Title: Head Bartender
Reports to: Assistant Manager
Overview:
Responsible for maintaining bar outlets of Wicker Point Golf Club in a manner most pleasing to members and guests. The Bar Manager will lead WPGC’s personnel in a positive manner and oversee the daily operations of the beverage department. The Bar Manager will monitor inventory levels alongside the Assistant Manager and help to implement operating procedures within the beverage department.
Job Responsibilities:
· Works with the Assistant Manager in implementing a beverage program that includes wine, beer, and cocktails.
· Maintains bar product and supplies inventory.
· Assists Assistant manager in planning promotional strategies and materials and develops recipes to improve the beverage program for members and guests.
· Maintains cleanliness and sanitation of all bar areas, glassware, and equipment through regular inspections.
· Follow standard operating procedures to help ensure that bars are set up and operated efficiently within all areas at WPGC.
· Inspects bar prior to every shift to ensure there are enough prepped garnishes, fresh pressed juices, liquors, beers, wines, and mixers to ensure smooth operation of every bar.
· Ensures that all laws applicable to beverage operations are consistently followed.
· Assist Dining Room Manager to provide efficient and exceptional beverage service at WPGC.
· Ensure that all safety and sanitation procedures implemented in the club are properly followed at all bar areas at WPGC.
· Keeps current with changing member preferences and industry trends relevant to the beverage industry.
· Procures additional supplies for the bar as necessary.
· Reports complaints to a manager as soon as they occur.
· Maintains daily inventory and records indicating drinks in the greatest demand.
· The Bar Manager should have the ability mix, prepare, serve, and train others on drinks in the beverage program.
· Cleans and lockups according to prescribed procedures.
· Ensure member tickets are entered on the day of service.
· Attends staff meetings as required.
· Assists Assistant Manager in developing wine, beer, and cocktail lists.
· The Bar Manager is expected to work in various areas within the beverage department.
· Can serve as opening closing or manager on duty.
Skills/Qualifications:
Education and Experience Requirements:
Qualities Preferred:
· Good with people.
· Approachable by staff and members.
· Team player that will be able to help at other properties if needed for the growth of the whole company of Russell Lands.
Physical Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform their essential responsibilities.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk and/or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle or feel. The employee may also occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The temperature of the environment may fluctuate drastically from very cold to very warm temperatures. The noise level may range from moderate to very loud.
Wicker Point Golf Club, a Coore & Crenshaw designed course, will redefine the Alabama golf experience with the course’s distinctive settings, hole variety and unique amenities. Inspired by the unique location of local landmark Wicker Point peninsula, the new 18-hole course will be defined by its pine plantations, meandering creeks and lakefront holes that emphasize the land’s natural beauty—a signature of a Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw design. Players will feel they are enveloped in the natural environment as they navigate through varying terrains and topographies, with each hole providing a unique challenge.
The clubhouse at Wicker Point Golf Club will set the tone for classic golf and an authentic Lake Martin experience. The wraparound porch will provide views of multiple holes with Lake Martin vistas in the background—all with a lake-house ambiance providing an ideal setting for dining, events or simply relaxing after a round.