Hospitality Jobs Hiring a Beverage Director

Profile of the week: The Beverage Directorof information to make the sound decisions the
Beverage Managercompany needs to stay in line with their profit
Does your hotel, high volume restaurant, nightclubgoals.
or country club have a beverage director orA beverage director will normally report to the
beverage manager? If the answer is yes, do theydirector of operations or chief financial officer of
know what their job description is?the establishment. The prior experience a
The beverage director/manager is put in place tobeverage manager has is typically experience in
oversee the entire beverage operation. As athe industry. At some point in their careers, they
member of the management team, they are inhave worked as bartenders, servers or even
charge of hiring all beverage related personnel,been responsible for the actual inventory taking of
negotiating and purchasing all of the beveragesa hospitality establishment. A management
and beverage equipment needed by the business,background or experience is a great asset as
creating and maintaining the standards in regardsthey will have to position themselves between the
to the beverage operation.beverage staff (waitresses, liquor runners'
Another key area is establishing proper inventorybartenders...) and upper management. They must
levels and the controls required to keep thebe able to take or report certain delicate
company's profit objectives in line. In most cases,situations which may arise with the beverage
the modern beverage director/manager will workpersonnel with the ultimate goal of keeping the
with the technology the industry has now comeliquor, beer and wine pour cost percentages in line
to embrace. Liquor, beer and wine inventorywith the budgets created by the management
software programs help the collection and analysisteam.