Assistant Manager - Food & Beverage

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At Novotel Barossa Valley Resort, our mission is to create memorable moments for every guest by genuinely connecting hearts, from arrival to farewell.

Whether you're seeking a job, building a career, or pursuing your true calling, you'll find your place with us.

We are currently seeking our next Assistant Manager – Food & Beverage, and in this role, you will...

• To be accountable for the operations of the outlet through effective people skills, while maximizing profitability and meeting customer needs.
• To support revenue initiatives and maintain cost control 
• A ‘hands on’ approach is required as is to work as part of a team to provide efficient food and beverage service.
• Manage the service of food and beverage within the restaurant / bar and room service, conferencing and outside catering
• Ensure cleaning and maintenance of outlets, work areas, tableware, utensils and other materials and equipment used by restaurant / bar and room service;
• Regular liaison with Maintenance ensuring maintenance requests are completed quickly focusing on guest needs as a priority.
• Coordinate between restaurant /  bar and other relevant departments to ensure that preparations for conferences involving restaurant / bar and room service have been made;
• Management and guidance of food & Beverage team 
• Prepare weekly and monthly forecasts for Food & Beverage Outlets
• Ensure constant liaison with the Conference Sales Manager/s;
• Any other such duties that may from time to time be assigned by the Food & Beverage Manager
• Adherence to Emergency Communication procedures ensuring that enquiries from the media are only responded to by the nominated spokesperson

• Relevant experience in a similar capacity
• Good working knowledge of  Opera Cloud, Micros, Simphony Cloud, MS Excel, Word, & PowerPoint
• High degree of professionalism with sound human resources management and business acumen capabilities
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and training skills
• Good communication and customer contact skills

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.