Job Description

Graduate Hotels® is seeking a Food & Beverage Manager to join Graduate Storrs and its brilliant team of hospitality enthusiasts. 

Graduate Hotels creates authentic, spirited spaces that connect travelers, students and locals alike. Through thoughtfully curated design, creative F&B and community-focused events, we create hotels worthy of their communities.

We are a diverse team of experience makers and storytellers. As a Graduate Hotels team member, you are the local insider shaping guest experiences. Our goal is to make every guest feel like a local even if it's their first time in town. In order to help you deliver on that goal, we encourage our team members to embody the same mindset as our guests through Graduate experiences and encouraged community exploration.

Graduate Hotels is proud to be Great Place to Work-Certified™, proving that our associates feel our commitment to cultivate a culture of inspirational and supportive leadership. 

Job Duties And Responsibilities 

• Manages the front of house operations for the Restaurant/Hotel 

• Provides training, direction, supervision, and hands on support for direct associates and supervisors to accomplish goals and objectives of the food and beverage operation
• Ensures the proper preparation of food and beverage to the satisfaction of our guests and brand, and ensures all safety, health and hygiene requirements are consistently met
• Ensures, direct and facilitate communication, engagement and conflict resolutions as needed by the team to ensure a positive associate environment 
• Manages inventory 
• Other duties as assigned

Education And Experience

• High School Diploma/GED, post high school education and degree preferred
• Minimum of two years food and beverage supervisory experience 

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally
• Team player
• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to exceed expectations of guests and team members

• Excellent time management skills
• Knowledge of three meal restaurants preferred
• Knowledge of Hotel food and beverage operations and room service preferred.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including PM's, weekends and holidays

About Graduate Hotels®

Graduate Hotels is a hand-crafted collection of hotels that reside in dynamic university-anchored towns across the country. Each hotel pays homage to the heritage of its unique town through cultural nods to the local community. Launched in 2014, there are 35 hotels across the U.S. and U.K. Graduate Hotels is owned by Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners, a vertically integrated real estate developer, owner and operator. For more information on Graduate Hotels, please visit www.graduatehotels.com. 

Source: Schulte Hospitality Group