Food and Beverage Manager

Are you a highly motivated individual with refined professionalism and strong attention to detail? We want YOU to experience Southern Reimagined at The Dewberry Hotel, located in the heart of downtown Charleston.

PRIMARY FUNCTION: Food & Beverage Manager (Floating)

DEPARTMENT: Food & Beverage

REPORTS TO: Director of Outlets

Summary: The Floating Food & Beverage Manager is responsible for overseeing the operations of multiple F&B outlets within the hotel, ensuring exceptional guest service, optimal efficiency, and adherence to brand standards. This role requires a dynamic individual with a strong background in F&B management, capable of adapting to different environments and managing diverse teams across the Living Room Bar, Citrus Club Rooftop, and In-Room Dining.

Essential Functions

Major areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to:

• Drive product and maintain a culture of luxury service by circulating the restaurant floor, continually checking in with guests and service staff to ensure satisfaction.
• Facilitate the training, supervision, scheduling, evaluating, and directing of all direct reports.
• Handle guest concerns in a prompt and professional manner.
• Monitor and supervise the set-up and maintenance of all aspects of the restaurant, ensuring that standards are consistently exceeded.
• Organize, build, and maintain a professional work environment.
• Assist with recruitment and training of teammates, ensuring staff performance is continuously improving.
• Manage overall profit and loss statements.
• Organize and conduct pre-shift departmental meetings, communicating all pertinent information to teammates.
• Ensure par stock levels are maintained by calculating inventory, ordering, and retrieving supplies.
• Complete reports on production, filling out necessary requisitions and controlling distribution of necessary supplies.
• Provide direct service to guests as needed by serving, bussing tables, and seating guests.
• Ensure the department abides by all safety and sanitation policies.
  
  

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Previous experience as a Food & Beverage Manager in an upscale or luxury hotel operation required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prepare and analyze data, figures, and transcriptions.
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office products required.
• Knowledge of food and alcoholic beverages required.
• Budgetary analysis capabilities required.
• Ability to stand and remain mobile for up to 10 hours at a time.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
• Requires manual dexterity, grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, and climbing.
• Ability to bend, stoop, squat, and stretch to complete tasks.
• The position requires the flexibility to move between different F&B outlets within the hotel.
• The role involves working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with varying hours.
  
  

Benefits Of Joining The Dewberry Team

• Competitive Pay
• Advancement & Growth Opportunities
• Full-Time and Part-Time Positions
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• 401K with Company Match
• Education Reimbursement
• Free Downtown Parking
• Subsidized Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage for Full-Time Teammates
  
  

Who We Are

We are a tightknit group of passionate individuals who are unrelenting when it comes to offering a flawless experience at The Dewberry while maintaining our unique brand standards. Every Teammate plays a key role in contributing to the success of the whole hotel.

About The Dewberry

As a 2022 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List award recipient for best hotel in the world, The Dewberry is located in the heart of downtown Charleston, bordering historic Marion Square, just steps from the shopping and dining on King Street, Museum Mile and The Gaillard Center. Offering 154 thoughtfully appointed rooms, world-class service and unparalleled views, The Dewberry occupies the former L. Mendel Rivers (circa 1964) federal building and pays homage to Charleston’s century architectural splendor. The hotel is the result of owner John Dewberry’s vision of “Southern Reimagined,” which he developed over the course of an eight-year renovation and preservation of the building. The hotel features several event spaces, the nationally celebrated cocktail program at the brass bar in The Living Room, the whimsical cocktail lounge Citrus Club, and treatments at our urban oasis, The Spa. The Dewberry is committed to delivering a world-class experience to our discerning guests with a thoughtful approach and flawless execution. We are known among our teammates, our guests, and our community as leaders in our field of hospitality who are authentic, humble, and innovative operators driven to anticipate needs and exceed expectations.