Food & Beverage Director
- Location
- 32830, Lake Buena Vista
- Salary
- Competitive Salary Package
- Posted
- Sep 02, 2014
- Closes
- Nov 01, 2014
- Industry
- Hospitality
- Category
- Food / Beverage
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Executive
B on the team! Join us and B a part of delivering an Authentic Self-Expressive Hospitality Experience.
We are seeking an experienced Food & Beverage Director to join the new B in the Walt Disney World® Resort!
This member of the Leadership Team will be responsible for the Resort's Food & Beverage Division; including all Culinary, Restaurant, Room Service, Beverage, Catering and Banquet Operations and will support the vision of providing an unrivaled and unforgettable dining experience for every single customer.
The preferred candidate will have:
- Senior level food and beverage management experience at a luxury hotel, restaurant. country club or catering venue.
- Strong leadership skills and abilities to lead a team in the operations, banquet and culinary departments.
- Strong budgetary, forecasting and cost control skills and the ability to consistently produce profit expectations.
- Excellent customer service skills and the ability to deal with internal and external customers in a tactful and diplomatic manner.
- Strong knowledge of restaurant and banquet operations to include set-ups, timing, service styles and creativity with unique service and station presentations.
- Consistent career progression and excellent, supportive references.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Good computer skills.
Some essential functions include:
- Plan and direct the functions of administration and planning of the Food and Beverage Department to meet the daily needs of the operation.
- Interview, hire, train, recommend performance evaluations, resolve problems, provide open communication and recommend discipline and/or termination when appropriate.
- Clearly describe, assign and delegate responsibility and authority for the operation of the various food and beverage sub-departments, e.g. room service, restaurants, banquets, kitchens, steward, etc.
- Develop, implement and monitor schedules for the operation of all food and beverage sub-departments to achieve a profitable result.
- Implement effective control of food, beverage and labor costs among all sub-departments to Crescent standards.
- Abide by all State, Federal and Corporate requirements pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages.
- Assist managers in establishing and achieving predetermined profit objectives and desired standards of quality food, service, cleanliness, merchandising and promotion.
- Regularly review and evaluate the degree of guest satisfaction of the individual restaurants and banquet service, to recommend new operating and marketing policies whenever declining or constant sales imply dissatisfaction by the customers, a material change in the make-up or the customer market, or a change in the competitive environment.
- Develop operating tools necessary and incidental to modern management principles, e.g. budgeting, forecasting purchase specifications, recipes, portion specifications, menu abstracts, food production control etc.
- Continuously evaluate the performance and encourage improvement of the associates in the food and beverage department. Plan and administer a training and development program within the department which will provide well trained associate at all levels.
- Communicate both verbally and in writing to provide clear direction to staff.
- Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis.
- Perform any other job related duties as assigned.