Food and Beverage Area Manager

Kentucky Kingdom Food and Beverage Area Manager (Full-time)

Job Category: Food

Requisition Number: FOODA
008786

• Posted :
  February 18, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

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Kentucky Kingdom
937 Phillips Ln
Louisville, KY 40209, USA

• Responsible for assisting the Foods Operations Manager with leading and directing the Foods Division, ensuring high-quality food and beverage experience while achieving budgeted revenue, cost and profit goals and maintaining brand standards.
• Leads direct reports by coaching, empowering, and providing feedback to ensure accountability for individual results.
• Ownership of area of responsibility P&L, business planning, budgeting and forecasting activities. Reviews period P&L’s for the division. Participates in period-end P&L meetings and prepares action plans for improvement as necessary.
• Ensures a high level of guest service at all touch points, exceeding brand standards and expectations resulting in guest loyalty, referrals and repeat business. Responsible for creatively engaging guests and capturing demand for revenue growth.
• Leads safety efforts for the Foods Division. Complies with all safety requirements, e.g. representation at safety committee meetings, ensuring leadership completes accurate daily temp logs, adheres to all food handling and storage requirements, reviews monthly safety audits, and ensures safety critical host training compliance.
• Communicate staffing needs and clearance reports in a timely manner.
• Leads the deployment of labor across multiple food and beverage outlets throughout the year. Ability to react to changes in attendance and adjust labor accordingly.
  · Collaborate with scheduling team to ensure schedules are completed timely and budgeted labor percentage is achieved.
• Embraces efforts and model’s behavior around Great Place Six (GP6); creates a Great Place to Work for Great People. Ensures a positive work environment for all hosts with high levels of engagement and job satisfaction.
• Coach and praise Hosts effectively and timely.
• Provide honest and timely host evaluations and feedback.
• Monitors POS and cash handling procedures to ensure procedures are followed.
  · Ensures all weekly inventories are completed and accurate.
• Develops and executes action plans to address business shortfalls.
• Monitor department and park operations when serving as Person in Charge for the Foods Division.
• Assist with developing and updating plans regarding restaurant operations, performance evaluations, job descriptions, management policies, operating practices & procedures, and budgets annually.
• Maintain flexibility in working days, hours, locations, and properties.
• Perform additional duties and make decisions as requested.
• Responsible for completing credit card transactions in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards.

Management reserves the right to change and/or add to these duties at any time.

• Able to smile and make eye contact to make a friendly impression when greeting guests, vendors and other employees.
• Able to have manual dexterity necessary to complete all job duties.
• Must be self-motivated and disciplined.
• Work varying hours and at different areas when needed.
• Able to hear and speak clearly while using the PA system and two-way radio.
• Must have manual dexterity necessary to complete all job duties.
• Able to comprehend instructions and retain information.
• Able to maintain dependable work attendance and flexibility with assigned work schedules including any required overtime, evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, be flexible to handle frequent changes in priorities, and be able to prioritize tasks and complete assignments on time.
• Able to wear all PPE as required.
• Able to work in all chemicals/detergents utilized in the area.
• Able to be subjected to periodic random drug screening as outlined by company policy.
• Must be able to lift 30 pounds with or without 2-person lift. 30+ pounds require a 2-person lift.
• Must be able to work and tolerate temperatures ranging from 0 to 120 degrees.
• Must comply with all Health Dept., Serv Safe, ABC, and Company regulations pertaining to Food Safety/Alcoholic Beverage Handling…