Bartender

Position Summary

To prepare and serve beverages and/or food to the guests in a friendly, courteous and timely manner, resulting in guest satisfaction.  Acts as a cashier for the bar area.

Example of Duties

Essential Functions

1. Maintains proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a daily basis.  This includes requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, straws and stirrers, condiments and produce based on projections from the Food and Beverage department as per guest occupancy.
2. Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to insure product quality.
3. Greets guests in a courteous and friendly manner, addresses the guest by name whenever possible. Mixes, garnishes and presents drinks with standard ingredient recipes and practicing prudent portion control.
4. Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest.  Maintains an accurate record of all beverage items served.
5. Processes cash, credit cards and/or voucher transactions, makes change as needed, verifies validity of charges, records charges, and insures vouchers are properly executed, in order to balance all monies.
6. Stores and secures all beverage, food and other equipment, deposits cash and vouchers, drops and secures bank.

Supportive Functions

In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions.

• Performs general cleaning tasks using standard hotel cleaning products as assigned by your supervisor to adhere to health standards.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested (i.e., special guest requests, cross-training)
• Must adhere to all State, Federal and Corporate liquor regulations pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages to minors and intoxicated guests to insure all laws are being followed.
• Other duties as assigned, including: assisting security with disorderly guests, and reporting any suspicious persons or activity immediately.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities to be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.

• Must have basic knowledge of food and beverage preparations and service of various alcoholic beverages.
• Basic English language writing skills necessary for completion of requisitions, balance sheets and vouchers.
• Ability to remember, recite and promote the variety of menu items.
• Sufficient manual dexterity in hands in order to use a knife to make garnish, pick up glassware and bottles, scoop ice, mix drinks, and reach overhead to retrieve stock.
• Ability to operate a keyboard to input Point of Sale procedures to pre-check, input order and close out the check.
• Ability to work standing and work in confined spaces for long periods of time.

Grooming

• Maintain a neat, clean, and professional appearance.
• Wear required uniform and name badge while on duty.
• Practice good personal hygiene consistent with a guest-facing hospitality environment.
• Comply with hotel grooming and appearance standards and safety requirements.

Qualifications

Experience

Bartending experience required.

Education

Any combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school or any other combination of education, training or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.  High school diploma preferred.

Other

Upon employment all associates are required to comply with the standards, rules and regulations which may be established by the Company and updated from time to time. Associates who violate property rules or have irregular attendance will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

The Hospitality business functions seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. Due to the cyclical nature of the hospitality industry, associates may be required to work varying schedules, weekends, holidays and overtime to reflect the business needs of the property. Associates may also be required to attend group and/or department meetings in addition to the work shift as necessary. In addition, this is a hospitality business, and a hospitable service atmosphere must be projected at all times.

This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that an associate in this position may be asked to perform from time to time.

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