Director, Beverage - Hotel Vin

DEPARTMENT: F&B REPORTS TO: Director of Restaurants and Bars STATUS: Exempt POSITION SUMMARY: The Director of Beverage is responsible for the strategic leadership of the property's beverage program while providing operational leadership for restaurant and beverage service throughout the hotel. This role oversees beverage operations across bars, lounges, restaurants, banquet beverage service, and special events while serving as a Manager on Duty to ensure exceptional guest experiences, service execution, and operational excellence. The Director serves as the property's beverage expert and a visible hospitality leader, driving beverage innovation, financial performance and service excellence throughout all food and beverage outlets. Reporting to the Director of Restaurants & Bars, this position partners with F&B leadership to maintain luxury service standards, drive financial performance, develop team members, and ensure all beverage and restaurant operations align with Coury Hospitality and Marriott brand standards. PRIMARY JOB DUTIES: Develop, implement, and continuously enhance beverage programs including cocktails, wines, beers, and non-alcoholic beverage offerings with a strong emphasis on creating an exceptional wine program. Ensure beverage menus align with Coury Hospitality and Marriott brand standards and guest preferences. Introduce seasonal and specialty beverage offerings to enhance the guest experience and increase beverage revenue. Provide operational leadership for beverage and restaurant service throughout the hotel, including bars, lounges, restaurants, banquet beverage service, and special events. Serve as Manager on Duty for Food & Beverage operations, providing visible floor leadership during restaurant service periods, evenings, weekends, holidays and special events. Act as the property's hospitality ambassador and visible floor leader by welcoming guests, engaging with VIPs and returning guests, monitoring dining room operations, and ensuring a personalized luxury experience. Lead daily pre-shift meetings, communicate service expectations and ensure front-of-house teams are prepared to deliver exceptional hospitality. Ensure exceptional food and beverage service execution while maintaining the highest standards of hospitality, quality, cleanliness, and operational excellence in alignment with Coury Hospitality and Marriott brand standards, Health Department requirements, BSA audits and company policies. Monitor service flow throughout all dining venues to ensure guests receive timely, attentive and personalized service. Partner with F&B managers by monitoring daily operations, coaching service staff, assisting with service recovery and ensuring consistent execution of operational standards. Recruit, supervise, mentor, coach, and develop bartenders, barbacks, lounge attendants, servers, hosts, food runners, sommeliers, and other front-of-house team members while fostering a culture of exceptional hospitality, accountability, and continuous development. Manage beverage inventory, conduct regular inventory counts, and implement cost-control strategies to minimize waste, maximize profitability, and achieve budgeted financial goals. Analyze beverage sales, costs and financial performance while presenting monthly beverage performance, cost analysis and P&L results and recommendations for improvement. Monitor labor performance and staffing levels, partnering with F&B managers to optimize scheduling, control labor costs, and achieve productivity goals while maintaining exceptional guest service. Develop and maintain strategic relationships with beverage distributors, wineries, breweries, and suppliers while partnering closely with the Director of Purchasing to negotiate pricing, forecast inventory needs, coordinate purchasing strategies, and ensure timely ordering and delivery of beverage products and operating supplies. Secure supplier sponsorships, promotional funding, staff education, and marketing support to e…