Food and Beverage Director

Food And Beverage Director

Salt Leaf Golf Preserve is excited to announce the exceptional career opportunity of Food and Beverage Director. Qualified candidates will thrive in a hospitality environment and be highly focused on providing superior service.

Directs and oversees all food and beverage operations.

Essential duties include:

• Hands-on approach with ability to describe, assign and delegate responsibility and authority for the operation of the various food and beverage areas (i.e., catering, restaurant, caf, banquets, kitchens and purchasing)
• Ability to train, manage and oversee a strong culture focused club capitalizing on teamwork while developing additional training tools to assist team members to better serve guests
• Daily interaction with guests to ensure protocols are followed with utmost focus on creating a memorable dining experience
• Prepare and monitor annual budget, revenue goals and expenses for the Food and Beverage department as well as generating various business volume reports and forecasts (weekly and monthly) for proper planning
• Review and analyze various financial and data results/reports. Monitors overall Food and Beverage performance and take any corrective actions that may be needed
• Monitors market conditions that impact menu offerings, business volume, and profitability
• Execute inventory control and calculation for monthly analysis and reconciliation. Identifies opportunities to control food costs and other expenses and act accordingly
• Participates with the Chef in the creation of menus to entice a variety of outlets including restaurants and banquets while incorporating a menu pricing structure that will support the bottom-line goals
• Works directly with the Chef on ordering amounts (par levels), timing of orders, receiving, invoice settlement and accuracy, storage temperatures in all areas
• Continually researches vendor opportunities, pricing, service, and evaluates vendor relationships to the benefit of the facility
• Approves catering policies, contracts, and pricing; oversee planning, execution, and events
• Implement policies and procedures for the Food and Beverage department including compliance of company, federal, state, and local standards and laws relating to quality of products and services
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning, directing work, evaluating performance, rewarding, and disciplining associates; addressing complaints and resolving problems
• Managing all department team members
• Regular and reliable attendance.

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree (BA) from a four-year college or university; two or more years related to experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands: Frequently stands, walks, tastes, smells, talks, hears, uses hands, and reaches with hands and arms. Occasionally sits, climbs, balances, stoops, kneels, crawls or crouches. Occasionally lifts up to fifty pounds.