Toro Latin Restaurant - Lead Bartender

Company Description

The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess is Arizona’s largest and longest running AAA Five Diamond hotel, and we want you to help us stay iconic. The Princess offers luxury and world class hospitality with 750 guestrooms, more than 300,000 square feet of meeting space, four award-winning restaurants, six sparkling heated pools, and a luxurious Well & Being Spa. Be a part of events like the WM Phoenix Open, Easter at the Princess, Summer at the Princess and Christmas at the Princess. The hotel features great benefits like PTO, matching retirement, travel discounts and more. This place really has it all – except for you!

What’s in it for you:

• Employee discounts at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, local companies and Accor worldwide for you and your family
• Free meals at our on-site employee restaurant
• Learning programs through our Academies designed to sharpen your skills
• Great Medical and Dental benefits, including two employer-funded medical plans, meaning $0 premium if you enroll in the employee-only tier! 401K, Direct Deposit etc.
• Career development opportunities within the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in addition to national promotion opportunities. The sky is the limit!

Job Description

Restaurant Overview:  Across Latin America, food is more than a meal.  It’s an event. It’s a celebration that’s shared, savored and enjoyed with the finest spirits.  Join us in this ritual.  We welcome you to Toro, Richard Sandoval’s Restaurant and Rum Bar, that features a casually unique upbeat dining experience.  Toro will have a small plate menu along with a Suviche (Sushi & Ceviche combination) bar food offering at the restaurant’s lively and energetic Rum Bar setting. The beverage experience will include a variety of hand-muddled cocktails, a collection of Latin wines and a variety of sugarcane spirits that will be expertly chosen by our resident Rum Diosa.

Summary of Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Toro General Manager, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

Creative responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• RSR mixologist for seasonal menu changes
• Lead property bartender media personality
• Primary outlet site inspection mixology master
• RSR spirit product and cocktail educational trainer
• RSR Product Positioning Liaison – in coordination with Director of F&B Operations
• RSR vender relations support – in coordination with Director of F&B Operations
• Act as an “example” for the bar staff, driving culture and policy
• Ensure bar policies and procedures are being followed by the bartending staff throughout each shift.
• Managing the guest experience as driven by the colleagues’ sequences of service
• Development of existing staff and recruitment/hiring of qualified future team members
• Collaborate, create and ever evolve overall beverage program for the bar
• Establish, monitor, audit and accountability of timeliness of service standards
• Set beverage pars and monitor through regular inventory/ordering with Plaza Bar management
• Establish proper bar organization, and build out to maximize efficiency
• Mentor and develop team to deliver a high-quality guest experience, with an emphasis on LQA service standards and voice of the guest (VOG) experience
• Ensure service staff abides by all Arizona Liquor Laws and have current ABC Liquor Certification
• Operational Duties Include, but are not limited to:
• Collaborate with fellow venue management to ensure that the daily opening and closing duties are completed for the entire operation.
• Monitor and maintain daily product par levels as established by venue management
• Maintain bar equipment and small wares inventory and communicate needs to venue management
• Maintain a secure, safe, and responsible bar operation
• Collaborate with Director of Beverage and GM to establish bar set-up and layouts that are efficient for each new menu rollout
• Direct responsibility over training of the barback and bartender teams to follow venue guidelines
• Maintaining a clean work environment before, during, and after operating hours
• Maintain and be the champion of Ecosure and health inspections to train the staff on the standards
• Perform internal health inspections to ensure the bar is hitting the standards

Qualifications

• Previous bartending experience preferred
• Excellent knowledge of all beverage products
• Previous point of sale system experiences an asset
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving abilities
• Highly responsible & reliable
• Abili