Divisional Cocktail/Beverage Director

Company: Aba - Fulton Market
Location: Chicago
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

Aba, located in Chicago's Fulton Market neighborhood, showcases Chef Partner CJ Jacobson's lighter style of cooking with influences from the Mediterranean including Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, and Greece.

We are hiring a Divisional Beverage Director with 2 years of beverage director experience in a high-volume environment.

Some benefits of this role include:

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• Quarterly Bonus
  
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance
  
• Dental & Vision Insurance
  
• Domestic Partner Benefits
  
• Paid Time Off
  
• 401(k)
  
  
  Responsibilities:
  
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  • Develop and execute Beverage Programs and oversee and manage all Beverage operations, programs and processes for multiple divisional restaurants, and monitor and ensure the divisional restaurants and teams' compliance
    
  • Conduct comprehensive training including and quarterly testing to assess the teams' proficiency and retention
    
  • Develop and maintain beer, liquor and wine vendor relations, working closely with Beverage Managers and Sommeliers
    
  • Analyze all alcoholic beverage costs and sales by restaurant on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis to optimize sales and profit
    
  • Work with Partner(s) to help achieve operational objectives
    
  • Manage and maintain the overall conditions of restaurant bars and equipment
    
  • Maintain proficiency in job functions of all FOH operations management positions and/or provide active back-up support when business needs require
    
  • Partner with GM and management team to interview, hire, onboard, train, schedule, supervise and develop Beverage Managers
    
  • Model and promote teamwork across all teams
    
  • Use tact and good judgment when dealing with challenges pertaining to guests, vendors and employees, and respond with patience and courtesy
    
  • Work a variety of days and shifts (including early mornings, late nights and weekends) at multiple sites with or without overnight travel, as needed
    
  • Move and lift up to 10 pounds, frequently move and/or lift up to 25 pounds, occasionally move and/or lift up to 50 pounds
    
    
    Qualifications:
    
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    • 2 years of management experience
      
    • 2 years of beverage director experience in a full-service restaurant
      
    • Skilled in leading and developing teams
      
    • Experienced with inventory and BOH systems
      
      
      Salary Range: USD $75,000.00 - USD $100,000.00 /Yr.

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