Assistant Food & Beverage Director

Inspired by the lyrics and island lifestyle of singer, songwriter and best-selling author Jimmy Buffett, Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake Conroe | Houston is the destination resort and entertainment complex on the shores of beautiful Lake Conroe, Texas.  We offer an exciting and fun employment experience where creating fun and escapism for our guests is the goal we seek to exceed every day. 

Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake Conroe | Houston is a uniquely situated waterfront property offering 303 all-suite accommodations, extensive water and recreational activities including a three-acre waterpark and 80 boat slip marina, 72,000 square-feet of combined conference and meeting facilities, five unique Margaritaville restaurant and bar concepts, a large and luxurious on-site spa, tennis and pickleball courts, and an 18-hole waterfront golf course.

We are looking for a highly motivated, customer focused Assistant Director of Food & Beverage to join our team!  The ADoFB is responsible for providing support for the F&B Director in assuring attentive friendly courteous and efficient service in all F&B Outlets to include the Banquets and Conference Service teams, while maintaining adherence to budgeted payroll and overhead cost.

• Assists the F&B Director with applicable forecasting and budgeting in a timely and efficient manner.
• Must be effective at listening to understand, clarify and resolve the concerns and issues raised by co-workers and guests.
• Executes market plan by implementing agreed upon strategies. Utilizes effective management practices in order to set goals, develop strategies, evaluate results and adjust strategies as required.
• Insures that menu engineering supports marketing goals by selecting menu items and recommending prices based on competition and market trends.
• Controls costs by adhering to standards of operations for forecasting, budgeting, scheduling, payroll control and other expense management systems.
• Insures that each department is run in accordance with the food and beverage standards of operations.
• Maintains control of food, beverage and supply costs and inventory by adhering to standards for purchasing and inventory control.
• Maintain a professional working relationship and promote open lines of communication with managers employees and other departments

The Assistant Food & Beverage Director also insures that department training goals are executed on an on-going basis:

• Insures that management employees utilize train the trainer skills while conducting training programs.
• Monitors training and follow-up to ensure that all employees receive training on an on-going basis.
• Insures that management employees receive training.