Lead Bartender

*** Hiring soon! We anticipate having offers made in September. Restaurant training beginning last week of September. Restaurant opening mid-October**
* Description

For almost 30 years, One Off Hospitality has developed and operated some of Chicago’s most beloved places to eat and drink. More importantly, we’re a group of people – chefs, hospitality veterans, managers and creators – who believe in the power of treating our guests like family and our restaurants like home.

TITLE: BAR LEAD

REPORTS TO: GENERAL MANAGER

FLSA: NON-EXEMPT

POSITION SUMMARY: The bar lead is responsible for helping support bar operations and continuous education in conjunction with the General Manager.

Requirements

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Maintains a cheerful, courteous disposition and a neat, clean and professional image
• Guides, teaches, motivates and encourages team members to follow recipes as well as bar, service, safety and sanitation standards
• Encourages healthy communication and strong teamwork across entire team
• Executes effective and respectful communication to all team members, including leadership
• Attends manager and beverage meetings as needed
• Receives, stocks and organizes orders as needed and bundles invoices for superiors
• Responsible for periodic bar inventory
• Leads with the creation and implementation of new cocktails, event packages, wine, beer and liquor menus, POS edits and communication to team members
• Helps roll out and oversee bar program assets at events, tastings and other curated packages
• Helps maintain quality and cleanliness standards
• Focuses on improving bar costs (ensure proper rotation, utilization and inventory to ensure minimum waste)
• Assists with relaying structure and execution of side work by all bar team members
• Conducts as-needed bar and floor training within spirits, wine, beer and cocktail categories
• Works in a front-of-house supervisor capacity, as needed including floor shifts as MOD
• Helps create and coordinate larger scale continued education opportunities for team members
• Keeps immediate superior promptly and fully informed of all problems or unusual matters of significance and takes prompt corrective action when necessary
• Performs other administrative tasks as will be communicated by superiors
• Adheres to all company safety and sanitation policies and procedures
• Assists other team members as needed or when business needs dictate
• Makes necessary edits to cocktail, wine and beer pages on menu software and prints menus as needed
• Oversees liquor purchasing and limited cocktail program at PQM (ensures batched cocktail quality and quantity)
• Has a minimum of annual quarterly visits (or as needed) to Publican Tavern O’Hare for oversight, training and new cocktail implementation
• Works with Chef and GM for wine/bev/cocktail pairings as needed for special menus and events
• Ensures that bar is fully prepped, stocked and ready for service prior to opening
• Works with GM/AGM on bartender training

Minimum Qualifications (Education, Experience, Skills)

• High School Diploma or GED graduate
• Serv Safe Certification required
• BASSET Certification required
• Ability to handle stress under pressure
• Willingness to maintain a clean, healthy, and safe working environment
• Ability to coordinate multiple activities with attention to detail
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision
• Ability to work a flexible schedule

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Ability to be flexible with job demands and open minded when being asked to complete tasks
• Ability to operate and use all equipment necessary to run the restaurant
• Ability to move or handle equipment throughout the restaurant generally weighing 0-50 pounds
• Ability to work varied hours/days as business…