Beverage Manager

Responsibilities

• Utilizes budgets to understand financial objectives.
• Maintains a positive cost management index for beverage operations.
• Develops and executes a comprehensive Bar programme leveraging knowledge of mixology and entertainment concepts to create a memorable and unique customer experience.
• Develops sales and marketing goals and strategies, business positioning of the bars, and ensures alignment with the hotel business strategy.
• Executes the sales strategy and ensures that goals are met.
• Assesses market position and recommends product and service needs and changes necessary to meet sales and marketing objectives consistent with hotel goals.
• Directs and manages sales to maximize profits.
• Develops and implements marketing policies, plans and procedures for the bars.
• Implements new beverage concepts and promotions for the restaurant outlets and bar/lounges.
• Benchmarks the competition and is aware of competitive promotions and strategies.
• Makes sure that all subordinates know about each months target of sales and work together to achieve the set target.
• Participates in the development of department's capital expenditure goals and manages projects as needed.
• Understands beverage control including days on hand, perpetual inventory, bar pars, portion control, costs controls, beverage potentials, mix of sales analysis for beverage, issue & returns, food standards, and period end inventory.
• Monitors adherence to all liquor control policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with local laws and regulations.
• Implements agreed upon beverage policy and procedures throughout the hotel.
• Verifies compliance with all beverage policies in the outlets set by the brand as a minimum standard.
• Is accountable for all bars to be in compliance of food handling and sanitation standards.
• Produces monthly cleanliness and maintenance reports for all bars throughout the hotel.
• Manages inventories according to budget and business levels.
• Communicates critical information to all bar teams, as well as outlet managers, regarding events, and makes necessary arrangements for proper beverage to be available during events.
• Liaises with the kitchen, stewarding, housekeeping and engineering to ensure that the operation runs smoothly in areas of joint responsibility.
• Attends meetings as needed i.e. daily briefing of F&B and department Head meeting, project meetings, etc.
• Assists in monitoring and controlling the hotels Glassware / OE inventory and participates in inventory taking.
• Prepares monthly training and training reports.