Beverage Operations Manager

2 weeks ago


Denver, Colorado, United States Yardbird Denver Full time
Job Overview

The Beverage Manager is a key member of the Yardbird Denver team, responsible for overseeing the planning, organization, training, and leadership necessary to achieve stated objectives in sales, costs, employee retention, communication, awareness, guest service & satisfaction, food & beverage quality and sanitation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Coordinate the development and implementation of beverage programs across all Yardbird Denver restaurants.
  • Oversee the management and control of all inventory and other assets related to the beer & spirits programs.
  • Provide onsite support to the restaurants during service hours, with a minimum of 3 shifts per week, or as needed.
  • Responsible for working with the team on drink development, improving hospitality at the bar and lounge, conduct training classes with bartenders, lounge servers and FOH key staff.
  • Work 1-2 days per week, or as needed when preparing for openings or cocktail roll outs out of the corporate offices focusing on admin work.
  • Responsible for opening cocktail lists at new restaurants and for cocktail refreshes at any restaurant.
  • Responsible for holding, at minimum, quarterly bar meetings with all restaurants.
  • Source new spirit products to be used in the restaurants, and sourcing deals. With approval from the Beverage Director, he/she will work with the GMs and Lead Bartenders to place them in the appropriate restaurants.
  • Responsible for interviewing and helping staff key bar positions at all restaurants.
  • Perform cost analysis of all beer & cocktail lists.
  • Oversee and maintain systems for managing beer & spirits at budgeted costs.
  • Oversee system that maintain beer & spirits inventories at budgeted amounts.
  • Continued market analysis to keep pricing current with competitive marketplace.
  • Seek volume pricing to lower costs for restaurants.
  • Reviews and analyzes bi-monthly beverage inventories from each restaurant.
  • Leads in creating and maintaining a beer, cocktail, liquor & spirits program that is cohesive and appropriate for restaurant concept.
  • Oversee the development of a rotating curriculum of classes that will be taught at multiple levels for staff by the restaurant teams.
  • Participate in PR and marketing as appropriate and under direction of the PR and Marketing team.
  • Available to attend operations meetings.
  • Available to attend restaurant weekly management meetings.
  • Wholly versed with all applicable alcohol and safety regulations. Understand local or regional laws as it pertains to the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. Train Bartenders to ensure legal compliance.
  • Oversee the training and development of bartenders to maintain effective costs based on historical cost percentages, sales and profits.
  • Review COGS per budget monthly. Understand unit economics. Hold beverage staff accountable for the economics of restaurant's beer & spirits program.
  • Up to 50% travel may be required in relation to responsibilities up to, and including, new restaurant opening phase.
Opening Restaurant Responsibilities
  • Set beer, liquor & spirits program prices according to cost and budget goals.
  • Implement and integrate Yardbird SOPs.
  • Create, or implement existing, purchasing system.
  • Create, or implement existing, inventory system.
  • Assist in identifying opening Bar team.
  • Assist in creating opening beer, spirit and cocktail lists.
  • Identify Vendors.
  • Place orders according to restaurant purchasing policy.
  • Generate POS buttons.
  • Cost out the beer, liquors & spirits.
  • Assist in training and staff education at restaurant openings.
  • Work with management team on beverage service.
  • Update opening team on new restaurant's beer, liquor & spirit program progress.
  • Assist, mentor and work dining room service during opening, as necessary.
  • Travel for new restaurant openings for up to 4 weeks in duration.
Supervisory Responsibilities

Directly oversees all beer & spirit programs. Indirectly supervises all Bartenders related employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable State and Federal employment, safety, and alcoholic beverage related laws.

Required Qualifications
  • Minimum 4 years of beverage & mixology service and management in a formal dining environment.
  • Experience in hiring/interviewing and training.
  • Able to travel up to 50% annually to Yardbird restaurants.


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