Food & Beverage Manager

Salary; from £32,000.00 depending on experience

Think you have that 'sparkle' and 'can-do' attitude we look for in all of our Team?
Then we want to hear from you!

The Mercure Newcastle George Washington Hotel Golf and Spa is an independently owned hotel, golf and leisure complex located on the outskirts of Newcastle upon Tyne. We have recently joined Mercure Hotels, a brand of Accor Hospitality, Europe's leading hotel group with over 4000 hotels. The Washington-based hotel offers a convenient location for visitors to the Tyne and Wear region with easy access to the major road network and within 15 minutes of Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland and Durham.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated Food and Beverage Manager who is professional with high standards, along with an excellent knowledge of food and beverage.

The George Washington Hotel has many busy outlets including the Carter and Fitch Smokehouse destination restaurant, Golf Bar, 2 large banqueting rooms and various smaller meeting rooms.

Responsible for departmental costs, stock control, this is a 'hands-on' role which requires the applicant to be focused on excellent customer care.

Job Description

As Food and Beverage Manager you will support the General Manager in all day to day operations, ensuring the smooth running of this venue, with a very strong focus on food and beverage operations. Specific accountabilities will be:

*Oversee all functions, weddings and events are run smoothly and efficiently.

*Cover Duty Manager shifts, including breakfast, depending on business requirements
* Staff recruitment, training and development
* Implement standards and ensure their delivery across the Food and Beverage departments in the hotel
* Oversee all VIP guests and special events are coordinated and planned correctly
* Ensure a highly customer focused environment, by building a focused team in all areas of the hotel

Required Experience

The ideal candidate will have:
* Proven experience a similar property 3-4 star or red star hotels
* You must have a strong food and beverage background
* A very high level of personal presentation is essential within this position
* Excellent customer focus with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with guests & staff
* The ability to motivate and inspire the team to exceed customer expectations

We are looking for someone with strong presence and great personality, hugely service orientated but down to earth.

If you fit all of the above criteria I would love to hear from you to discuss this position in more detail.

In order to ensure your enquiry with regards to this position is dealt with quickly, please send me an up to date Curriculum Vitae in a Word Document format along with a cover letter and your salary expectations.