Assistant Food & Beverage Manager

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Join the Discovery family, where quality and service are at the heart of everything we do!

This role will be located at one of Discovery Land Company’s locations: Dune Deck Beach Club, set outside in Westhampton Beach, NY.

Dune Deck Beach Club is seeking a Assistant Food and Beverage Manager to join the Food and Beverage Service Department.

The Assistant Food & Beverage Manager is responsible for assisting the F&B Manager and coordination of the F&B Operation. Primarily taking responsibility for all outlets which encompass casual dining to fine dining experiences within the club. He/She will work to maintain and improve operational standards for both in the front of house and back of house to ensure all guests receive exceptional and genuine service at all times, reflective of international luxury service standards. In this role, you will be part of creating the Discovery Land Company experience for our members and fellow employees.

Key Responsibilities

• Department Management
  • Works to uphold Discovery Land Company Sequence of Service for all F&B outlets.
  • Ensure Food and Beverage outlet is mainted, operated, and monitored throughout the day. 
  • Works with Culinary and F&B leadership team to continuously analyze menus, prices, and overall product offering to ensure maximum profiablity.
  • Work with Catering & Events Manager on events.
  • Organize the restaurant outlets and make preparations in an efficient manner to cope with the daily restaurant covers and events.
  • Optimize seating capacity by constantly monitoring reservation status and professionally allocating tables.
  • Ensures guest profiles are maintained and updated on a daily basis.
  • Provide assistance to effectively manage the restaurant through observance and teamwork, ensuring floor presence and communication with colleagues.
  • Assist with all member or guest issues/concerns in a professional, courteous, and prompt manner.
  • Responsible for establishing procedures and training to ensure fast, courteous, and efficient service, and adherence to safety and service guidelines.
  • Practices and trains up-selling to maximize average spend per cover. 
  • Ensure all cleaning schedules, temperature records, opening/closing checklists are completed and recorded daily.
  • Maintain all equipment and be sure it is properly handled and maintained by all F&B staff.
  • All government, safety, health, and security standards are complied through the department at all times.
• Staff Management
  • Recruit, train, and supervise Food and Beverage department staff.
  • Continuously create and implement new ideas for training & development, department objectives, and goals.
  • Scheduling of staff to ensure F&B outlets are staffed adequately along with monitoring punctuality and monitoring the department labor budget.
  • Conducts/attends daily briefings to communicate necessary information and to provide objective and constructive feedback to employees.
  • Listen to employee concerns and deals with any challenges in a timely manner.
  • Ensures attendance on behavioral and vocational training programs, and personally conducts key training for employees in the outlet.
  • Recommends promotions and disciplinary action for subordinates.
• Financial Management
  • Ensures cost effectiveness of resources (material & staff) to achieve optimum profitability.
  • Prepares annual capital and operational budgets for all F&B service areas and training.
  • Monitor inventory levels through regular inventory checks and compare with budget allotment and costs.  
  • Ensures cost effectiveness of resources (material & staff) under his/her control to achieve optimum profitability to comply with and enforce Discovery Land’s rules and policies.
  • Controls pilferage and breakage to cut down operational cost.
• Any and all other duties deemed necessary by a member of management.

Skills & Qualifications

•  degree in Hospitality Management or Culinary Degree.
• Four (4) or more years in a management role in a fine dining establishment or other related experience.
• Sommelier Certification from an internationally recognized institution, preferred.
• Exposure in Food and Beverage standards and management in an luxary or international setting (preferred).
• Knowledgeable of HACCP & local food safety standards.
• Strong proven leadership abilities