Assistant Restaurant Manager OEM/HM at Crestline Hotels and Resorts – Blacksburg, Virginia

At Crestline we believe in offering our employees a work environment that allows for work-life balance. We offer a variety of benefits to our full-time team members. Benefits include some of the following:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance to fit the needs of our employees
• Company Match 401K, helping you to prepare for the future!
• Employee Assistance Program- Always know we are here to support you!
• Paid Leave
• Pet Insurance for our furry friends
• Team Member Travel Discounts - We all need to get away sometime
• Great Employee Events and more

Positioned on the corner of the beautiful Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, is seeking an Assistant Restaurant Manager. The successful candidate will be an energetic and a hands-on leader who will work with the Restaurant Manager to continuously encourage and develop restaurant and bar & lounge team members while ensuring a quality guest experience that keeps our clients coming back time and again.

Pay is commensurate with experience. This position is eligible for an incentive pay program.

Overview:

The Assistant Food & Beverage Manager is responsible for assisting in the successful operation and administration of all food and beverage related departments to include restaurants, club room/lounge, and room service outlet. The Assistant Food & Beverage Manager must ensure that the department is continually balanced while focusing on providing an exceptional food and beverage experience to every guest and maximizing department profitability at the same time. The Assistant of Food & Beverage Manager is responsible for ensuring that all food and beverage operations are carried out professionally, to standards and at the highest level of service. The Assistant Food & Beverage Manager will effectively lead, train, coach, motivate, engage, and provide feedback to the staff, supervisors, and managers daily.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Create and execute innovative food and beverage strategies that will drive the hotel to exceed guest satisfaction and revenues.
• Work collaboratively with all members of the food and beverage team in menu planning, development, and execution.
• Ensure food and beverage staff and management are properly trained to standards and able to carry out the operations of each department.
• Work closely with department managers to develop them both personally and professionally.
• Drive outlet revenues through strategic marketing, promotion and up selling efforts.
• Ensure that all complaints regarding food quality, service, or accommodations were investigated and resolved.
• May schedule and receive food and beverage deliveries, checking delivery contents to verify product quality and quantity.
• Work with Executive Chef and culinary staff to ensure portion sizes, garnishing, presentation, and preparation of food exceed standards.
• Monitor budgets and payroll records and review financial transactions to ensure that expenditures are authorized and budgeted.
• Monitor compliance with health and fire regulations regarding food preparation and serving and building maintenance in lodging and dining facilities.
• Keep records required by government agencies regarding sanitation, and food subsidies when appropriate.
• Establish standards for personnel performance and customer service.
• Estimate food, liquor, wine, and other beverage consumption to anticipate amounts to be purchased or requisitioned.
• Review work procedures and operational problems to determine ways to improve service, performance, or safety.
• Organize and direct worker training programs, resolve personnel problems, hire new staff, and evaluate employee performance.
• Record and analyze the number, type, and cost of items sold to determine which items may be unpopular or less profitable.
• Arrange for equipment maintenance and repairs and coordinate a variety of services such as waste removal and pest control.
• Monitor employee and hotel guests' activities to ensure liquor regulations are obeyed.
• Train workers in food preparation, and in service, sanitation, and safety procedures.
• Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure efficient service and conformance to standards.
• Responsible for inventories of food, equipment, small ware, and liquor.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree (Four Year College or University) preferred: or 7 Years Work Equivalent Experience: Hotel experience in hotel food and beverage management.
• Computer skills required. Familiarity with Microsoft Office preferred.
• Experience with hotel systems such as MICROS is required.
• First aid certification as required.
• Serve Safe required.

Crestline Hotels & Resorts is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or disability status.