Director, Food & Beverage Great Wolf Lodge image 1 of 1 employment type: job title: Director, Food & Beverage Apply Now Pay: $0 - $0 At Gre Wolf, the Director of Food & Beverage leads and manages all operional teams, concepts and performance aspects of food and beverage operions within a lodge. The successful candide must quickly develop an understanding of the Gre Wolf Lodge brand and establish close working relionships throughout the Lodge and organizion. Join our Pack: * Grow your career: A gre place to start or advance your career with cross-training, scholarship fund, and talent development programs all levels * Gre Perks: Take advantage of exclusive perks for you, your family, and friends - including discounted vacions and employee referral incentives * Learn While You Earn : Gain access to Gre Wolf University for on-the-job training, functional, and leadership training * Prioritize Your Well-Being: We offer flexible scheduling, access to a holistic wellness program and technology, and support through our Employee Assistance Program and Employee Relief Fund * Celebre Your Uniqueness: Join a team th cheers for diversity and inclusion through programs th make everyone feel welcome and recognized. Benefits: * Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance * Health savings account * Telehealth resources * Life insurance * 401K with employer mch * Paid vacion time off * Paid parental leave Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Complete oversight responsibility for all; functions, programs, systems, procedures and operional performance for food & beverage department. Establish procedures and manage constancy for delivery of food and beverage service operions th meets all goals reled to budgets and KPI mrixes for: revenue, cost, margins, profit, guest capture optimizion, guest sisfaction/NPS, staff engagement and eNPS, audits and safety. Stregically and tactically drive business output and profitability: food and beverage sales, guest capacity and capture optimizion, average check, and COGS/Margin management. Meet food and beverage financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiing corrective actions Plan and direct the functions of administrion and planning of the Food and Beverage Department to meet the daily needs of the operion. Clearly describe, assign and delege responsibility and authority for the operion of the various food and beverage sub departments Assist all managers in establishing and achieving predetermined profit objectives and desire standards of quality food, service, cleanliness, merchandising and promotion Achieve restaurant operional objectives by contributing informion and recommendions to stregic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change Controls food and beverage costs by reviewing portion control and quantities of preparion, minimizing waste and ensuring high quality of preparion; Implement effective control of food, beverage and labor costs among all sub departments Drive and ensure a professional and ethical procurement, sourcing and inventory control culture with adherence to systems, schedules, policies and procedures. Guiding Purchasing Manager, Executive Chef and FOH Managers on highest standards and accuracies for: order forecasting, inventory control and on property distribution of food, beverages, supplies, equipment and disposables Responsible for recruiting, hiring, onboarding & training, assigning, scheduling, coaching and counseling employees; communicing job expections; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compension actions; enforcing policies and procedures Plan and administer a training and development program within the department, which will provide well-trained employees all levels and permit advancement for those persons qualified and interested in career development Regularly review and evalue the degree of customer acceptance of the individual restaurants and banquet service and recommend new opering and marketing policies whenever declining or constant sales imply dissisfaction by the customers, a merial change in the make-up or the customer market, or a change in the competitive environment Maintains safe, secure, and healthy environment by establishing, following and enforcing food safety and sanition standards and procedures; complying with all Gre Wolf Lodge and local/federal written standards, policies, procedures and laws. Ensures all operions conform to regulions of the alcoholic beverages commission Maintain accure and up to de operions documention for all food and beverage service areas. Ensuring all F&B technology systems are upded for optimal and effective use Maintain and manage Jolt/Audit FOH system and functionalities. Ensure compliance and highest standards of all food safety, sanition and HACCP codes, requirements, regulions, company policy and laws. Develops positive working relionships with all lines of business, all other functional leaders Support Corpore Food & Beverage and peers with additional projects Be an ambassador and active participant of the organizion's d values and customer service programs. Volunteer to support and partake in task-force/project activities th positively benefit the organizion, lodges and department. Required Qualificions & Skills: Associes Degree in Hospitality Management or similar Minimum of 5 years of demonstred success in a F&B operional leadership role in a multi-unit environment Documented track record of managing and leading efficient and effective food and beverage operion, services and programs Documented track record of successfully developing, managing and implementing organizional, operional, and system changes through organizional growth. Demonstred advanced knowledge of food and beverage: products, recipes, cegories, programs, origins and trends. Demonstred proficiency in restaurant, banquet, bar and QSR outlet: services, sales, promotions, marketing, guest capture optimizion, check value optimizion and controls. Demonstred advanced knowledge of food production forecasting, waste management and yield management. Exceptional service mind-set. Demonstred methodological and systemic approach to: problem solving, identifying system and operional defects, cree solutions and implementing improvements. Demonstred ability to drive continuous process improvement activities and programs Strong technology systems experience including proficiency in Point of Sales, Scheduling, Procurement and Microsoft Demonstred proficiency in procurement and inventory control systems and operions: methodology, configurions, functions, policies and procedures. Demonstred strong financial acumen including experience in: P&L Management, budgeting, forecasting, controls and financial performance optimizion Demonstred experience in driving effective and meaningful training, people development and mentorship programs. Demonstred excellent verbal and written communicion skills. Preferred Qualificions: Bachelors Degree in Hospitality Management or similar a plus Experience leading and managing leaders Well versed in utilizion of service automion and mobile technology. Excellent relionship and trust building skills with ability to communice and collabore cross-functionally - professional image th inspires trust and confidence. Highly self-motived, strong work ethic, and continuous improvement titude; ability to suggest and implement best practices. Experience with diversity, inclusion and unconscious bias culture and programs Anticiped Close De: Estimed Salary Range: $0 - $0 annual base salary An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant educion, qualificions, certificions, experience, skills, seniority, geographic locion, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizional needs. The range listed is just one component of Gre Wolf's total compension package. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and other perks. Applicion Instructions We are hiring immediely, with relocion packages available. Click on Apply Now or ch with a recruiter (bottom of your screen on Gre Wolf's website). Complete an applicion and a recruiter will reach out on next step. This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulions prohibit discriminion against qualified individuals based on their stus as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discriminion against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual oriention, gender identity, nional origin, and for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing compension. Moreover, these regulions require th covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmive action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual oriention, gender identity, nional origin, disability or veteran stus. Apply Now Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. post id: ... [ ]
Job ID: 522664899
Originally Posted on: 5/28/2026
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