POSITION: Food & Beverage Manager

DEPARTMENT: Food & Beverage

REPORTS TO: Director of Food and Beverage

FLSA STATUS: Salaried, Exempt

Summary

ASM Global, the leader in privately managed public assembly facilities, has an excellent and immediate opening for a Food & Beverage Manager at the Waco Convention Center. We are seeking a unique F&B Manager to join our F&B team. Under general supervision of the Director of F&B, the Food & Beverage Manager is responsible for the following duties and responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Includes the following:

• Hiring and Training of all Food & Beverage Servers, Cashiers and Bartenders
• Maintaining labor costs and budget goals.
• Fulfilling the service per each Banquet Event Orders (BEO).
• Maintains an active role in local hospitality community and professional associations.
• Attend in-house event-related meetings and relays immediate changes with other departments.
• Maintaining all Banquet equipment cleanliness and annual maintenance.
• Maintain a Health Department score of 90 or higher.
• Must be creative in designing buffets and coffee break décor.
• Attention to detail and consistency in every aspect of service is a must
• Position is very hands on with excessive interaction with clients during events.
• Ordering linen and maintaining uniforms.
• Responsible for Inventory Control, Beverage Inventory, ordering, receiving and controls.
• Responsible for Payroll, Cash Handling and banquet Checks
• Daily contact with the Food & Beverage Director, Operations Managers and other convention center employees.  
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervises all hourly F&B Staff
• Supervises and trains contract labor
• Training of all banquet and bar employees

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills and Abilities

• Advanced oral and written communication skills
• Strong orientation to customer service and ability to work with other staff members in the facility
• Results oriented individual with the ability to meet required budgetary goals.
• Excellent organizational, planning, communication, and inter-personal skills
• Ability to undertake and complete multiple tasks
• Computer skills to include Excel programs
• Serve-safe certified
• Ability to be creative with buffet presentations and maintain a quality product
• Attention to detail and service oriented.

Education and Experience

• At least four years of management experience in a banquet facility servicing meals for large events
• Must have high school diploma or equivalent

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position requires minimal stooping and lifting. 
• Substantial walking and manual dexterity to operate office equipment such as a computer is required.

Note

The essential responsibilities of this position are described under the headings above.  They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.  Also, this document in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.