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Job Description : About The Opportunity
Practice Hospitality is seeking an experienced Director of Food and Beverage to lead the team at Hotel Colee, the top Atlanta hotel in Conde Nast Traveler’s 2021 Reader’s Choice Awards.
About The Hotel
Designed to be the place where Atlanta turns up, turns out and gets down to business, Hotel Colee is at home in the heart of Buckhead. The neighborhood’s first Autograph Collection hotel and a proud member of Marriott, Hotel Colee’s independent spirit takes flight with inviting interiors and innovative programming centered around causing celebration. With 7,500, sq. ft of meeting space, 291 well-appointed rooms, an exciting rooftop bar, pool deck perched over Peachtree Road and delectable food and drink morning to night, the property offers business travelers and group clients plenty of excuses for putting on their feathers and daring to make a statement.
Job Role
The Director of Food & Beverage is responsible for coordinating all phases of group meeting/banquet functions held in the Hotel; coordinate these activities on a daily basis; assist clients in program planning and menu selection. Solicit local group Food & Beverage business; maintain the services and reputation of Your Hotel and act as a management representative to group clients.Responsibilities• Plan and direct the functions of administration and planning of the Food & Beverage department to meet the daily needs of the operation.
• Clearly describe, assign and delegate responsibility and authority for the operation of the various food and beverage subdepartments such as room service, restaurants, banquets, kitchens, stewards, etc. Monitor and, when necessary, develop and implement schedules for the operation of all restaurants and bars to achieve a profitable result.
• Participate with the chef and restaurant managers in the creation and merchandising of attractive menu designs to attract a predetermined customer market.
• Implement effective controls of food, beverage and labor costs among all subdepartments and monitor the food and beverage budget to ensure efficient operation and that expenditures stay within budget limitations, including achieving budgeted revenue and labor expenses.
• Assist the departmental managers in establishing and achieving predetermined profit objectives and desired standards of quality food, service, cleanliness, merchandising and promotions.
• Maximize food and beverage department profitability.
• Regularly review and evaluate the degree of customer satisfaction of the individual outlets, including banquet service, to recommend new operating and marketing policies whenever a change in demand, customer dissatisfaction, or a a change in competitive environment requires such changes.
• Investigate and resolve food quality and service complaints.
• Develop, along with assistance from department heads, operating tools necessary and incidental to modern management principles such as budgeting, forecasting, purchase specifications, recipes, portion specifications, menu abstracts, food production control, job descriptions, etc.
Requirements
• 5-year experience in food and beverage with a minimum of 3 years in leadership role
• Thorough knowledge of food and beverage operations including foods, beverages, supervisory aspects, service techniques, and guest interaction.
• Considerable skill in math and algebraic equations using percentages.
• Ability to walk, stand, and/or bend continuously to perform essential job functions.
• Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, with guests and employees, some of whom will require high levels of patience, tact, and diplomacy to defuse anger and to collect accurate information and to resolve problems.
• Ability to work under pressure and deal with stressful situations during busy periods.
• Ability to access and accurately input information using a moderately complex computer system
Job Type: Full Time- Exempt
Supplemental Pay: Bonus Incentive Plan, performance based.
Benefits:
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount on hotel stays
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off available 30 days after start date
• Vision insurance
• Hospital indemnity insurance
• Eligible to participate in the Employee Referral Bonus Program.
About The Company
Practice Hospitality manages hotels differently. A growing company with opportunities for advancement, we infuse hotels with style, spirit, and soul. We inspire, innovate and advocate. We deliver results and do well by our owners because we respect the individuality that we all bring to the table, the connectedness of our world and the impact we have on our community.
We are looking for someone who thinks big because, at Practice Hospitality, we value creativity, emotional intelligence, problem solving and innovation. This is an opportunity to be an integral part of a team that supports one another, is empowered, and holds themselves accountable. If you bring your A game every day and pursue excellence with tenacity, we want to invest in your professional and personal growth. But, more than anything, we are looking for good humans who care; about our guests, each other and making every moment together enriching, fulfilling and fun.