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