Director Of Food & Beverage - Kali Hotel & Rooftop

• Operational incentive plan eligibility

Compensation: $165,000 to $180,000 per year

Ready to build a brand from the ground up? Join the opening team at The Kali Hotel & Rooftop, Autograph Collection, and help launch one of Southern California's most anticipated lifestyle destinations.

Located within the dynamic Hollywood Park Campus, adjacent to SoFi Stadium, Intuit Dome, You Tube Theater and Kia Forum, The Kali is positioned to become a vibrant destination where hospitality, entertainment, culture and community come together.

As a foundational member of the pre-opening team, The Director of Food & Beverage must be comfortable forecasting that demand, building labor and operating plans around it, and leading the team through high-volume periods with discipline and consistency.

At Crescent Hotels & Resorts, we are a team of hospitality professionals that are deeply connected to & proud of the exceptional experiences we provide for our guests. More than that, we know our Associates are the shining stars of what we do!

We understand what it takes to be a part of something great. We will encourage you to bring your true self to work every day, we will celebrate you and we will cheer you on as you shine bright in your career journey. Whether it be our health & wellness programs, best in class learning and development or our travel discounts that ‘feed your inner explorer’, we work hard to create and deliver on what YOU need.

We are ready for you to start your journey with us where You Belong. We Care. Shine Bright.

• Highly competitive annual salary of $165,000 - $180,000
• Operational incentive plan eligibility
• Comprehensive benefits for eligible associates and family members
• 401(k) program with company match
• Travel discounts at Crescent-managed properties throughout North America
• Career growth opportunities with a leading hospitality management company

We are looking for a highly accomplished, commercially minded Food & Beverage leader to direct a complex, high-volume hotel F&B operation within Hollywood Park. The Director of Food & Beverage will lead multiple distinct outlets, bars, meetings and events, culinary partnership and stewarding while owning the financial and operational performance of the department.

This role requires an operator who has already led  business includes multiple concepts and dayparts, significant event demand and meetings and social functions of 200+ guests. The successful candidate must be able to lead several operating environments at the same time without compromising service, quality, profitability or leadership presence.

Hollywood Park creates a unique operating rhythm. Concerts, sporting events, group business, hotel occupancy and surrounding destination activity can generate rapid demand compression. The Director must be comfortable forecasting that demand, building labor and operating plans around it, and leading the team through high-volume periods with discipline and consistency.

• Lead the overall Food & Beverage operation with clear financial, operational, service and guest-experience objectives across all outlets and event functions.
• Develop and execute annual F&B strategies designed to maximize revenue, profitability, guest satisfaction, local relevance and repeat visitation.
• Partner with the General Manager and hotel leadership on business strategy, major event planning, group demand, operating priorities and commercial opportunities.
• Establish and maintain elevated standards for service, quality, presentation, cleanliness, merchandising and overall guest experience.
• Build an operating culture that can perform at a consistently high level across multiple businesses, dayparts and demand patterns.

• Take full ownership of F&B financial performance, including revenue, profitability, labor, food and beverage cost, productivity and departmental P&L.
• Develop accurate budgets, forecasts and operating plans based on occupancy, group demand, outlet trends, Hollywood Park event activity, seasonality and market conditions.
• Establish labor models that align staffing with forecasted demand while protecting service standards and profitability.
• Monitor outlet-level performance, labor productivity, cost of sales and profitability and implement timely corrective action when results are off target.
• Create effective cost-control, purchasing, inventory and…