Director of Food and Beverage - The Valley Hotel - a Curio Collection by Hilton

VALLEY HOTEL

Located a few short miles from downtown Birmingham, the Valley Hotel is situated in the heart of Homewood, Alabama. In this bucolic neighborhood you’ll find a friendly, walkable town steeped in southern hospitality and spirited independence. Once considered a bedroom community, Homewood is now the epicenter of a creative vortex including one-of-a-kind retail, restaurants, galleries and bars.

A Curio Collection by Hilton hotel, the Valley Hotel offers 129 spacious guest rooms and over 5,000 square feet of fantastic event space. A place for visitors and locals alike to escape the everyday. From a casual drink at the terrace bar, to an amazing dinner at Ironwood Kitchen & Cocktails or even a hand-crafted coffee from our cafe -

The Valley hotel allows guests to getaway in the middle of it all.

If you think you bring the ideal blend of skills, attitude and teamwork, sprinkled with a love for Birmingham, this could be the perfect home for you! Are you passionate and creative with a desire to grow? Let’s talk! Click here to learn more about what makes 106 Jefferson a one-of-a-kind in Birmingham/Homewood.

THE ROLE

Join the SAVOR! team at Valor Hospitality as our Director of Food and Beverage. The Valley Hotel is a Curio Collection by Hilton, award-winning property. We are looking for someone with experience leading teams at multiple outlets that include a full-service upscale restaurant, rooftop bar, coffee shop and busy banquet and event space

At SAVOR, we aren’t just about food & beverage – we are kitchen & bar innovators that transform traditional dining to have lasting impact. With over 110 kitchens and bars across 40 cities worldwide, we fuse our global hospitality expertise with local flavor to deliver one-of-a-kind experiences. If you're passionate about food, beverage, and creating memorable moments for our guests, come be a part of our talented team. We offer opportunities for growth in a diverse, dynamic, and innovative environments.

Essential Responsibilties

• Accomplish food & beverage human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining associates; communicating job expectations, job duties and job responsibilities; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
• Achieve food and beverage operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
• Meet food and beverage financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Avoid legal challenges by conforming to the regulations of the alcoholic beverage commission.
• Maximize bar profitability by ensuring portion control; monitoring accuracy of charges.
• Publicize the food and beverage by designing and placing advertisements; inviting food editors to review the food and beverage; contacting local, regional, and national magazines with feature ideas encouraging local businesses to hold social events
• Maintain safe, secure, and healthy environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures; supervise the maintenance of food and beverage equipment to protect the assets, while securing revenues and complying with legal regulations and ensure quality service.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Investigate, resolve, respond to guest needs, inquiries, comments and/or problems to ensure a quality experience and enhance future sales prospects.
• Update the cash management system and compile, generate and prepare various reports to aid in the administration of the Food and Beverage department.
• Perform Manager-on-Duty functions and shifts as assigned.
  
  

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• 2 or 4 year degree in hospitality management or related field
• Minimum 3 years experience in a food & beverage leadership role
• Ability to perform critical analysis and manage a wide-range of information.
• Requires advanced knowledge of business and management principles and practices involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Possess excellent oral, written and presentation skills. Ability to delegate, manage manpower and organize complex projects and establish priorities consistent with department/hotel objectives. Listen effectively.
• Operate department within the guidelines of the Foundation Document. Communicate to both, guests and fellow associates, professionally and positively.
  
  

Benefits Package

• Competitive Salary
• Daily Pay!
• Team Member Hotel Discount Program
• Uniforms Provided for most positions
• Benefits - Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and other supplemental options
• Paid PTO
• 401k with employer match
• Food and Beverage Discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
  
  

Please visit http://www.valorhospitality.com to learn more about our existing hotels, other exciting job opportunities and our company.