Banquet Bartender

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More than 10,000 dedicated employees around the world bring their unique talents, expertise and experiences to work every day with Benchmark. Our strength lies in our diversity, positive service attitude and determination to succeed. Come be a part of our “Be the Difference” culture, where every employee, at every level, in every job strives to capture moments when they can provide memorable, personalized service to our guests, coworkers, and communities.

We are a strong believer in offering our employees Work-Life Effectiveness through, practices, policies, and programs to help our employees achieve success at both work and home. Here are just some of the great benefits we offer:

• Full Time employees have access to Medical and Dental insurance to fit your needs
• Benchmark University (You can grow both personally and professionally through on-line webinars and self-study courses)
• 401K match (Let us help you build your financial future)
• Companywide Hotel Room Discounts (Who doesn’t love to get away)
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program (We are here to support you)
• Employee family events (bring the kids!)
• Partnerships and discounts with major retailers such as AT&T, Verizon and Dish to name a few
• Many more, please inquire for more details

Who are we?

To serve beverages and/or food to the guests in a friendly, courteous and timely manner, resulting in guest satisfaction. Also, to prepare beverages for other servers to supply to guests, and act as cashier for the banquet beverage bar.

What you will have an opportunity to do:

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and 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 preparation and service of various alcoholic beverages.

• Current State Food Worker Card and MAST certification.

• Basic mathematical skills necessary to operate a cash register, make change, total guest checks, count total bank, prepare cash drops, total all other charges, and understand portion sizes.

• Basic English language writing skills necessary for completion of requisitions, balance sheets and vouchers.

• 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 read, speak and understand the English language in order to communicate with guests and take orders.

• Ability to remember, recite and promote the variety of menu items.

• Ability to operate a keyboard and point of sale procedures to pre-check an order and close out a check.

• Ability to stand and work in confined spaces for long periods of time.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

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 daily functions sheet.

Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to insure product quality.

Greets guests in a courteous and friendly manner, promotes and documents orders for drinks. Mixes, garnishes and presents drinks suing standard ingredient recipes and practicing prudent portion control.

Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest and personnel guests, including those served by other beverage servers, to maintain accountability of all beverages served.

Receives cash from guests, makes any change needed, verifies validity of charges, records charges, and insures vouchers are properly executed, in order to balance all moneys.

Locks up and stores all beverages, food and other equipment items, deposits cash drops and secures bank.

Regular attendance in conformance with the standards, which may be established by Benchmark from time to time, is essential to the successful performance of this position. Employees with irregular attendance will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Due to the cyclical nature of the hospitality industry, employees may be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the hotel.

MARGINAL FUNCTIONS:

In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the supervisor based upon the particular requirements of the hotel.

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 eg., special guest requests.

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 such as assisting security with disorderly guests.

What are we looking for?

Benchmark Hospitality is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.