Beverage Development & Training Manager
Beverage Development & Training Manager
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Job Description
IIMI Agency
Denver CO
Position Type: Full-time Hybrid w/ 50% Travel USA *Must have craft cocktail training experience
IMIs Mission:
IMI Agency specializes in Building Better Beverage Business for our Hospitality Clients with innovative marketing programs and promotions interactive beverage merchandising beverage operations tools staff training and recognition/reward programs for all channels in the Hospitality industry. IMI programs create brand value and opportunities with consumers while increasing beverage sales and profits for our Hospitality Operator clients.
Job Description:
We have an opening for an analytical creative bar-titivating administratively savvy and methodical Beverage Training and Development Manager to work for IMI within one of our leading hotel management clients. This person will work with IMIs Beverage Director and the Clients teams to reinforce and strengthen bar services and technique training across the Clients U.S. properties. The Beverage Training and Development Manager will assess each locations inventory menus tools facilities and more against the program standards providing corrective measures as needed to ensure program compliance. This Beverage Training and Development Manager will assist with new bar and restaurant openings with beverage menu development in selected properties and with end-of-the-month inventory reviews. This person will also assist with Craftable recipe creation and POS mapping across the portfolio developing progress reports and providing analysis and prescriptive feedback to guide teams towards success metrics.
Critical Competencies:
Given the high visibility of IMI Agency within this Leading Chain Hospitality Operator Beverage Suppliers and Beverage Distributors B2C and B2B communities along with the ethical transparent fiduciary and legally compliant ethics of our company all IMI team members must be intelligent mature well-polished trustworthy and have a high standard of ethics and leadership. You must have confidence and class in conducting IMIs and the Clients mission but also know how to take constructive feedback and implement the necessary performance and work changes based on that feedback. You must dress and carry yourself in a manner that is superior to the standard along with speaking and writing clearly.
Adaptability Communication Job-Related Business Focus Planning & Organizing Problem Solving Teamwork Technical Expertise Work Habits
Responsibilities will include:
- Become a trusted liaison and partner for the client stakeholders including property/unit stakeholders.
- Work with the Beverage Director to identify target properties and develop plans to increase key performance metrics.
- Proactively prepare and perform monthly on-site visits to different properties within the U.S. portfolio setting up trainings assisting with on-site inventory tool and facility review and suggesting corrective measures to ensure program compliance.
- Track and follow up on corrective measures ensuring implementation and making additional changes as needed.
- Assist and help oversee Craftable Recipe creation and POS mapping across the clients portfolio.
- Support specific properties with end-of-month review processes as assigned.
- Gather property menus to review periodically for bar program compliance.
- Assist assigned properties with beverage menu development and openings.
- Review relevant beverage trends and consumer data.
- Assist in tracking property metrics and suggest innovative ideas to assist with ROI.
- Assist in refreshing training material at the property and national levels.
- Help inspire properties to drive revenue by leveraging trends and fads across the beverage industry.
- Implement and train unit leaders and staff on bar guidelines and instructions.
- Ideate and support restaurant and bar activations for Grand Openings Conferences and Industry events.
- Manage administrative marketing projects with the IMI Beverage Director as directed.
- Creation of bar/drinks photography guidelines and documentation.
- Required travel of 50%
Education & Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Expert in training Bartending skills and F&B operations and services.
- A bachelors degree in marketing Communication Hospitality or a related field preferred.
- Advanced knowledge and experience in developing deploying and assessing national marketing programs and activations (preferably food and beverage-oriented).
- Proven working history of on-site bartending and craft cocktail creation.
- Proven working experience in beverage trend spotting and beverage data analysis staying current with present and future trends.
- Expertise in creating and organizing documentation and fulfilling high-level administrative duties.
- Expertise in cocktails spirits and a variety of beverages (e.g. spirits beer wine non-alcoholic beverages).
- Experience creating and presenting presentations to groups of all sizes in-person and virtually.
- Experience managing inventories and developing prescriptive measures to control beverage costs.
- Proficient in Excel PPT Teams Outlook PowerPoint Word and other Microsoft tools.
- Strong presentation skills including writing skills and effectiveness. interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Exudes a passion for cocktail ideation creation and execution.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and balance priorities.
- Works well under pressure and with tight deadlines.
- Flexible and able to work with different management styles.
- Takes initiative and is a part of the solution to issues and problems.
- High-energy people skills and a professional demeanor.
- Hospitable with a service-prone client-first mentality.
- Follow-up and follow-through must be your mantra!
- Ability to travel as needed (50 %).
Salary: $80000-$90000 *Commensurate based on experience and demonstrated successes
If this describes you and you can work in a macro-managed environment and complete tasks with spot-on accuracy we want to hear from you!
Benefits Offered
- 401(k) with match *eligibility required
- 18-21 Annual Company Holidays
- 3 Weeks PTO (1st year) monthly appointment days
- 3 separate medical plan options
- Dental
- Vision
- Life and LTD/STD
- Accident & Cancer Plans
- Legal & Pet Insurance
- Confidential Employee Assistance Program Financial Assistance and Mapping
- Summer Fridays/ Refresh Fridays and more!
IMI Agency is an equal opportunity employer.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive environment for all employees.
IMI Agency (Incentive Marketing Inc.) is the leading fintech data and marketing agency in Building Better Beverage Business for Hospitality chains in the US. We specialize in innovative marketing programs and promotions interactive food & beverage merchandising and operations tools staff training and recognition/reward programs. IMI programs create brand value and opportunities with consumers while driving food and beverage sales and profits for our Hospitality Operator clients. For over 30 years we have maintained a singular focus: to manage in the best interests of our clients. We exist as an extension of our clients a partnerthere to simplify the complex to be transparent to offer a unique perspective that goes beyond the bottom is always completely aligned with their goals and objectives.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
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