Director of Food & Beverage Sir Francis Drake Hotel

**Director of Food & Beverage - Sir Francis Drake Hotel**

**Opportunity Summary:**

The Sir Francis Drake hotel has been a San Francisco icon and social beacon since its 1928 debut. The hotel is poised to reclaim its once and future legendary status when it reopens early 2022. Join a handpicked management team of hospitality history makers and play a key role in this historic transformation and re-opening.

The Director of Food & Beverage will honor the hotel's storied past yet make it better than ever for staff, guests, and San Franciscans alike. As Cable Cars again rumble past the front door, revamped rooms and celebrated public spaces will emerge within. Above, the Starlite Room will again shine and become an "anchor in the sky" drawing people from street to star. Here is your once-in-a-generation opportunity to be part of creating a new social circle on Union Square, luring people to the heart of The City, where history is forever starting now.

Job Summary:

The Director of Food & Beverage is responsible for coordinating, supervisor and directing the property food and beverage operation, while maintaining a profitable F&B department with high-quality products and service levels. The Director of F&B is expected to market ideas to promote business; maintain revenue and payroll budgets; and meet budgeted productivity while keeping quality consistently high.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

* Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new associates in the department.

* Oversees the daily workflow of the department.

* Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.

* Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.

* Develops and implements departmental budget.

* Maintain standards of food and beverage quality and guest service quality.

* Achieve budgeted revenues and expenses and maximize profitability related to the food and beverage department and participate in the preparation of the annual hotel budget.

* Assist in preparing local and national sales/marketing programs for food and beverage.

* Develop short-term and long-term financial and operational plans for the food and beverage department which support the overall objectives of the hotel .

* Maintain inventory control procedures.

* Increase the level of guest satisfaction by delivery of an improved product through employee development, job-specific training, and quality of product.

* Manage in compliance with established company policies and procedures and in compliance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

* Maintain procedures for security of monies and maintains procedures for credit control and handling of financial transactions .

* Receive departmental-related guest concerns and ensures corrective action is taken.

* Guide and inspire exceptional team performance and mentor managers, supervisors, and team members in the Food & Beverage Division

* Build team capability, knowledge, and resources to meet short- and long-term business objectives

* Mentor, train, and coach team members, oversee new hires and track team training

* Manage operational coverage, workload, and resource distribution within and across teams

* Oversee the efforts to ensure service standards are consistently met and exceeded

* Enhance services and standards for the Food & Beverage Division

* Accountability for P&L in the Food & Beverage Division

* Anticipate future guest trends and align services offered in the Food & Beverage Division

* Develop innovative solutions to enhance communication of guest and service information

* Must have knowledge of F&B preparation techniques, health department rules, and regulations, liquor laws, and regulations.

Required Skills/Abilities:

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

* Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills to strive in a team environment.

* Excellent hands-on organizational skills and attention to detail.

* Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.

* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

* Strong supervisory and leadership skills.

* Ability to adapt to the needs of the organization and employees.

* Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.

* Proficient with POS Systems and reservation systems.

* Craftable / BirchStreet knowledge a plus

Education and Experience:

* High School Diploma or equivalent

* least five (5) years of Food & Beverage management experience required.

* Lifestyle / luxury hotel experience required, opening experience a plus.

* CA / San Francisco experience preferred.

Physical Requirements:

* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to bend, push, pull, stand, walk, talk, or hear.

* Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, or telephone

* Long hours sometimes required to include weekends and holidays

* Medium work - exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects

Company Benefits:

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Commuter assistance

401(k) with company match

Life Insurance

Paid Sick Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Recognition

Employee Referral Incentive program

EOE: *Northview Hotel Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on any characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws*

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