Director of Food Beverage
Director of Food Beverage
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07-01-2025
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Job Description
- Ensuring guest and employee satisfaction while maintaining market competitiveness and exceptional financial performance.
- Ensuring appropriate hiring training motivating coaching and developing of departments team members.
- Responsible for ensuring the smooth daily operation of the Food and Beverage Department.
- Develop and administer the F&B budget action plan and promotional activities of the department to stimulate sales and profit while controlling operating expenses.
- Surveying reviewing and analyzing competition market trends customer needs and comments in order to be proactive and adapt with business intelligence.
- Evaluating changes in guest needs the guest mix and competitive set to recommend appropriate product/service and operational changes as necessary.
- Attend and actively participate in weekly Head of Department meetings respecting the confidentiality of issues which may be discussed formally or informally.
- Manage the service of food and beverage within the restaurant caf bar and in room dining.
- Ensure cleaning and maintenance of outlets work areas tableware utensils and other materials and equipment used by restaurant bar room service and conference areas.
- Regular liaison with the Engineering Department ensuring that maintenance requests are completed quickly focusing on guest needs as a priority.
- Coordinate between Conference and Events Food & Beverage and Front Office to ensure that preparations for conference events involving Front Office/ Housekeeping have been made.
- Assist in the preparation monthly restaurant bar and cafe reports commenting on key performance indicators and action taken to keep on target.
- Management and guidance of outlet staff under control namely Managers Food & Beverage Supervisors/ Team Leaders and Food and Beverage Attendants.
- Prepare weekly and monthly forecasts for restaurant bar room service and cafe areas.
- Be knowledgeable of and operate within appropriate outlets and hotel liquor licensing guidelines and House Management Policies.
- Any other duties as assigned.
Qualifications :
- Minimum 5 8 years of experience in a similar role preferably in a five star luxury setting.
- Proven experience in meeting budgeted and forecasted for costs for payroll/wage costs and department costs.
- Experience in managing and developing a team including performance management performance reviews disciplinary procedures creating learning and development plans coaching etc.
- Has a good understanding of luxury guest expectations and desire to meet these expectations.
- Hold legislative qualifications to be eligible for the position.
- Good understanding of Micros Opera and other relevant applications.
- Project professional image at all times through personal presentation/ interpersonal skills.
- Desire and ability to mentor train and develop staff.
- Has awareness of industry trends in service product and presentation.
- Initiates contacts and establishes rapport easily.
- Ability to assert point of view directly yet tactfully.
- Organize time and work efficiently.
- Excellent numeracy verbal and written communication skills English is essential.
- Appreciates and maintains an effective outlet for stress.
- Aptitude for developing promotions and marketing.
- Willingness to work weekends and public holidays as part of the job role.
- A passion for food wine and the culinary arts that is knowledgeable and effusive.
- Has the aptitude and willingness to undertake further development with Sofitel.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
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