Food and Beverage Team Leader

Being a part of the Hollywoodbets Purple Team is an opportunity to become a part of one of South Africa’s biggest success stories. From humble beginnings in Durban, Hollywoodbets has grown into a powerhouse brand operating across Africa and the United Kingdom. And that’s just the beginning. Our talented Team is on a mission to increase our global footprint, ready to take on any challenge because at Hollywoodbets, not even the sky is the limit. Join our Team and let’s reach for the stars.

We have an amazing opportunity for a Food and Beverage Team Leader to join our team in Phoenix, Durban. Do you think you have what it takes to be our newest Purple Star?

The successful candidate will be accountable for supervising and supporting food and beverage branch managers. This includes assisting with health and safety management, facility management, kitchen management, stock management, resource management, customer, adherence to departmental and company policies, procedures and reporting. Partner with branch managers to enquire about customer experience and areas of improvement to ensure that F&B experience attracts, retains customers and provides the best dining experience possible for customers

With Hollywoodbets You Will

Innovate and create as part of a like-minded, authentic Team eager to achieve goals.

Embrace challenges and the thrill of working in a vibrant and fast-paced industry.

Grow with our development plans and culture that allows you to further your career.

You Bring

• Exposure in the food and beverage industry
• Understanding of food and controls
• Prior supervisory experience
  
  

A Bonus To Have

• Valid Driver’s License
• Food and beverage qualification
  
  

What You’ll Do For The Brand

• Ensuring internal Food and Beverage processes are followed.
• Ensuring that the Food and Beverage Department is adequately staffed for the shift.
• Responsible for managing the Food and Beverage staff during the shift.
• Ensuring internal Food and Beverage stock management processes are followed.
• Responsible for requesting front of house stock (Kitchen stock, bar stock, etc.) Manage and account for Food and Beverage inventory such as cutlery and crockery.
• Ensuring accurate front of house stock reconciliations after each shift in order account for all front of house stock.
• Ensuring that the GAAP/POS system is always up and running during operational hours.
• Managing Food and Beverage resources during the shift.
• Observing and evaluating staff and work procedures to ensure quality standards service.
• Submitting stock requisitions to the Storeman to request front of house stock.
• Conducting a stock count after the shift and completing a stock reconciliation in order to report on and account for variances.
• Ensuring that all wastages and breakages during shift are disclosed and accounted for.
• Ensuring staff meal purchases are being recorded and checking up on issuing to verify the content and quantity.
• Ensuring cash management processes are followed.
• Ensuring shortages are addressed and recovered.
• Rostering of staff taking into account busy periods, events, operating hours to ensure that the Food and Beverage shift is sufficiently staffed and able to meet operational requirements.
• Management of staff in terms of conduct, discipline and performance. Complete disciplinary actions/poor performance process when required.
• Ensuring superior customer service and customer experience.
• Ensuring timeous submission of daily, weekly, monthly Food and Beverage reports.
• Conduct a meeting before the shift starts to direct the team and provide them with daily briefing.
• Time management of waitrons/bartenders
• Working closely with Food and Beverage Branch Manager to enquire about customer experience and areas of improvement to ensure that Food and Beverage experience attracts and retains customers/punters.
• Any other ad hoc duties that might be required.
  
  

What You’ll Bring To The Team

• Admits to errors and takes corrective action to avoid repetition
• GAAP system experience in terms of understanding input into the system, maintaining the system and reporting via system generated results to reflect accurate information.
• Ability to assert one’s influence over events in order to achieve goals; self-starting rather that accepting passively; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
• Provide clear direction and performance feedback to staff. Maximize the talents of staff from different backgrounds to achieve sound organizational results
• Identify, analyse, organise and solve problems and issues in a timely and effective manner. Anticipate problems, identify root causes and take corrective action. Evaluate effectiveness of a solution.
• Consistently delivers required business results; sets and achieves goals, consistently complies with quality standards and meets deadlines; maintains focus on organizational goals
• Optimal use of time to ensure maximum output and delivery as per required timeframes. Prioritise and anticipate timeframes. Identify possible delays in advance and plan accordingly.
  
  

So, are you ready to level up, learn, and perform at your best? Apply now!

Please be advised that should you not be contacted within 30 days, kindly consider your application to be unsuccessful.