Director of Food and Beverage

Join the opening leadership team of Signia by Hilton Indianapolis as our Pre-Opening Director of Food & Beverage and help shape the Food and Beverage vision of this flagship luxury convention hotel. With 7 distinct dining experiences and 212,000 square feet of dynamic meeting and event space, this is an extraordinary opportunity to build a world-class F&B program from the ground up – developing menus, crafting service standards, hiring and mentoring a passionate team, and delivering elevated, modern hospitality at every touchpoint. If you’re a strategic, innovative leader excited by the creativity and challenge of a pre-opening environment, we invite you to help define the future of food and beverage at Signia Indianapolis.

What will I be doing?

• Plan and direct the functions of administration and planning of the Food & Beverage department to meet the daily needs of the operation.
• Clearly describe, assign and delegate responsibility and authority for the operation of the various food and beverage sub departments including all food and beverage outlets and banquets.
• Monitor and, when necessary, develop and implement schedules for the operation of all restaurants and bars to achieve a profitable result.
• Implement effective controls of food, beverage and labor costs among all sub departments and monitor the food and beverage budget to ensure efficient operation and that expenditures stay within budget limitations, including achieving budgeted revenue and labor expenses.
• Assist the departmental managers in establishing and achieving predetermined profit objectives and desired standards of quality food, service, cleanliness, merchandising and promotions. Maximize food and beverage department profitability.
• Regularly review and evaluate the degree of customer satisfaction of the individual outlets, including banquet service, to recommend new operating and marketing policies whenever a change in demand, customer dissatisfaction, or a change in competitive environment requires such changes.
• Investigate and resolve food quality and service complaints.
• Develop, along with assistance from department heads, operating tools necessary and incidental to modern management principles such as budgeting, forecasting, purchase specifications, recipes, portion specifications, menu abstracts, food production control, job descriptions, etc.
• Ensure compliance with all Hilton policies and procedures that relate to food and beverage, as well as local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
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