Lead Bartender

Sun Communities; Sarasota (FL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical Coverage

Vision Plan

401(k) Plan with Sun matching

Tuition Reimbursement

Vacation RV Site Discounts

Paid Time Off including holidays

Job summary

Sun Outdoors in Florida seeks a Lead Bartender to uphold high standards of hospitality across the bar and beverage program. You will open and close the operation, handle cash, and ensure accurate, speedy service to guests.

Responsibilities include taking orders, preparing beverages, managing bar stock, monitoring guest age compliance, and coordinating with F&B teams to deliver consistent experiences. Sun Outdoors offers competitive pay, benefits, growth opportunities, and a supportive work

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• 6 months bartending experience preferred.
• Desire to provide the very best guest experience.
• Excellent guest service and verbal communication skills.
• Maintain professional resort image, cleanliness and appearance.
• Ability to follow recipes and sanitation guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and represents the F&B amenities, as well as the resort, in a positive manner.
• Provides friendly, quality, and genuine hospitality to each guest.
• Manages individual banks for each bar facility; reconciles and deposits daily.
• Takes bar inventory and prepares bar orders for F&B Manager.
• Ensures invoices checked against deliveries; handles daily deposits.
• Responsible for opening and closing the bar facility.
• Monitors alcohol intake; denies service to intoxicated patrons.
• Greets guests, takes orders, and serves beverages to standard.
• Checks IDs to verify legal age for alcohol purchase.
• Prepares and serves beverages according to recipes and standards.
• Maintains knowledge of menus, dietary and allergen guidelines.
• Operates cash register and processes payments with accurate change.
• Follows laws for serving alcohol; maintains sanitation standards.
• Prepares garnishes, stocks, and replenishes supplies.
• Performs shift opening/closing/side work duties.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Guest service

Verbal communication

Professional appearance

Sanitation guidelines adherence

Instruction following

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

A Lead Bartender chooses high standards as a guiding principle every day. They cultivate a culture of authentic hospitality for their fellow team members and recognize that they must lead by example. They help oversee the daily operations of the Bar and Beverage Program. Their responsibilities revolve around the service of our guests with genuine hospitality, speed, and accuracy, as well as the opening and closing of the operation, ordering, receiving, and stocking of beverage and related items, and cash handling responsibilities.

Job Duties

• Promotes and represents the F&B amenities, as well as the resort, in a positive manner. (Essential)
• Provides friendly, quality, and genuine hospitality to each guest. (Essential)
• Manages individual banks for each bar facility. Collects, reconciles, and deposits individual reports and monies daily. (Essential)
• Takes bar inventory and prepares bar order for F&B Manager. (Essential)
• Ensures invoices are checked against deliveries and forwarded with money and receipts to the office daily; oversees the daily deposits and assists with reconciliation. (Essential)
• Responsible for opening and closing the bar facility. (Essential)
• Monitors the intake of alcohol of guests, prohibiting the sale to those who are intoxicated. Orders taxis or other means of transportation for intoxicated patrons. (Essential)
• Greets guests, takes orders, prepares, and serves offerings in accordance to established standards at the bar and surrounding area bar tables.
• Checks identification of guests to verify age requirements for the purchase of alcohol.
• Prepares and serves alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages as ordered, following recipes and beverage preparation processes in compliance with company standards.
• Demonstrates knowledge of both food and beverage menus and offerings, including dietary and allergen guidelines.
• Operates cash register and receives payment in cash or credit card, and accurately counts and provides change for guest, when applicable.
• Operates in compliance with federal, state, and local law requirements for serving alcohol.
• Follows sanitation standards to clean and maintain the bar area, restaurant, and catered events.
• Prepares garnishes, stocks, and replenishes beverages and garnishment supply at bar as needed.
• Performs shift opening/closing/side work duties as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED (Preferred)
• 6 months in previous bartending experience (Preferred)
• Innate desire to provide the very best guest experience
• Excellent guest service and verbal communication skills
• Ability to maintain a professional resort image, including cleanliness and appearance standards
• Ability to follow instruction for recipes and sanitation guidelines

REWARDING BENEFITS

At Sun Outdoors, you will be part of an industry-leading organization where you will be challenged, inspired, rewarded and transformed. We place a high priority on our team members, and this is a big part of what sets us apart. We will ask you to give us your very best every day, and will challenge you with interesting work, stretch assignments, a collaborative and supportive work environment and plenty of learning and growth. In exchange, we will reward you with great pay, advancement opportunities, paid time off, great benefits, and flexibility.

• Comprehensive Medical and Prescription coverage with multipleplan designs so you can choose the plan that best meets the needs of you and your family
• Vision Plan
• Voluntary Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• 401(k) Plan with Sun matching contribution
• Tuition Reimbursement program providing financial support to team members who further their formal education
• Vacation RV Site Discounts for team members when visiting Sun Outdoors locations across the nation
• Team Member Perks & Discounts program with hundreds of discounts on things like travel, merchandise, mobile phone service, and more
• Paid Time Off including ten holidays, vacation, personal, sick time, bereavement and pay for jury duty