Director of Operations, Food and Beverage

Director Of Operations For Asm Global/Savor At The Moscone Center

ASM Global, the leader in privately managed public assembly facilities, has an excellent and immediate opening for Director of Operations for ASM Global/Savor at the Moscone Center. Responsible for leading our operation staff and motivating our union and non-union staff to provide excellent customer service. Other responsibilities include ensuring efficient F&B operation, as well as maintaining high production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards. To be successful in this role, you will need management skills and experience in both front and back of the house. Expectation to lead by example and uplift our staff during busy moments in our fast-paced environment. Ultimately, this position helps ensure our events run smoothly and customers have pleasant experiences.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure the budget for the department is monitored and adhered to by implementing effective controls of food, beverage, and labor costs
• Identify opportunities to increase profits and create value by challenging existing processes, encouraging innovation and driving necessary change
• Help lead major events and employees, including managers, supervisors, union and non-union employees
• Preserve and execute excellent levels of internal and external customer service
• Maintain a strong presence on the floor during events to oversee execution of plans and services
• Work closely with clients before and during events to ensure their needs are met
• Coordinate with other department heads including culinary, sales, operations, and any other division in order to strategically plan for future events, cultivate new relationships, and create unique services for our clients.
• Provide support and analysis to the General Manager regarding costs, challenges, and areas of improvement for major shows
• Responsible for the overall management of the F&B Operation and is expected to help market ideas to promote business; reduce employee turnover; maintain revenue and payroll budgets; meet budgeted productivity while keeping quality consistently high; staffing, training, and planning all F&B activities to ensure efficient operation of the department.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Managing Food and Beverage Operation Managers, On-call supervisors, Union Catering Staff.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education And/Or Experience:

• Minimum 8 years of proven experience in a high-level food and beverage managerial role.

Skills And Abilities:

• Ability to work all shifts including nights, weekends and holidays as needed
• Good written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to calculate amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to execute instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills:

Proficiency with MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and POS Proficient. POS System experience a plus

Other Qualifications:

• Prior hotel and convention experience a plus
• Familiarity working with unions and an understanding of CBA rules

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move around the facility; to stand for long hours during events; talk and hear. This position may require work inside or outside of the building, as needed by events.

Compensation:

$110,000 - $120,000 (Plus Eligible for 10% Bonus)

Note: The essential responsibilities of this position are described under the headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Also, this document in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.

ASM Global is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and encourages Women, Minorities, Individuals with Disabilities, and protected Veterans to apply. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.