Food & Beverage Manager

Do you want to work for a great company with competitive benefits and salary? The Holiday Inn Seattle Downtown - Lake Union is looking to hire a hardworking and experienced Food & Beverage Manager. If you think you'd be a great addition to our team, please apply!

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision offered after qualification period
• Competitive performance bonuses - potential for $1000 monthly
• Employee discounts at IHG Hotels worldwide
• Commuter benefits offered
• Seattle Paid Safe Sick Leave
• Vacation time accrued based on hours worked
• Free parking

Job Description:

The purpose of the F&B Manager position is to manage the day-to-day activities of restaurant operations, ensuring guest and team satisfaction and maximizing hotel profitability.

• Deliver the F&B service culture, by putting guests at ease, making genuine connections, and creating moments of delight
• Acknowledge and engage all guests and associates in a positive, helpful tone and manner
• Manage the consistency, quality and delivery of the hotel's F&B operations in accordance with brand standardized operating procedures for procurement, inventory, storage, preparation, and service for the hotel's guests and staff
• Managing kitchen facilities and equipment
• Participate in forecasting, capital planning, and asset management initiatives as required [F&B budgeting and forecasting]
• Manage profitability for F&B for the hotel, monitoring budget and controllable costs
• Manage F&B inventory and ordering, relative to anticipated business volume for optimal freshness and minimal waste
• Perform monthly inventory for computing F&B cost of goods sold
• Utilizes the Line Check to monitor the quality of items on the line and holds Team Members accountable
• Receive, and properly store, all delivered items and takes inventory as required
• Holds Team Members accountable for following all hotel policies, checklists and SOP's
• Safely and properly handle F&B products, inventory and equipment
• Report any unsafe or malfunctioning equipment to Engineering or General Manager
• Fill in for absent staff as needed
• Respond appropriately to guest complaints and implement appropriate service recovery guidelines to ensure total guest satisfaction
• Regularly seek and use guest feedback to ensure that special needs and requests are fulfilled
• Attract and hire people with the right attributes to bring the Toast to Toast® brand to life
• Build team performance by establishing clear performance goals, providing proper orientation and training, communication, performance feedback and support.
• Responsible for direct reports' performance and development through direct feedback, coaching and training and reviews
• Manage risk exposure to guests, colleagues, assets, etc. through developing a team that is fully trained on risk procedures/policies, proper food handling, and fully compliant with all local and state laws.

Preferred Qualifications

• Positive attitude with a willingness to help where ever and whenever needed by team
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in culinary arts, hotel administration or related field preferred
• Advanced training in F&B management plus 2 years related experience, including supervisory experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience