About the Role:
Creativity
We have an exciting opportunity for a creative and passionate individual to lead and be the face of our beverage program. This role would champion the building out of our beverage program, plan seasonal cocktail menus, and train and develop our bar teams in creating awesome experiences in drinks and hospitality. You will also be partnering with location leadership and the Head Office team in supporting events, including charitable initiatives that have the goal of helping raise money and awareness of organizations uplifting the communities we operate in.
Operations
Beyond the creative aspects of this role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with Liquor Representatives to get the best product at the best price, creating recipes and partnering with our prep kitchen in creating ingredients to specifications, and building strong inventory management processes for our bar teams to ensure accurate product levels.
Growth
You will support the Bar teams including two Bar Supervisors at our two full-service locations (Tacofino Gastown and Ocho). You will be working side by side with them by providing training, coaching, as well as general support in bartending shifts split between both locations.
You will play an active role in helping develop training and planning regular beverage seminars to support the continuous growth opportunities for our people.
About Tacofino
Tacofino began as a food truck in the back of a surf shop in beautiful Tofino, British Columbia. We balanced surfing with creating world-inspired food from the best possible ingredients and wrapping them in delicious fresh tortillas. We have since grown and have added restaurants across the Lower Mainland and Victoria.
We are successful because we believe in staying true to where we came from, serving high-quality creative food with the best possible ingredients, adapting to and giving back to the communities we operate in and having teams made up of fantastic individuals.
Our vision: To continue to build a profitable restaurant group that our team, guests and our communities are proud and excited to be a part of.
Our mission: To create memorable experiences with a hospitality-driven attitude that provides creative quality food while being a positive community partner powered by a diverse, inclusive, and equitable team environment.
Our values:
*Creative quality food - We create original, quality offerings with unique flavours
*Community - We partner with our communities to support impactful positive change
*Inspired hospitality - We want to provide memorable experiences that cannot be found anywhere else
*Our Team - We achieve our goals by embracing people for their individuality and supporting their personal and professional growth
*Environment - We strive to make positive sustainable decisions whenever possible
The Role Duties:
*Supporting an inclusive work environment through being an adaptable leader who values diversity and role models the behaviours they expect in others with their actions; trains people and champions our values and policies that support a positive and inclusive environment
*Creating and maintaining bi-annual menu changes (fall/spring) with a work back schedule that includes planning and implementation and all tasks in between to ensure a smooth rollout
*Supporting and championing the control of our liquor, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic inventory management system and providing support to location leaders to support the troubleshooting of variances
*Building key performance indicators that are measured quarterly to support decision-making and guidance for menu and product updates
*Annually building and maintaining strong relationships with liquor suppliers and representatives in an effort to get the best possible liquor at the best possible price
*Working with the Head of Food & Beverage in procuring ingredients for cocktails at the best possible price
*Building out recipe booklets in our inventory system; working with the Prep Kitchen to ensure the product is made to specifications; training location bartenders and leadership in creating cocktails
*Working with and training a team of two Bar Supervisors in supporting our Full-Service Restaurants
*Providing bartending support 2 days per week split, including supporting the locations for holidays, shift coverage, and support during *inventory between two locations (Tacofino Gastown & Ocho)
*Supporting location bar inventory processes and championing them through your team to ensure accurate product levels and reporting
*Partnering with location leaders to create exciting new events, partnerships, and events to support the communities around us
*Leading as a role model and championing Tacofino’s vision, mission, values, and workplace policies
*Scheduling and hosting regular beverage seminars to support the ongoing development of our FOH teams; holding Quarterly seminars at each location, educating the teams on Tequila and any new products that we have brought on
*Supporting the opening of new Tacofino locations through consultation on new bar build-outs and designs and the training and development of leadership and FOH team members and implementing bar inventory management processes
Reporting Structure
*This role will be reporting directly to the Head of Food & Beverage and will partner closely with the Guest Experience Manager and Burrito Bar Operations Manager
*When in the locations performing bartending shifts, you will be supporting the bartending team while upholding Tacofino’s standards and quality
*You will partner with location leaders in the training and development of bartending teams and education all FOH team members on our products
Qualifications
*A passion for inclusion: an adaptable leader who values diverse representation within the team and has experience in adapting to individual needs
*Experience in leading by example and championing an inclusive and safe work environment with their actions, training folks on workplace policies that support a positive and safe workplace;
*3 years of experience in managing a beverage program, including working with suppliers and representatives
*2 years of experience in leadership, including providing coaching and development
*Great and adaptable communication skills
*Strong organizational skills
At Tacofino, we believe our people are what makes us great. If you are a positive person with a strong work ethic that is looking to join a fun workplace culture, then we invite you to apply for this role by submitting a cover letter and resume.
We believe in creating an inclusive environment and welcome all qualified applicants to apply.
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