Group Dining Manager

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Provide exceptional service and personalized experiences to every guest at every time. Terrible Herbst Inc. has a long and rich history of guest service, with an emphasis on providing high-quality hospitality and a deliberately different experience to every customer at a fair price.  We look for people to join our team that exemplify our aligned Core Values: Integrity, Passion, Caring, Professionalism and Learning. Terrible Taverns strive to be a valued and special part of our customers’ daily lives. 

Description:

The Group Dining Manager is responsible for the overall financial and operational performance of the banquet space and large group sales. They will also assist on the restaurant side as an acting restaurant manager reporting to the General Manager. They are responsible for the ongoing development of their hourly team ensuring that they have a full understanding of WSKY Taverns operational standards, policies and procedures. It is important that the Group Dining Manager can effectively demonstrate these standards, policies and procedures. The Group Dining Manager must help drive sales for large groups in the restaurant, as well as capture bookings for the banquet space using effective selling and relationship building techniques. They will help build a team that provides instant guest recognition and satisfaction, maintain excellent service standards, ability to read and understand gaming reports with self-responsibility for increasing gaming, food and liquor sales while setting and maintaining beverage and comp cost of goods goals. Must be proficient in Toast POS System. Set and manage par levels for all products used. Maintain building appearance, functionality of equipment and compliance with OSHA, Health District and Clark County regulations. Must have a thorough understanding of Gaming Compliance.    

Responsibilities:

·         Helps oversee all facets of gaming, high volume restaurant, and banquet operations

·         Implement and uphold all department SOPs and standardized Banquet Event Orders (BEOs)

·         Field, contract, design and coordinate all events, including single day full venue buyouts

·         Effectively communicate BEOs to General Manager and Executive Chef to ensure successful events

·         Meet with prospective and contacted clients for site-visits, walkthroughs, and relationship building

·         Collaborating with the Executive Chef and General Manager to execute and create menus for large groups

·         Visiting local businesses, hotels, high-rises, etc. to build brand visibility and build relationships

·         Monitors hiring, training, and supervising of the FOH team members

·         Assisting and directing FOH team in service, beverage preparation, menu creation, and overall guest experience

·         Responsible for the fiscal budget, must meet or exceed all budget requirements

·         Focuses on Guest Experience and ensure every guest receives a deliberately different experience that caters to their needs.

·         Oversees banquet operations from setup to tear down and assists the Catering Manager as needed

·         Meets with the Catering team on a weekly basis to understand upcoming events, review budgets and sales goals, and discuss opportunities to drive new business

·         Responsible for meeting all Health Department, Gaming and TAM regulations and maintain standards throughout the hours of operation

·         Coaches, counsel and disciplines team members to ensure company standards are met

·         Understands and becomes the subject matter expert on the Point of Sales system and any other restaurant computer software

·         Familiar with beverage ordering, setting and maintaining par levels

·         All other responsibilities given within the scope of the job description

Qualifications:

·         Must have a high school diploma or equivalent

·         3 to 5 years of F&B management experience in high volume setting

·         Open availability, must be able to work all shifts, holidays and weekends

·         Working knowledge of general gaming tavern operations, personnel management, food and beverage planning and preparation, purchasing, par levels/daily and monthly inventory, sanitation and health codes and security

·         Must have an understanding in Profit and Loss Statements preferred

·         Demonstrated ability to manage operating costs in accordance with budgets

·         Familiarity with Konami Gaming, restaurant management software and POS

·         Must demonstrate honesty and integrity inside and outside the workplace

·         Ability to obtain and maintain food handler’s certification card, TAM and Non-Gaming Card

·         Must possess computer literacy skills

·         Must be able to lift 45 lbs.

·         Excellent leadership skills

·         Must have a passion for coaching and developing others

·         Comfortably setting priorities and delegating tasks as needed

·         Extremely organized and detailed oriented

·         Strong interpersonal and communication skills

·         Must strive for a 100% of customer satisfaction

·         Recruit, interview, hire and train bar staff

·         Interact with customers to develop loyalty and handle customer concerns

·         Ensure all licenses are current including health, safety and liquor

·         Ensure staff follow all food control and safety regulations

·         Create employee schedules based on expected customer numbers

·         Ensure bars are profitable by analyzing liquor costs versus sales

·         Work with liquor vendors to develop new productions or promotions for the bar

·         Set and maintain standards for safe food handling, cleanliness and safety

·         Negotiate with vendors, order supplies, manage inventories and budgets

Preferred

·         2 to 3 years of Gaming experience preferred

·         3 to 5 years of local Gaming Management experience preferred

·         2 to 4 years of Banquet experience preferred

Supervisory Responsibilities:                                         

Dining Group

Travel Requirements:                                          

Reliable transportation is required.

Language Sills:

Ability to read and interpret documents in English, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to read and communicate verbally in English. Written communication skills in in English may also be required.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses and Permits

Employees must be able to qualify for licenses and permits required for position by federal, state and local regulations.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and must have the ability to push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop, stack, crouch, kneel and balance when performing job duties in varying work areas such as confined spaces.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Employees could be exposed to an environment containing unrestricted secondhand tobacco smoke.

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