F&b Director

F&B Director

We are on the lookout for an experienced Food And Beverage Director

SUMMARY:
Our client is looking for a detail orientated socially focused persuasive leader with a sense of urgency to assist the GM to lead and organize the Food and Beverage Service Team/outlets, to set and maintain standards and to strive to always keep improving standards whilst maintaining budget and gross profit.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
**Requirements**:

- Diploma in Hotel or Food & Beverage Management
- Must have at least 4 years’ experience in a 4/5* Hotel; of which 2 years should be managing a food and beverage outlet.
- Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Outlook, Word and Excel
- Experience at operator level of a Point of Sales System - exposure to Micros advantageous
- Experience at operator level of a Stock Management System
- Exposure to Opera advantageous
- Highly presentable
- Solid English verbal and written communication skills
- Fluent with hospitality language and terminology, particularly food and beverage vocabulary
- Exposure and understanding of restaurant financials
- Experience with stock control, stock count and resolving of stock discrepancies
- Experience in Service Recovery
- Able to work flexible hours, weekends and holidays

Duties and responsibilities:

- To support the outlet management in the day-to-day operation; being actively present in the operation and dealing with guests during peak meal times.
- To control and manage the operating equipment store; including the purchasing and issuing of operating equipment to the outlets.
- To plan and execute food and Beverage special events and make contributions to Food and Beverage promotional ideas to drive revenue and PR throughout the department.
- To finalise the rosters ensuring sufficient labour is available in line with business levels while actively controlling labour costs.
- To manage operating costs in accordance with budgetary requirements.
- To coordinate the training within the department.

Remuneration - R50000 to R60000