Lead Bartender "Lider de Cantineros/as

Lead Bartender ("Lider de Cantineros/as")

Woodlark Hotel - Portland, OR 97205

Overview

Salary Range $16. 80 - $16. 80 Hourly Level Experienced Position Type Full-Time/Part-Time Job Shift Any Category Restaurant - Food Service

Description

Position Purpose

Provide friendly, courteous and efficient food and beverage service to all guests, while focusing on quality presentation. As a lead, this position supervises beverage staff during a shift and supports the Director of Food & Beverage, Executive Chef, and Food & Beverage Manager in leadership responsibilities.

Essential Responsibilities

• Prepare high-quality, freshly crafted cocktails at high volume with proper technique.
• Take beverage and food orders at the bar. Describe menu items and suggests products to customers.
• Assist in directing the craft spirit, wine, and beer programs.
• Create craft cocktail and menu, with an emphasis on the classical method of mixology.
• Work with food and beverage director in lowering beverage costs by keeping accurate par levels, preventing spillage, theft-prevention and developing high margin programs.
• Ensure proper service standards are met with a genuine commitment to guest satisfaction.
• Train bartending team on service standards, product knowledge and technique.
• Ensure that the proper materials and supplies (garnishes, foams, shrubs, juices, infusions, tools, syrups, modifiers, bitters, etc. ) are available and used correctly and consistently
• Prepare house made spirit infusions. Work with Director of F&B closely to build vendor relationships and ensure bar is carrying the most up to date, high quality product
• Train the beverage staff on proper alcohol beverage control protocols and enforce policies consistently.
• Perform cash, credit card, and room transactions in an accurate manner for servers/bartenders when necessary
• Always maintain and enforce cleanliness standards of the bar from start to finish of a shift.
• Restock and replenish bar inventory and supplies.
• Provide opening and closing inventory of spirits.
• Ensure all liquor, beer and wine product is put away safely and always secured.
• Participate in the deep cleaning of the outlet, while overseeing safety of the bar staff.
• Assist all guests and staff professionally and courteously, with the highest quality of standards for customer service.
• Ensure that taps, coolers, and other appliances like blenders or coffee makers are clean and in working order.
• Verify customers identification and confirm it meets legal drinking age.
• Ensure that minors and intoxicated persons are not served alcoholic beverages.
• Assist all guests professionally and courteously, with the highest quality of standards for customer service.
• All other duties assigned by manager or supervisor.

Supportive Functions

In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the manager based upon the particular requirements of the hotel:

• Assist with any guest inquiry.
• Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures.
• Report maintenance problems, safety hazards, accidents, or injuries.
• Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by direct and indirect Supervisors.

Physical Demands

• Environmental conditions are inside, a job is considered inside if staff spends approximately 75 percent or more of the time inside. Temperature is moderate and controlled by hotel environmental systems.
• Must be able to work in extreme temperatures like freezers (-10°F) and kitchens (+110°F), possible for one (1) hour or more.
• Must be able to stand and exert well-paced mobility for up to four (4) hours in length.
• Must be able to exert well-paced ability to maneuver between functions occurring simultaneously.
• Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space and to reach other departments of the hotel on a timely basis.
• Must be able to lift up to 45 lbs. as needed.
• Must be able to push and pull carts and equipment weighing up to 250 lbs.
• Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening, and hearing ability and visual acuity.
• Hearing, smelling, tasting, and visual ability to observe and distinguish product quality and detect signs of emergency situations.
• Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with other staff, guests, and supervisors.
• Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near and color vision and depth perception.
• Ability to work primarily with fingers to pick, pinch, type and carry out substantial movements (motions) of the wrists and hands as well.

Specific Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand the primary language used in the workplace.
• Requires good communication skills, …