Tasting Room Manager- Laurentia Vineyard & Winery

This individual needs to be truly passionate about food & wine.

As the Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of our Tasting Room and restaurant, ensuring excellent customer service, and managing our team to deliver a high-quality experience for our guests.

Restaurant experience is a MUST! Winery experience is a huge plus!

Tasting Room Manager Job Duties:

• Recruit, interview, hire and train wine hosts, bar backs and host/hostess staff.
• Interact with guests and wine club members to develop loyalty and handle customer concerns.
• Contribute to creating wine and food menus.
• Ensure staff is following all food control and safety regulations
• Maintain winery wait system during peak season
• Coordinate & execute special events and wine dinners
• Ensure Tasting Room bar is profitable by analyzing sales, current trends, staffing and places for improvement
• Develop new promotions for the bar
• Help meet or exceed budgeted financial targets
• Maintains operations policies and standard operating procedures
• Maintains patron satisfaction by monitoring, evaluating, and auditing food, beverage, and service offerings, initiating improvements.
• Building relationships with preferred patrons.
• Maintains safe and healthy facility environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures; complying with health and legal regulations; maintaining maintenance and general operations of the restaurant.
• Work closely with our chef, winemaker, and wine club manager to reach goals within the Tasting Room.
• Responsible for wine inventory with the Tasting Room

Tasting Room Manager Skills and Qualifications:

Managers must be versed in running a restaurant/wine bar, managing employees, and ensuring profitability. They need certain skills and experience, which include:

• Great interpersonal, communication and customer-service skills
• Ability to hire, train, manage and schedule staff.
• Extensive knowledge of wine, wine-bar tending and service protocols
• Alcohol awareness training is recommended.
• Solid organizational skills and facility with budgets, inventories and negotiating prices with vendors.
• Great sales skills and talent for developing promotions or new products
• Eye for detail within the Tasting Room

Job Type: Full-time- On- site

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.58 - $27.20 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Restaurant type:

• Casual dining restaurant

Shift:

• Day shift
• Evening shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Ability to Relocate:

• Madison, OH 44057: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person