Weekend Breakfast Attendant, Chouteau Township, Missouri

KMG Hotels; Missouri; On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Breakfast Attendant to ensure a delightful breakfast experience for guests. This role involves setting up and maintaining the breakfast buffet, providing excellent customer service, and ensuring cleanliness and organization throughout the morning. Ideal candidates will have a customer service orientation, attention to detail, and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment. Join a team that values guest satisfaction and offers a dynamic work atmosphere where your contributions matter. If you are passionate about hospitality and enjoy engaging with guests, this position is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Less than high school education or up to one-month related experience.
• Experience in the food and/or hospitality industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and tend to the breakfast buffet for guest satisfaction.
• Ensure cleanliness and organization of the buffet area.
• Interact with guests and accommodate special requests.

Skills

Customer service orientation

Attention to detail

Organized and efficient

Responsible

Education

Less than high school education

Experience in food and/or hospitality industry

Job description

Hampton Inn Kansas City Northeast Every Weekend Breakfast Attendant (PT)

About the Job:

The Breakfast Hostess/Host monitors and tends to the breakfast buffet, ensuring an attractive presentation of the food
and a clean surrounding area while also interacting with guests to ensure full guest satisfaction.

This position would typically start their shift around 5:30 AM and end around 11:30 AM with breakfast opened from 6:30 AM - 9:30 AM on Friday and 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM Saturday and Sunday.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Sets up the buffet before guests begin arriving for breakfast. Displays the food and beverages in an organized and attractive manner.
• Cleans area around buffet by wiping, sweeping, and/or mopping. May clean off tables prior to guest arrival.
• Sets out plates, cups, bowls, utensils, and napkins for guests to use.
• Prepares coffee and/or tea by established standards.
• Keeps juices and other perishables such as butter and yogurt chilled or on ice.
• Frequently checks for low food supply. Efficiently replenish food, beverages, and/or supplies as needed.
• Maintains cleanliness of buffet area throughout the morning by reorganizing and tidying food area as necessary.
• Properly disposes of used plates, utensils, napkins, and/or cups as necessary.
• Removes and disposes of leftover food at end of breakfast shift. Cleans buffet area according to established standards. Ensures inventory is stocked and properly stored prior to the next day’s shift.
• May keep daily or weekly records of foods used and consumed.
• May be responsible for keeping inventory stocked by ordering additional food and/or supplies as needed.
• Greets guests and accommodates special requests as needed.
• Provides a professional image at all times through appearance and dress.
• Follows company policies and procedures.
• Responds quickly to guest requests in a friendly manner. Follows up to ensure guest satisfaction.

Note:
Other duties as assigned by supervisor or management.

Qualifications:

• Education/Experience: Less than high school education; or up to one-month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in the food and/or hospitality industry preferred.
• Certification and/or License Requirement: Food handling and/or additional permits as
  required by state or local law.

Skills and Qualities:

• Customer service orientation.
• Attention to detail.
• Organized and efficient.
• Responsible.

Working Conditions:

• Able to stand for up to 6 hours and lift up to 30 lbs.
• Will be required to work in a fast-paced environment.
• May be asked to work overtime.

Physical/Cognitive Activities:

• This description of physical and mental activities is not intended to describe essential job functions. Rather, its purpose is to give the job applicant a feel for the physical and mental activities of the job to the end that an applicant with a disability can determine whether he or she will be able to do this job either with or without accommodations.
• The major responsibility in this position is to maintain and tend to the hotel’s breakfast buffet, which is typically done while standing up, walking, lifting, and carrying.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lifting, carrying, balancing, and pushing items of up to 35 pounds (i.e. food, plates, utensils, trays, tables, carts) occurs frequently.
• Reading and writing abilities are utilized when reading instructions or ordering food items.
• Reasoning and problem solving are sometimes used.
• Math and logic are used when analyzing the breakfast food/supply inventory and items to order.
• Oral and written communication skills used when talking with guests when receiving instructions, or when ordering food from vendors.

This job description is a general representation of the duties and responsibilities commonly found in Hospitality for this type of position; it may be modified at an individual hotel based upon business necessity.