Food & Beverage Manager

Come join the award-winning King's Pointe Resort in Storm Lake, IA! We are currently accepting resumes for the Food & Beverage Manager role.

The Food & Beverage Manager is responsible for the staffing and motivation of a professional Restaurant team, staff morale and training; maintaining prime condition of all operating equipment; full responsibility for payroll costs and other expenses, planning and expediting new menu concepts and trends (in conjunction with the General Manager and Kitchen Supervisor), all within the boundaries of the Hotel’s expectations. Responsible for the effective and efficient operation of all the Restaurant, with the prime objective of providing a first-class product, timeously and of an excellent standard, in keeping with the established Hotel Standards of Performance (SOP) Manuals. This role would also have oversight of the concession stand that services the indoor/outdoor waterpark guests as well as event catering both on and off-site.

Some Responsibilities Include - but are not limited to

• Ensure communication meetings are conducted and post-meeting minutes generated.
• Comply with hotel security, fire regulations and all health and safety legislation.
• Develops means to improve profit, including estimating cost and benefit, exploring new business opportunities, etc.
• Identifies opportunities to increase profits and create value by challenging existing processes, encouraging innovation, and driving necessary change.
• Ensures that regular, on-going communication occurs in all areas of food and beverage (e.g., pre-shift meeting, pre-banquet meal briefings, staff meetings, culinary team meeting).
• Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with direct reports and entire Food & Beverage team. Ensures direct reports do the same for their team.

• Recruit, manage, train, and develop the Restaurant team.
• Execute and manage Food and Beverage budget.
• Monitors the department’s actual and projected sales to ensure revenue goals are met or exceeded and opportunities are identified and addressed.
• Ensures cash control and liquor control policies are in place in Food & Beverage areas and followed by all related employees.
• Ensuring timely and accurate inventories of Food & Beverage on monthly basics.
• Focuses on maintaining profit margins without compromising guest or employee satisfaction.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Abilities and Other Qualities

• Must be customer service oriented and a team player
• Must have the ability to work independently, a willingness to learn, and good communication skill

Experience Training and Education

• Must possess, as a minimum, a high school education or its equivalent
• 2- year Business Degree preferred
• Requires an occupationally significant combination of vocational education, apprentice training, on-the-job training, and essential experience in restaurant and management positions.

Benefits such as:

For all team members:

• Eligibility to enroll in the 401(k) after 6 months of service.
• 100% match at 3% contributions, 50% up to 5%.
• Paid Time Off – Sick & Vacation
• Holiday Pay
• Growth and development opportunities with us as a company, potentially at the same property or transferring to another one of our properties. Currently have properties in Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa.
• Travel discounts available through Choice Brand Hotels, Hilton, IHG and Marriott as well as at our independent properties.

For regular full time team members/leadership team:

• We offer medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as opportunities to enroll in STD, LTD, critical illness, accident and/or life insurance as well as flex spending.

S&L Hospitality is a privately held hotel development and management company with our corporate office located in Verona, WI. The combined experience in hotel development and property-level operations, together with the corporate leadership team consisting of specialized hospitality industry experts, make S&L Hospitality a leader in the industry and experts in delivering a first-class guest experience. The combined experience developing, opening and managing hotels and indoor waterpark resorts is unmatched.

Our mission is to provide comfortable, clean, safe and memorable guest experiences. It is a core value of ours to become involved with the local communities where we do business.