.
• Oversee guest experience, bookings, and VIP service.
• Coordinate events, menus, and supplier needs per BEO specs.
• Manage budgets, labor, and upsell initiatives for experiences.

Skills

F&B leadership

Staff recruitment

Training & development

Service standards

Event planning

Budget management

Guest experience

Safety & risk management

Operations coordination

Job description

Create a world-class Brand Home Visitor Experience at Chandon. A home that will be a COMMUNITY HUB for all. A home that will celebrate the NATURAL BEAUTY of the area. A home that will devote itself to the CELEBRATION OF CRAFTSMANSHIP. A home situated in the HEART OF NAPA. A home that will embody our founder’s MAVERICK SPIRIT. A home that will UNLEASH THE POTENTIAL of the Chandon world. We live the sparkling life while creating genuine connections, with both OUR PEOPLE and OUR GUESTS. Caring and investing in OUR HOME, and the communities we operate in. Efficiently sustain and grow OUR BUSINESS in both revenue and profits. Born of French heritage, CHANDON HOME is our journey of greatness together while embracing its adopted California perspective with a casual vibrancy.

TEAM CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION

• Lead F&B team by attracting, recruiting, training, and appraising talented personnel;
• Facilitate and fully participate in all training sessions including but not limited to the following topics. Wine and Food, Sales Excellence, Service Excellence, Safety and Security;
• Responsible for the delivery of ISO and service standards, sequence of service, maintaining quality equipment, par levels, product presentation, service and product training;
• Support the development of annual team and individual training targets, KPI’s, policies, and procedures for new and existing team members; and
• Effectively coach staff on customer service standards, sales techniques, efficient teamwork and culture.
• Create and provide monthly performance updates, ensure accountability through monthly meetings/ documentation.
• Provide a two-way communication and nurture an ownership environment with emphasis in motivation and teamwork;
• Responsible for developing and publishing weekly schedules of Chandon Home;
• Ensure communication of policy changes, events, and daily functions is timely and is clearly understood;
• Attend/Conduct Brand Home Leadership meetings in order to stay updated with goals, new releases, new programs, and all other educational materials.

GUEST EXPERIENCE & CLUB CHANDON

• Manage all day-to-day hospitality/ experience operations within budgeted guidelines and to the highest standards. Examine daily duties, assign tasks, and check on progress;
• Ensure the brand is being properly communicated with each visitor interaction through messaging staff professionalism;
• Monitor daily bookings and ensure assigned tables are prepared prior to arrival; plan for peak periods through meeting cadence with Level 4 personnel;
• Ensure special guests, like disabled people, elderly, children and VIPs, receive personalized services;
• Coordinate and manage communication between guests and staff and follow up to ensure we resolve customer concerns. Actively resolve complaints;
• Analyze customer feedback from post reservation surveys and social media reviews and suggest ways to improve ratings;
• Provide leadership, based on experience, through changes by identifying and overcoming obstacles and creating efficiencies;
• Design exceptional Chandon Experience menus and seasonal offering, purchase goods when needed and continuously make necessary improvements; and
• Identify customers’ needs and respond proactively to all their concerns.
• Operate and oversee all Exclusive and Private Event Experiences booked on property based on BEO specifications provided;
• Build a strong relationship with the Event Planning team ensuring that there is clear communication between the planning, operations, and culinary team;
• Ensure all events equipment relating to food & beverage are in proper operational condition and cleaned on a regular basis; and
• Manage direct day–to-day staffing requirements for Exclusive and Private Event Experiences, plan and assign work, and establish performance and development goals for team members. Provide regular feedback to help improve team members' performance.

FINANCIAL RETURNS

• Comply with all set internal control procedures pertaining to Chandon Home. Ensure all relevant information is being shared with team members;
• Assist in developing annual budget goals for wine and food experiences and visitor traffic;
• Successfully meet monthly revenue and wine club acquisition goals by strategically managing our daily Wine and Food Experiences;
• Manage reservation system ensuring maximum efficiency and booking potential;
• Manage expenses in line with set budgets and sales goals;
• Control labor cost through effective scheduling as appropriate to business needs;
• Manage upsell incentive for Wine and Food Experience Team. Drive up-sell initiatives for Experience upgrades, wine and food add-ons as well as take home experience (retail sales);
• Manage point-of-sale system and daily opening and closing, with accuracy, receiving either cash or credit card, without over-short;
• Manage internal employee tasting process, and internal charge reconciliation;
• Ensure all credit and financial transactions are handled in a secure professional manner;
• Monitor and control any food or beverage wastage on a day-to-day basis in line with our responsible business;
• Establish COGS for new Experiences and menu items based;
• Conduct frequent market research allowing us to remain innovative, accurate and ahead of our competition.

RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS,SAFETY/RISK MANAGEMENT

• Responsible for departments safety standards pertaining to guests and employees;
• Establish consistent safety culture across the department;
• Participate in daily, weekly, or monthly walk-throughs capturing/ identifying near miss risks as well as repair needs. Establish action points and ensure follow through;
• Establish sustainability processes and procedures to eventually qualify our Chandon Home for green hospitality certification;
• Take ownership of our assets and ensure all team members act with integrity reducing damage and repair/ replacement spending; and
• Provide clear communication to co-workers/guests regarding Chandon’s policies.