Assistant Director of Food & Beverage - Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi
As the Assistant Director of Food & Beverage serving Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi, you will support the overall management of all Food & Beverage operations, ensuring exceptional service standards and memorable guest experiences across all outlets. Working closely with the Director of Food & Beverage, you will oversee daily operations, maintain brand standards, and drive operational excellence. The role involves leading, coaching, and developing team members to foster a positive and high-performing work environment.
You will monitor financial performance, control costs, maximize revenue opportunities, and ensure operations remain within approved budgets and company guidelines. Additionally, you will collaborate with other departments to enhance guest satisfaction, support continuous improvement initiatives, and contribute to achieving departmental goals, profitability targets, and overall business success
Specifically, as the Assistant Director of Food & Beverage for Waldorf Astoria Maldives you will perform the following tasks to the highest standards:
In conjunction with the Director of F&B, manage all Food and Beverage Outlet operations
Maintain exceptional levels of customer service
Ensure compliance of brand standards
Recruit, manage, train and develop the Food and Beverage team
Manage guest queries in a timely and efficient manner
Work within budgeted guidelines in relation to Food, Liquor Costs and Payroll
Set departmental targets and objectives, work schedules, budgets, and policies and procedures
Develop menus with other members of Food and Beverage team
Incentivize team members to maximize sales and revenue
Evaluate guest satisfaction levels with a focus on continuous improvement
At Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi, our core values define what it takes to succeed here and guide the qualities we look for in every team member:
A passion for spreading the light and warmth of Hospitality. Acting with Integrity and always doing the right thing. Inspiring others through Leadership. A belief that Teamwork drives the best outcomes. A sense of Ownership and accountability. And a focus on the Now, bringing urgency and discipline to every moment, knowing it can make a lasting impact.
The Assistant Director of Food & Beverage serving Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi is always working on behalf of our Guests and working with other Team Members. To successfully fill this role, you should maintain the attitude, behaviors, skills, and values that follow:
- Passion for delivering exceptional levels of guest service
- Extensive Food & Beverage Experience within a luxury setting.
- Excellent communication skills, effective management, leadership, organizational and communications skills
- Ability to assemble, analyze, understand integrated spread sheets and complex technical information.
- Strong presentations skills
- Prioritization skills necessary to meet deadlines
It would be advantageous in this position for you to demonstrate the following capabilities and distinctions:
- Degree in relevant area, ideally bachelor's degree in hospitality management
- Luxury resort experience