Our client is a large 5* Hotel located in Bangkok, Thailand. Hotel is part of a large international chain.
Title of Position: EAM ic Food & Beverage
Package: 180,000 – 200,000Baht
Benefits: The position offers an Expat package with all the usual benefits
Job Description:
RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY
- Customer and Personal Service – Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
- This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Management of Financial Resources – Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
- Administration and Management – Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Applied Business Knowledge – Understanding market dynamics, enterprise level objectives and important aspects of the company’s business to accurately diagnose strengths and weaknesses, anticipate opportunities and risks, identify issues, and develop strategies and plans.
- Aligning individual and team actions with strategies and plans to drive business results.
- Management of Material Resources – Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN FOOD AND BEVERAGE GOALS
- Set expectations and holds food and beverage leadership team accountable for demonstrating desired service behaviors
- Review financial reports and statements to determine how Food and Beverage is performing against budget
- Make recommendations for CAPEX funding of food and beverage equipment and renovations in accordance with brand business strategy.
- Work with food and beverage leadership team to determine areas of concern and develops strategies to improve the department’s financial performance.
- Establish challenging, realistic and obtainable goals to guide operation and performance.
- Strive to improve service performance.
DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN BUDGETS
- Develop and manage Food and Beverage budget.
- Monitor the department’s actual and projected sales to ensure revenue goals are met or exceeded and opportunities are identified and addressed.
- Ensure cash control and liquor control policies are in place in food & beverage areas and followed by all related employees.
- Focus on maintaining profit margins without compromising guest or employee satisfaction.
LEADING FOOD AND BEVERAGE TEAM
- Utilize interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
- Encourage and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Achieve and exceed goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
- Serve as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
- Develop means to improve profit, including estimating cost and benefit, exploring new business opportunities, etc.
- Identify opportunities to increase profits and create value by challenging existing processes, encouraging innovation and driving necessary change.
- Ensure that regular, on-going communication occurs in all areas of food and beverage (e.g., pre-meal briefings, staff meetings, culinary team).
- Establish and maintains open, collaborative relationships with direct reports and entire food & beverage team.
- Ensures direct reports do the same for their team.
- Develop a food and beverage operating strategy that is aligned with the brand’s business strategy and leads its execution.
- Identify the developmental needs of others and coaches, mentors, or otherwise helps others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Keep updates of market trends and introduces new food and beverage products to meet or exceed customer expectations, generate increased revenue and ensure a competitive position in the market.
ENSURE EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE
- Provide services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
- Improve service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
- Review findings from comment cards and guest satisfaction results with F& B team and ensures appropriate corrective action is taken.
- Review comment cards, guest satisfaction results and other data to identify areas of improvement.
- Empower employees to provide excellent guest service.
- Estimate cost and benefit ratio, maintaining balance between profit and service satisfaction.
- Share plans to take corrective action based on comment cards and guest satisfaction results with property leadership.
MANAGE AND CONDUCT HUMAN RESOURCE ACTIVITIES
- Provide guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Coach and supports food & beverage leadership team to effectively manage wages, food & beverage cost and controllable expenses (e.g., restaurant supplies, uniforms, etc.).
- Hire food & beverage leadership team members who demonstrate strong functional expertise, creativity and entrepreneurial leadership to meet the business needs of the operation.
Qualifications:
- Open to all nationalities.
- Min. 3-5 years in a similar role.
- Must have previous experience with large volume international hotels minimum 8-9 F&B outlets
- SE Asia experience is an advantage.
Apply:
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