Beverage Director

Discovery Land Company creates one-of-kind environments that provide individuals and families the freedom, security, and resources to learn, grow, and play in some of the most beautiful places in the world. Through these environments, Clubs foster relationships, share unforgettable and life-changing experiences, embrace well-being, and inspire pure expressions of love, joy, compassion, and gratitude in all forms.

At Gozzer Ranch we believe that meeting the mission stated above is a promise we get to deliver on every day. Gozzer Ranch Employees use their personal talent, passion, and resources to meaningfully integrate with diverse cultures and communities to create a viable and fun world for future generations. We do this by operating from our company’s unwavering values, learning, growing, and adjusting as we go.

The Beverage Director is responsible for leading and executing all beverage operations across Gozzer Ranch Golf & Lake Club. This position oversees beverage programming, wine operations, purchasing, inventory controls, vendor relationships, financial performance, training, and member experiences in a luxury private club environment. While performing all tasks at Gozzer Ranch we require passion and behavior that embodies our company values:

• PEOPLE ARE OUR PRIORITY
• WE RESPECT PEOPLE, PLACES, AND CULTURES
• WE DO THE RIGHT THING
• WE BELIEVE IN HAVING FUN

Your key areas of responsibility are outlined below:

• Ensure that the member/guest experience is always the TOP priority.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with all departments on property to ensure member satisfaction is met.
• Establish and foster professional relationships with membership and greet them promptly upon arrival.
• Always provide our membership with exceptional and unmatched service.
• Exceed member expectations by consistently providing the Gozzer Ranch expectation for professional steps of service.
• Give personal attention and take personal responsibility for member/guest experiences.
• Understand member preferences and illustrate the ability to make recommendations from expansive selections, and order for them as needed.
• Add member preferences into Seven Rooms.

• Work well alongside your direct reports, hourly club team, peers, and senior club management.
• Establish and foster professional working relationships with all Gozzer team members.
• Maintain a courteous attitude toward all Gozzer team members.
• Ability to work effectively with all personality types.

• Responsible for the ordering of all alcoholic and non-alcoholic items needed at Gozzer Ranch within budget parameters. This includes Hutton's, Lake Club, Clubhouse, Tree Bar, Pool Bar & Grill, Orchard, Comfort Stations, The Outpost and any new outlets to be created.
• Have the eye to understand and gauge how much product is being consumed and order in a timely manner to maintain adequate inventory levels, while coding each order to the correct outlet.
• Understand the relationship between monthly cost of sale and program budget.
• Adhere to operational budgets including COS, spending, sales, and event budgets.
• Negotiate with vendors and suppliers for product costs, contracts, and agreements. Include General Manager and Director of F&B prior to any purchases over $10,000, or before signing any agreement.
• Cost all beverage menus out to budget while constantly editing menus with available items and prices.
• Code invoices through Ottimate to the proper GL code for each department in the month that the items were ordered.
• Experience with inventory management systems, POS platforms, purchasing software, and member management systems preferred.
• Order for all bar services for events that we have on property throughout the season.
• Source and purchase correct bar glassware for all outlets.

• Manage each outlet's beverage inventory to ensure limited spoilage and consistent recipes can be maintained.
• Ensure that beverage inventory levels are effectively maintained throughout the season so that we never run out of product, but also so that we don’t have excess stock going into the shoulder season by cross-utilizing products throughout property.
• Coordinate and assist with monthly inventory counts at each outlet, including but not limited to wine, beer, liquor, and non-alcoholic beverages.
• Submit monthly inventory counts with accurate results and inter-departmental transfers in mind.
• Audit, evaluate, and…