Job Summary

Bartenders prepare and serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at establishments that have bars. They work in a wide variety of environments and need an assortment of skills to do their jobs well. They represent a good image of the outlet, always abide the hotel rules and regulation of the company, ensures that they are fully knowledgeable of all bar products, have a good capacity to up sell and delivered all guests order in a professional way within lack of time.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Collect all bars key from the security early morning.
• Open the bar as per standard and procedure of the hotel.
• Collect updated arrival list from the reception.
• Make M-E-P for arrival drink according to the schedule time 5 mins before arrival at the hotel.
• Set up all bottle on the display as per hotel standard and procedure.
• Check and complete all M-E-P, fresh juices and garnitures before service start.
• Prepare Daily smoothie M-E-P and fresh juices for breakfast.
• Prepare and mix cocktail.
• Served drink to waiter and guest according to the standards and procedure.
• Prepare cocktail and make set up and decor for GM cocktail.
• Ensures that clean ice is always ready and available for drinks.
• Always have a good linen stock near service station.
• Supervise service and waiters in the absence of the Bar manager and Asst.
• Greet and seat guests.
• Send farewell drinks to the reception, prior to departure time.
• Responsible to record all arrival and farewell drinks and raise billing.
• Check availability of all opex needed for the smooth running of operation.
• Check availability and non –availability of all items before service starts
• Inform bar manager and Asst. of non availability items.
• Check all bar menus, ensures all menus are kept clean and tidy at all times, are kept in a safe and dry place.
• Responsible to keep bar store clean at all time, ensures that all glassware are placed on the shelves in their respective places.
• Keep bar store always locked
• Responsible for all cleanliness inside the bar.
• Check cleanliness of the bin.
• Ensures all operating equipment is in good running condition.
• Ensures that bar equipments is cleaned and place in their respective place after use.
• Advise bar manager of any missing opex
• Assign bar waiter to collect all bar materials from dish-wash area after midnight and store them in the bar store.
• Ensure that M-E-P of hot snacks came to the bar before 19h00 p: m.
• Records entries of all opex in inventory book.
• Responsible to minimize all bar expenses.
• Responsible to keep beverage costs below as per the set target.
• Responsible to do requisition and control all items as number of guest in house.
• Responsible for bar inventory on all beverages do each month by the cost control.
• Ensures that he use the proper measure and keep a good balance of spirits for cocktail.
• Ensures that he keep cocktail consistency at all time.
• Innovate and create cocktail recipes, bring new ideas at the bar.
• Show fabulous atmosphere at the bar to bring up selling.
• Build up and mix cocktail to guests within lack of time.
• Responsible to organize all jobs given by their superior for any type of function.
• Responsible to do all requisition on MC.
• Responsible to check all requisition delivered by the store man.
• Responsible to check all fresh fruits delivered by the supplier.
• Clean bar counter and inside the bar.
• Has the break of 15 minutes to have tea
• Accomplish any cognate duties assigned to them
• All barmen check the duties’ planning and begin to perform their respective tasks
• Attend briefing with bar manager

All bartender waiters serve guest as per set up standards and procedures

• Places cutlery and folded napkins on each tables for lunch service
• Clean all tables and chairs on pool deck                           
• Clean breakfast M.E.P after breakfast
• Collect all soiled linen and changes them for clean ones from linen room
• Records stock of linen, tables cloth, lunch and tidbits napkins, coasters and lito in linen book
• Fold napkins for lunch service
• Keep all clean coaster and tidbits napkins in linen in linen basket placed on the counter
• Keep enough lunch napkins for service and takes back remaining stock of table cloth and napkins to dispense bar for storage
• At 15h00, collect and change all soiled linen from linen room
• Cleans glass washing machine, fills in fresh water and appropriate cleaning chemicals
• Washes and polishes all glassware needed for operations: Hiballs, old-fashioned, hurricanes, beer, pyramid, sherry, port, sketkelch, brandy, bathrooms, liqueur and glasses
• Clean all shelves doors and fridges
• Brings ice cubes in ice trolley
• Fills all fridges respectively
• Stores consumables in cupboards
• Bring back remaining stock of consumable for storable in bar store
• At 11h00, collect fruit from main store
• Afternoon tea pool deck
• Prepare M.E.P for afternoon tea.

 Changes all tables’ cloth and replace with clean ones

• Places tea cup and sauces, sugar bowl, with sugar tong, tea spoons, cutlery, folded napkins and service plate, tables number and ashtrays
• Ensure he has the right menu, pancake menu and lunch menu
• Serve guest as per established standards and procedure.

• Clear out all wine coolers and wine.
• Raise all beverages and food billing and present to the guest as per hotel standard.

Skills, Experience & Educational Requirements

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Team-leading skills
• The ability to work independently
• The ability to use own initiative
• Good numeracy skills
• The ability to motivate others but also impose disciplinary measures if necessary
• Good problem-solving skills
• Good organizational skills
• Food and safety certificate.
• Fully knowledgeable of bar products
•  Good communication and interpersonal skill.
• Ability to up sell.
• Have good guest contact.
• Flexibility
• Possess a food handler certificate.