Lead Bartender ("Lider de Cantineros/as")

**POSITION PURPOSE** Provide friendly, courteous and efficient food and beverage service to all guests, while focusing on quality presentation. As a lead, this position supervises beverage staff during a shift and supports the Director of Food & Beverage, Executive Chef, and Food & Beverage Manager in leadership responsibilities. **ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES** - Prepare high-quality, freshly crafted cocktails at high volume with proper technique. - Take beverage and food orders at the bar. Describe menu items and suggests products to customers. - Assist in directing the craft spirit, wine, and beer programs. - Create craft cocktail and menu, with an emphasis on the classical method of mixology. - Work with food and beverage director in lowering beverage costs by keeping accurate par levels, preventing spillage, theft-prevention and developing high margin programs. - Ensure proper service standards are met with a genuine commitment to guest satisfaction. - Train bartending team on service standards, product knowledge and technique. - Ensure that the proper materials and supplies (garnishes, foams, shrubs, juices, infusions, tools, syrups, modifiers, bitters, etc.) are available and used correctly and consistently - Prepare house made spirit infusions. Work with Director of F&B closely to build vendor relationships and ensure bar is carrying the most up to date, high quality product - Train the beverage staff on proper alcohol beverage control protocols and enforce policies consistently. - Perform cash, credit card, and room transactions in a accurate manner for servers/bartenders when necessary - Always maintain and enforce cleanliness standards of the bar from start to finish of a shift. - Restock and replenish bar inventory and supplies. - Provide opening and closing inventory of spirits. - Ensure all liquor, beer and wine product is put away safely and always secured. - Participate in the deep cleaning of the outlet, while overseeing safety of the bar staff. - Assist all guests and staff professionally and courteously, with the highest quality of standards for customer service. - Ensure that taps, coolers, and other appliances like blenders or coffee makers are clean and in working order. - Verify customers identification and confirm it meets legal drinking age. - Ensure that minors and intoxicated persons are not served alcoholic beverages. - Assist all guests professionally and courteously, with the highest quality of standards for customer service. - All other duties assigned by manager or supervisor. **SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS** In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the manager based upon the particular requirements of the hotel: - Assist with any guest inquiry. - Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures. - Report maintenance problems, safety hazards, accidents, or injuries. - Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by direct and indirect Supervisors. **PHYSICAL DEMANDS** - Environmental conditions are inside, a job is considered inside if staff spends approximately 75 percent or more of the time inside. Temperature is moderate and controlled by hotel environmental systems. - Must be able to work in extreme temperatures like freezers (-10°F) and kitchens (+110°F), possible for one (1) hour or more. - Must be able to stand and exert well-paced mobility for up to four (4) hours in length. - Must be able to exert well-paced ability to maneuver between functions occurring simultaneously. - Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space and to reach other departments of the hotel on a timely basis. - Must be able to lift up to 45 lbs. as needed. - Must be able to push and pull carts and equipment weighing up to 250 lbs. - Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions,…