Food and Beverage Supervisor

The Malone Hotel have a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated Food and Beverage Supervisor to join their growing team, on a full-time basis (37.5 hours per week).

As Food and Beverage Supervisor, the successful candidate will assist the Food & Beverage Manager/Restaurant Manager in the day-to-day running of the Food & Beverage operations. This includes ensuring the department consistently meets all standards and objectives. They will deputise for the Manager in their absence, prioritising our people by supporting the team in maintaining standards and working collaboratively to ensure all customers receive an excellent level of service. Your expertise will be crucial in upholding operational integrity and encouraging a strong partnership between the team, management, and our guests.

About The Role

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure service standards are maintained within the team at all times, demonstrating our commitment to people first by creating a positive and exceptional guest experience.
• Empower team members to handle both positive and negative guest feedback, recording it correctly, reflecting our people-first approach and commitment to responsiveness.
• Strive to anticipate customer needs whenever possible and react to these to enhance customer satisfaction, ensuring all guest expectations are exceeded.
• Ensure that Company and legal standards for cleanliness are maintained within the department, upholding integrity and expertise.
• Ensure that the team is dressed in the correct uniform, in line with Company Standards, and understands the importance of personal hygiene.
• Ensure that the team is punctual, polite, courteous, and helpful to guests and colleagues at all times, adopting a people-first environment.
• Ensure team members are punctual, polite, courteous, and helpful to guests and colleagues at all times.
• Be fully conversant with the facilities, services, and promotions offered by the hotel and, whenever appropriate, offer this information to the guest, acting as an ambassador.
• Be involved in preparing, checking, and monitoring departmental forecasts and rotas to ensure they are in line with set budgets and meet the service and business needs.
• Support the control of costs through correct stock usage, storage, rotation, par stock levels, purchase order systems, and minimising wastage, as per Company standards.
• Ensure assistance in monthly stocktakes and action any discrepancies in line with Company standards, maintaining operational integrity.
• Ensure all employees are inducted and trained according to Company standards, and that team members are led, motivated, developed, and receive regular Check-Ins in order to achieve customer satisfaction and Company objectives - demonstrating a people-first approach and developing expertise.
• Ensure that while you undertake your role, you abide by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and safe systems of work appropriate to your role, upholding integrity.
• Perform other duties as assigned and carry out Duty Management functions as required, acting with integrity and upholding the hotel's standards.

The above is designed to help you in the understanding of your role and is not intended to be a definitive list of your duties, as flexibility in meeting the Company and guests' needs is required by all employees. The colleague will also perform other reasonable business duties as assigned by the line manager.

Essential Criteria:

• Significant proven experience in a supervisory or management role within food and beverage operations (hotel, resort, or similar).
• Demonstrated experience in staff management, training, and scheduling.
• Strong understanding of health and safety and food safety legislation applicable in Northern Ireland.
• Awareness of allergen management and compliance requirements.
• Experience managing budgets, stock control, and supplier relationships.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with an ability to lead and motivate a team.
• High standard of customer service and complaint handling.
• Ability to work under pressure in a busy hotel environment.

Working Conditions:

• This position will require working evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• The role involves frequent standing, walking, and occasional lifting.

Company Benefits:

As an award-winning, family-owned hotel, we offer our staff the chance to become "part of the family!" Your employee benefits will include the following:

• Internal growth and professional development opportunities.
• 28 days' holiday for full-time staff.
• Departmental incentives include employee discounts on hotel stays and dining.
• Free parking.
• Discounted friends and family rates.

In addition, we also reserve the right to enhance the criteria at the shortlisting stage.

Please ensure your CV is up to date as this is required for the interview process.

Sponsorship for this role is not offered. Applications requiring sponsorship will not be considered.

Interviews may take place before the job advertisement closes. Submit your application promptly as the role may close early if a suitable candidate is appointed. In addition, we also reserve the right to enhance the criteria at the shortlisting stage.

Required Criteria

• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• A positive and friendly attitude.
• Previous experience in a similar role.
• A good level of written and spoken English.
• Right to work and live in the UK.

Desired Criteria

• Previous experience in a boutique Hotel.

Skills Needed

Supervision, Ability to Identify and Anticipate needs, Exceptional Customer Service Skills, Planning and Organising

About The Company

The Malone is a veritable secret, a hidden treasure boasting everything you want in a hotel: spacious bedrooms and suites, function rooms for inspirational wedding celebrations or corporate events and the very best of that famous Irish hospitality, every step of your stay. The Guinness is perfectly poured in our Greyhound bar - enjoy it with some smoked salmon and wheaten bread or indulge in a meal to remember in The Avenue Brasserie. Here at The Malone, we have generations of experience in welcoming guests. First opened in 1945 as 'The Bowness', for the last 30 years, The Malone has been owned and run by two generations of the Macklin family. Relax and unwind with us. A warm Irish welcome to you!

Company Culture

We are always looking for enthusiastic and talented individuals to join our team.

As a family owned hotel, you're not only part of the team, you're part of the family.

Our commitment to our people is to deliver a great place to not only work, but thrive. Relationships are important to us, those we have with our guests and with one another.

The Malone inspires its teams to live by the company's core values;

- Treat people really well

- Openness, trust and understanding

- The highest standards

- Perseverance and enjoyment

- One step ahead

- Flexibility

Internal development and progression is key to our success, having been in business for 30 years.

Company Benefits

We believe everyone has the right to grow and develop and we actively encourage those who want to make a career in hospitality, with internal and external training.

Employees have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of benefits whilst working at The Malone Hotel.

Vacation, Paid time off, Performance bonuses, Retirement plan and/or pension, Office perks, Employee development programs, Free parking, Open office, Competitive salary, Preferential room rates, Family and friends rates, Long service recognition, Progression opportunities

Salary

Not disclosed

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