Assistant Food and Beverage Manager
£24,000 per annum
Stapleford Park is a 4-red star luxury country house hotel offering a spa, championship golf course, luxury accommodation, country sports & 2 AA Rosette Restaurant. We are currently seeking an Assistant Food and Beverage Manager to join our team.
The role will entail assisting the F&B Manager with the day to day management and running of the Food and Beverage operation ensuring a high standard of service and providing a fine dining experience to Stapleford Park guests. From time to time, you will be deputising in the absence of the F&B Manager.
The Role:
- In conjunction with the F&B Manager, responsible for establishing and maintaining high standards of professional service at all times in the restaurant, bar, conference, and banqueting areas
- Assisting with recruiting, inducting, training, performance, and development of all F&B and liaising with HR where appropriate
- Monitor/manage the financial performance of the department (including costs) monthly and agree corrective actions if appropriate
- Ability to report F&B financials to the Board in management meetings
- To drive sales and upsell targets to ensure maximum profitability
- Ensure good practices and effective management in inventory control
- Ability to negotiate with and manage suppliers to maintain cost effectiveness
- Ability to deal with Health and Safety issues within the department
- Ability to update prices onto back office systems such as Opera and Micros
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations
- Create staff rota on a weekly basis to ensure staffing is appropriate for business levels
- Deal with customer complaints and build rapport with guests
The Person
- Fluent in both written and verbal English
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
- Strong team management and leadership qualities
- Good wine knowledge
- A spirit of initiative and proactiveness
- Have good organisational skills
- Able to stay calm, work under pressure and make quick sensible decisions
- Able to delegate tasks effectively
- Able to analysis costings and comfortable with numbers
Please submit your CV and Covering Letter to: lhodkinson@stapleford.co.uk