Regional Beverage Manager

Santa Monica Proper; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Proper Hospitality seeks a senior beverage leader to manage and optimize the bar and beverage program across multiple outlets in Santa Monica. You will lead floor operations, supervise staff, and ensure quality across cocktails, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic offerings, while controlling inventory and costs through Craftable mapping and costing.

ABC compliance and responsible service are core, with lead coverage during travel.

Qualifications

• Leadership: ability to inspire teammates to follow
• Innovative: consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
• Dedicated: devoted to task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
• Equal Opportunity Employer compliance notice as required by federal law

Responsibilities

• Lead active floor management of bar and beverage operations, and train and coach bar staff
• Inspect the quality of cocktails, wine service, beer pours, and non-alcoholic offerings
• Own inventory controls: monthly counts, variance review, and tracking of waste, spillage, and comps
• Direct the liquor room reorganization with purchasing, then set pars and report on dead stock
• Manage beverage cost through Craftable mapping, recipe costing, and variance reporting, keeping Toast items and pricing aligned with Craftable
• Oversee beverage across outlets, banquets, catering, and events
• Own ABC compliance and the responsible service program, and designate lead bar coverage when traveling
• Full portfolio expansion is contingent on performance review.
• Build a consistent beverage framework: specs, recipes, Craftable conventions, well and back bar, glassware
• Train staff on costing and pricing methodology; menus stay property-specific
• Support corporate-led vendor relationships while maintaining local vendor and brand rep partnerships
• Leverage portfolio scale for pricing and allocations, and recommend supplier agreements to the corporate team
• Manage Craftable across the cluster and review all recipe builds and pricing before they go live
• Monitor pour cost and cost of goods against budget and work with property teams to close variances
• Deliver monthly beverage cost reporting to the Corporate Director of Food and Beverage
• Beverage cost of goods and pour cost at or better than budget at each cluster property
• Property-level audit findings addressed and gaps closed on an agreed timeline
• Bar team training completed and service standards consistent across the cluster
• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
• Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
• Financial: Inspired to perform well by monetary reimbursement
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business
• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
• Equal Opportunity Employer compliance notice as required by federal law

Job description

• Lead active floor management of bar and beverage operations, and train and coach bar staff
• Inspect the quality of cocktails, wine service, beer pours, and non-alcoholic offerings
• Own inventory controls: monthly counts, variance review, and tracking of waste, spillage, and comps
• Direct the liquor room reorganization with purchasing, then set pars and report on dead stock
• Manage beverage cost through accurate Craftable mapping, recipe costing, and variance reporting, keeping Toast items and pricing aligned with Craftable
• Oversee beverage across outlets, banquets, catering, and events
• Own ABC compliance and the responsible service program, and designate lead bar coverage when traveling

Full portfolio expansion is contingent on performance review.

• Build a consistent beverage framework: build specs, recipes, Craftable conventions, well and back bar, glassware, training, and costing and pricing methodology. Menus stay property-specific
• Run a consistent audit and reporting cadence, including a monthly cost and pour cost review to the Corporate Director of Food and Beverage
• Standardize inventory practices and keep ABC compliance and certifications current at every property
• Review pricing and menu engineering against market and margin targets, and guide banquet and catering beverage
• Visit cluster hotels regularly, lead training, and support openings and outlet refreshes
• At partner-operated outlets, authority is limited to brand standards, responsible service licensing, and reporting access

Menu Development and Product Strategy

• Partner with property teams on cocktail, wine and spirits, and non-alcoholic menus that are seasonal, on-concept, and margin-engineered
• Stay current on beverage trends and bring fresh ideas to the portfolio

Vendor and Supplier Relationships

• Support corporate-led vendor relationships while maintaining local vendor and brand rep partnerships
• Leverage portfolio scale for pricing and allocations, and recommend supplier agreements to the corporate team

Financial Accountability and Craftable Management

• Manage Craftable across the cluster and review all recipe builds and pricing before they go live
• Monitor pour cost and cost of goods against budget and work with property teams to close variances
• Deliver monthly beverage cost reporting to the Corporate Director of Food and Beverage

Measures of Success

• Beverage cost of goods and pour cost at or better than budget at each cluster property
• Property-level audit findings addressed and gaps closed on an agreed timeline
• Bar team training completed and service standards consistent across the cluster

Qualifications

Behaviors

Preferred

Leader : Inspires teammates to follow them

Innovative : Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking

Dedicated : Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Preferred

Financial : Inspired to perform well by monetary reimbursement

Entrepreneurial Spirit : Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business

Ability to Make an Impact : Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer
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