Food and Beverage Manager

Flora Loca is seeking an experienced
Rooftop Manager to lead our open-air dining experience atop a newly built hotel in Oxnard.

Flora Loca is a
crafted Mexican dining concept under the stars
, inspired by our love for
Ventura County its people, its energy, and its coastal spirit. This is a rare opportunity to help launch a rooftop destination from day one.

• Strong leadership in high-volume or upscale casual dining
• Passion for hospitality, team development, and guest experience
• Ability to execute service standards, manage staff, and create memorable nights
• Be part of an exciting grand opening
• Lead a signature rooftop concept in a landmark location
• Shape the culture and standards of a new Ventura County dining destination
• We love hospitality and growing our groups F&B

• Utilizing interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
• Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect and cooperation among team members.
• Improving service by communicating with servers and training servers to understand guest needs, while getting feedback on the Food and Beverage items and service quality from guests in accordance with the Company standard.
• Ensuring high quality of menu items by being involved on the expediting line and constantly checking the presentation of all dishes.
• Providing guidance, feedback and individual coaching for team members when needed.
• Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Supervising, scheduling and managing team members. Understanding team members’ positions well enough to perform duties in their absence and be able to fill in as bartender, server or market cashier at any given time.
• Administering payroll edits reporting and time & attendance policies.
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards in terms of service and menu knowledge, monitoring sales and service performance and completing performance evaluations.
• Analyzing sales reports and evaluating results to choose the best selling items and remove non-starters
  • Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail or in person.
• Maintaining complete knowledge at all times of:
  All Menu items in terms of Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Deserts, Wine list, Cocktail lists and all specialty spirits such as Whiskey, Gin, Rum, daily specials, hours of operation and reservation handling and processing.
• Ability to handle complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
• Interviewing hourly food and beverage candidates making recommendations to the General Manager on new hires, pay rates and terminations.
• Responsible for purchasing beverage items like beer, wine and spirits for restaurant and lounge with the approval from the General Manager following policies and procedures set forth by the Company.
• Responsible for all end of month procedures and inventories in liquor room and the market.
• Responsible for purchasing and stocking all items in the market and Starbucks.
• Ensure proper cash handling and tip pay out procedures are being followed and sufficient change is available.
• Complete all required reports in a timely, accurate manner.
• Provide assistance to other team members and departments to contribute to the best overall performance of the department, restaurant and hotel.
• Perform other duties as assigned, requested or deemed necessary by management.

Knowledge/Education/

Experience:

• At least four years of experience in food preparation and restaurant operations
• Experience in hiring, training, supervision, forecasting, budget preparation, and cost control in food and labor.
• Strong knowledge of state, local, and federal food sanitation regulations.
• Proficient in training, coaching and counseling.
• Ability to maintain good team member relations.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective guest…