posted August 26, 2024

Assistant Director, Food & Beverage

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Job Description

Join Our Leadership Team: Cheeca Lodge & Spa, a premier luxury resort in Islamorada, FL, seeks a dedicated Assistant Director of Food and Beverage. This role is critical for overseeing all Food and Beverage operations, including restaurants, bars, room service, spa offerings, and banquets.

Job Summary: The Assistant Director of Food and Beverage will oversee all F&B operations, ensuring quality and service standards are met, and profits are maximized. This role involves working closely with the Director of Food and Beverage to ensure consistent hiring and training standards, developing strategic plans, and maintaining high guest service standards.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and direct guest service standards within all F&B outlets to drive growth and profitability.
  • Collaborate with the F&B Director to implement strategic plans for the F&B department.
  • Achieve budgetary goals related to revenue, cost, and profit percentages.
  • Ensure proper ordering of supplies, wine, liquor, beer, and linen.
  • Complete timely and accurate monthly inventories of all F&B products except food.
  • Assist in recruiting, onboarding, and training team members.
  • Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, and service standards.
  • Manage the floor during shifts to ensure appropriate coverage.
  • Monitor and adjust staffing levels as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, or three to five years of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills and Experience:

  • Strong computer skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Previous experience in a leadership role in a similar operational area preferred.

Benefits Include:

  • 401(k) with employer matching.
  • Employer Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance.
  • AD&D insurance.
  • Dental, health, and vision insurance.
  • Employee discounts.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Life insurance.
  • Paid time off.

Why Join Cheeca Lodge & Spa: As the Assistant Director of Food and Beverage, you will play a vital role in ensuring the success of our F&B operations. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a luxurious setting, contribute to high-quality dining experiences, and grow within a dynamic team. Apply today to join Cheeca Lodge & Spa and elevate our guest service standards.

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Cheeca Lodge and Spa

214 Room Hotel

WELCOME TO CHEECA

A Legendary Tropical Hideaway

Since 1946 the historic Cheeca Lodge & Spa has enchanted guests with world-class fishing, exceptional accommodations, and gracious hospitality. Come experience this lush oceanfront retreat, considered the premier luxury resort in the Florida Keys.

The Legend of Our Grand Florida Keys Hotel Resort

You've found it...the crown jewel of Islamorada Florida Keys hotels. 

Hardy Keys pioneers called Conchs chose this very beach to carve out a tenacious living in the isolated beauty of the undiscovered Florida Keys. Here, they formed a Methodist congregation and built a two-room school house and a cemetery. Cheeca has preserved this Pioneer Cemetery, where members of the founding families of Islamorada are buried. You can explore it today; it is a designated historical site. The Angel with the Broken Wing watches over the grave of Etta Pinder, who died in 1914. Here lies the first footprint of Islamorada – "Purple Isle" in Spanish.

The early 1940's brought electricity and fresh water. Mrs. Clara Mae Downey from Olney, Maryland, opened the Olney Inn in 1946. She described this early bellwether of Cheeca as "different – rather comparable to the tropical estate of a gifted host." Clara's first guest was President Harry Truman, who cherished his time loafing around the pool and wondering amidst the resort's 22 quaint bungalows. 

Fast horses, high society and a healthy dose of Keys vivacity marked the reign of the Twitchell Family in the 1960's. Cynthia, better known as "Chee," was an heiress to the A&P grocery chain and owner of a top thoroughbred racing farm. "We took my nickname, combined it with my husband Carl's, and came up with "Cheeca," she recalled. The Twitchells completely refurbished the property, adding the main lodge, the oceanfront villas, tennis courts, golf course and Cheeca's trademark wooden fishing pier. Chee raised miniature tarpon and her beloved seahorses in the aquariums throughout the resort. "Suzy the Seahorse" became Cheeca's mascot and logo, gracing the resort's menus, brochures, towels and linens.

Avid outdoorsman and Coca Cola magnate Carl Navarre purchased Cheeca Lodge in 1976, hosting his Fortune 500 friends in for sunny days of sportfishing and golf. Celebrities flocked to the hotel and famous guests were reeling in giant bonefish right off the resort's pier. The "Sportfishing Capital of the World" was born, seducing wealthy adventurers from around the world.

In 2005, Cheeca Lodge underwent over $30 million dollars in renovations, restoring the property and its surrounding grounds to their original grandeur, ensuring that we will be a cherished destination for generations to come. Following a fire on New Year's Eve 2008, the Main Lodge was completely rebuilt once again, with a fabulous open-air lobby, a spectacular oceanfront banquet room with panoramic views, and an exclusive indoor / outdoor lounge area for club members.

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81801 Overseas Highway

Islamorada, FL 33036

Website www.CheecaJobs.com

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