• Maintain a high customer service focus by approaching your job with the customers always in mind.
• Have a positive impact, taking personal responsibility and initiative to resolve issues, always clearly communicating with both customers and colleagues.
• Contribute ideas and suggestions to enhance operational / environmental procedures in the hotel.
• Actively promote the services and facilities of the hotel to guests and suppliers of the hotel.
• Perform all duties and responsibilities in a manner that ensures your safety and that of others in your workplace.
• Create an environment where everyone in the department is focused on “creating that special experience” to deliver exceptional customer service.
• Actively seek verbal feedback from customers and team members at each service period.
• Agree on and implement actions to make improvements to customer service.
• Positively deal with and learn from customer complaints and comments with follow-up
• Make sure all customers’ requests and queries are responded to promptly and effectively while assisting on the floor during meal periods each day.
• Be available to assist on duty in the restaurant and bars during any busy days or special events.
• Be proactive towards guests, assisting them with any reasonable requests, and training all team member to see these things before the guests ask.
• Ensure all standards for service delivery as identified in the Standard Operating Procedures Manual are consistently delivered throughout the department.
• Ensure that training on departmental standards is regularly conducted.
• Monitor standards through regular standards review checks.
• Develop action plans to address shortfalls in standards and identify shortfalls before they affect customer service.
• Implement and follow-through with improvements identified.
• Plan, prioritize, organize and control the day-to-day operation.
• Prepare rosters and job schedules for team members to meet business needs (taking into consideration internal activities, occupancy, external events, promotions, etc.).
• Communicate effectively with the Front Office and Groups & Tours teams to maximize inhouse and group business for the restaurant, ensuring direct liaison with Group Leaders upon arrival.
• Describe, assign and delegate duties and authority for the operation of the restaurant at all times.
• Plan ahead and ensure adequate resources are available.
• Manage the departmental operation and taking action where necessary to ensure it runs smoothly, participating in service duties during service periods, where necessary.
• Ensure that the shift is reviewed, and handovers and briefings are carried out.
• Establish good communication with the Kitchen team.
• Maintain event and function histories to assist with returning events.
• Participate in future menu changes with the Executive Chef, taking into consideration new F&B trends, market demands and sales achievements.
• Attend and participate in regular F&B operational and roster meetings.
• Understand the goals of the hotel and the department’s role in achieving it, communicating goals and clear direction to the team.
• Set and agree to departmental objectives for self and team.
• Represent the needs of the team to others in the hotel.
• Keep the team up to date on departmental, hotel and company activities through regular communication meetings and memos, including special events and promotions in the restaurant.
• Seek out and maximize departmental and hotel revenue opportunities.
• Be aware of potential highs and lows in the business.
• Create and implement sales promotions and team member incentives.
• Assist preparate of event brochures.
• Identify, communicate and act on potential sales leads.
• Create an environment where “everyone sells”.
• Supervise the financial performance of the department in line with the profit plan.
• Use key monitors and financial targets to evaluate the department’s performance and make future plans.
• Complete regular financial and operating reports
• Forecast potential revenues and costs.
• Following company control procedures, control costs without compromising standards.
• Analyze and explain any financial variance against plan.
• Set-up and maintain leave plans for the department.
• Assist with selecting, training, coaching and developing people to meet current and future needs of the department and the hotel.
• Ensure that new recruits have all the relevant information before commencing employment.
• Assist with planning and ensuring departmental orientation is carried out.
• Ensure the health, safety and well-being of customers and all team members.
• Understand relevant OH&S legislations and their implications on the operation of the department.
• Communicate to the team their responsibilities within OH&S.
• Ensure that safe and healthy working practices are implemented at all times.
• Ensure that hygiene training is conducted at least once a year.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
• Certificate from a recognized Hotel Training School (or Culinary Institution) or an appropriate amount of progressive work experience to waive academic qualifications.
Experience
• 2 to 4 years of working experience in a managerial position in a 4 / 5-star category hotel.
• Knowledge of religious dietary requirements and Singapore Laws required.
• Services and kitchen production flow of Ministry of Environment standard required.
