10 South Bar Manager in Janesville, Wisconsin at 10 South LLC

Job Description

Bar Manager, Part-Time

Summary

10 South Wedding Venue is part of BEDO Brands, a collection of award-winning brands that focuses on hospitality and the wedding industry, which also includes Mercantile Hall and Bon Bon Belle Bridal Boutique. We are a historic wedding and event space located in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Role Description

Manage bar operations effectively through proper planning, ordering, staffing and execution of services. Ensure that all systems and processes are being followed and executed to provide the best bar experience possible for our customers.

The Bar manager is required to work onsite at 10 South two days per week—Monday and Thursday—on any week that we have events. Approximate Bar Manager hours are 10-12 per week, with additional hours available serving as a regular 10 South Bartender, taking occasional shifts alongside their staff, to support effective teamwork, communication, and adherence to processes.

Responsibilities

Staff Management

• Fully owning all bar staff management duties: training, coaching, celebrating, disciplining, and developing bar staff members to perform at their highest potential in this role and provide our customers with excellent service.
• Effectively managing members of the bar staff (i.e. bartenders and barbacks).
• Efficiently communicating weekly updates to bar staff members.
• Creating and maintaining the bar staff schedule.
• Conducting bar staff interviews and orientation/training.

Operations Management

• Ordering product according to cost metrics (including specialty requests and pricing) and communicating with distributors.
• Preparing bar schedule and inventory in advance of event weekends (reviewing event timelines, bar packages, special requests, staffing needs, etc. ahead of each event).
• Conducting weekly inventory checks.
• Receiving and organizing all incoming deliveries for proper organization of storage spaces (liquor room and basement storage), organizing for weekend events, and preparing for incoming deliveries.
• Attending weekly BEO meetings each Thursday.
• Ensuring proper systems are in place to support the maintenance, cleanliness and organization of both in-house bars.
• Stocking and prepping the bar before weekend events (stocking the cooler, prepping simple syrups, replacing supplies behind the bar, etc.)
• Reviewing current checklists and editing for improvement, and creating checklists to ensure events are executed properly.
• Communicating discrepancies to distributors and/or Event Managers proactively.
• Communicating with customers as needed by Event Managers

Compensation Pay:

• Bar Manager: $23.00 per hour for hours worked as Bar Manager (work performed outside of events, not tending bar). Not to exceed an average of 10-12 hours per week.
• Bartender: $7.50 per hour plus tips, with a per-fully-executed event guarantee of $300.00 for standard events (weddings) and $200.00 non-standard events (corporate, etc.).

Uphold and demonstrate our Core Values:

• CARE: We care first for each other, then customers
• SERVICE: We wow our customers with service and hospitality
• PROCESS: We follow repeatable systems to ensure consistently excellent experiences for our customers and co-workers
• IMPROVEMENT: We constantly improve and raise the bar on our service experience, our facility, our brand, and ourselves.