Food & Beverage Administrator

Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Food & Beverage Administrator to join the Food & Beverage team in Jumeirah Royal Saray Bahrain.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Support the Director of Food & Beverage in all aspects of managing the team.
• Performs general administrative tasks such as filing, data entry, and correspondence, scheduling appointments and meetings, and fielding queries.
• Overseeing the operation of office equipment such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines, and managing the calendar and schedule of Director of Food & Beverage and Executive Chef.
• Responsible for implementing and managing the organization’s administrative systems establishing appropriate communication processes within the F&B administration and operations teams.
• Be the first point of reference for administrator / coordinator for workload distribution, performance appraisals and task delegation.
• Provide counselling, coaching and developmental feedback to F&B Administrators as needed.
• Operate as principal contact for Quality department within the team.
• Operate as principal contact for the L&D department within the team.
• Responsible for sourcing out and hiring entertainment services including processes of contracts, visa, accommodation and flight, DTCM permits, payments.
• Responsible for preparing relevant document for applying licenses or permits and coordinate with Government relations.
• Maintains contracts register for F&B department and liaise with legal department whenever required.
• Assist in preparing budgets and forecasts expenses to ensure the efficient and cost effective operation of the department.
• Assist to monitor service and food and beverage standards in all outlets so that managers can take corrective actions as necessary.
• Assist to document activities and trends of competitor hotels, restaurants and bars and keeping up to date with international trends in order to ensure the competitive advantage of the hotel.
• Controlling all forms used in the department according to Jumeirah standards for document control.
• Manages the department’s team site and information to be stored in the libraries for F&B team use.
• Ensure to update and maintain the standard operating procedure and job profiles of the department.
• Prepares training and induction plan for new management joiner to ensure smooth entry within the department.
• Must be able to perform any other duties as may reasonably be requested by the management.

Desired Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate for this position will have the following experience and qualifications:

• Experience in an administration position in the Middle East.
• Demonstrated experience working in a high volume, high pressure environment.

Benefits

Besides generous F&B benefits and reduced hotel rates across our hotels globally, this role has excellent employee benefits making the role attractive to high performers and any applicant who like to associate her/himself with one of the most luxurious brand in the hospitality industry.