Food & Beverage Manager, required for a prestigious hotel, located in the outer Guildford / Godalming area of Surrey. Live in is a possibility.
As Food & Beverage Manager, you will be responsible for the smooth day to day running and standards across the following food and beverage service areas:
* The fine dining Restaurant
* Afternoon tea service
* Conference and Banqueting
* Room Service
* Lounges
* The outdoor terrace during summer time
The Role of the Food & Beverage Manager:
We are seeking a Food and Beverage Manager to report the General Manager, with responsibility for the smooth day to day running of all food and beverage departments. You will have the support of a team of 14 employees, both full time and casual.
You will be responsible and accountable for all food and beverage service areas including the fine dining, Bar, Conference & Banqueting, Room Service, Terraces and Lounge Service. Your focus will be the consistent delivery of high standards of guest service across all these F&B operational areas.
In the General Managers absence, you will also have the opportunity of involvement in other areas including Housekeeping and Front of House departments. You will also gain experience in these areas though leading the Duty Management team. An ideal role for those seeking to develop into an operations manager role.
The key areas of focus as Food & Beverage Manager will be;
Food and Beverage Service delivery – ensuring the product & service continue to delight our guests and meet the requirements of the hotel’s accolades and Mystery Guest standards.
Planning/Resourcing – ensuring the effective use of resources, staffing, stocks and effectively direct the F&B to efficiently plan and deliver excellent service based on business levels in the hotel.
Operations – through effective supervision, guidance and control ensuring that the present and future food and beverage operation is ready to deliver success on its objectives. You will also be heading up and working as part of the Duty Management team at the Hotel.
Systems – ensure all systems are operational and that all staff are trained and adhere to the operating standards of use.
Staffing and Performance Management – ensure that through selection, recruitment, training and coaching the very best standards of staff are maintained and developed. Making sure that each person within the team receives the guidance and feedback necessary to be successful and operate in a safe way meeting current company and legal requirements. Your hands on approach allowing you to guide and support your team to success.
Revenue Management – Ensuring all in-house opportunities for sales are taken.
Requirements:
* Previous quality food and beverage management experience within the 4/5star hotel market.
* A CV showing a bias towards Food and Beverage experience.
* Excellent customer service skills.
* High standard of personal presentation.
* Confident, professional and welcoming personality.
* Proven ability to recruit, train, coach and motivate hospitality teams.
* Ability to work under pressure, giving direction and leadership to the team.
* A self-motivated, driven, results orientated, and proactive attitude is required.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills both for internal and external communication.
* 5 days, 45 hr week including evenings and weekends.
* Live in is possible according to availability, which is deducted from salary.
Benefits:
* 4 weeks holiday increasing to 5 weeks with service
* 8 Bank holidays
* Free car parking
* Employee uniform
In addition, you will also benefit from a range of company benefits
The salary for the opportunity of Food & Beverage Manager is given as £32,000 / per annum / plus a share of the service charge, which will vary, paid monthly. Live in is possible with this role which is deducted from salary. If you live locally and don't require live in, transport will be ideal due to shift work and location.
Please send an up to date copy of your Curriculum Vitae.
N.E. Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
We look forward to receiving all applications however due to the high number of applications we are only able to contact candidates which closely match the level of skills and experience of the requirements of our clients. However for more information or opportunities please contact us or forward your cv for consideration.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK