Food & Beverage Manager jobs in Huntington, NY

The Food and Beverage Manager should possess proven prior knowledge of the event and restaurant industry. Knowledge of time management of staffing and experience with strong relationships between vendors. Strong leadership skills for onsite events are mandatory. Able to maintain a white glove hospitality structure.

Our fast-paced environment requires sharp, poised, presentable and well-spoken individuals with a flair for creativity and grace under fire. Our out-of-the-box approach is creative and elaborate! We display a commitment to the highest level of customer service excellence in order to effectively deliver our vision to our clients.

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You will be a part of a Production and Hospitality company looking for elite candidates to work full time including some weekends and holidays. This position will require traveling to various venue locations and being responsible for communicating with backend warehouse, hospitality sales and your events team/staff!

Experience:

Event Production and Hospitality Management, 2 years (Required)

A degree in Culinary Arts or a Hospitality related field

Responsibilities:

- Managing the Food and Beverage Department

-Staffing for events BOH and FOH

-Ability to communicate with warehouse team for loading and off loading of trucks

-Administration abilities such as generating pull list for the warehouse team, coordinating deliveries and pick up, creating front sheets, timelines production books, Requesting COI’s from outside vendors,

-Assisting in working with event manager on event specification

-Knowledge of all inventory in the warehouse

-Work with Venue Leaders on the events, rentals and promotions

Required Skills:

• 2 years of experience in event and hospitality (experience A HUGE PLUS)
• Food & Beverage Knowledge Required
• Seasoned multitasker with advanced organizational / project management skills
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills and experience negotiating vendor contracts
• Possess leadership skill
• Demonstrated excellence in organizational skills for managing events, and customer service with attention to detail and follow-through
• Ability to be a true team player while handle multiple projects simultaneously, set priorities and take initiative, while relaying projections, comments and information to other departments
• Impeccable communication skills across varying modes and styles of communication
• Ability to stay calm and level headed under pressure
• Basic computer skills a must
• Willing and able to work nonstandard work hours and weekends/Holiday as required

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $1,050.00 - $1,200.00 per week

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Experience level:

• 2 years

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person