Bar Supervisor - JW Marriott Grosvenor House

Marriott International portfolio of brands includes both JW Marriott and Marriott Hotels.

Start Your Journey with us: Be part of our award-winning team at one of Europe’s most iconic and prestigious five-star hotels

Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel welcomes you with luxury accommodation, 5-star amenities and an absolutely extraordinary location. Overlooking Hyde Park, this iconic hotel is a unique blend of 1920's style and 21st century comfort. Located in the glamorous Mayfair, this is one of London's most desirable addresses, with the West End and Knightsbridge just a short stroll away.

JW Marriott Grosvenor House is recruiting a Bar Supervisor within the JW Steakhouse and Red Bar. 

When you are behind the bar, you create an energy that is both welcoming and exciting. You take pride in offering our guests a diverse and seasonally-inspired beverage menu, a warm conversation, and helpful suggestions. When you shine, our guests will look forward to relaxing with you after a long day. Since opening its doors, JW Steakhouse has firmly established itself as a leading American Steakhouse on the Mayfair dining scene. Featuring hand-selected USDA cuts, a Park Lane garden terrace and an extraordinary Bourbon Bar, JW Steakhouse offers an exceptional experience with attention to craft and detail. Part of the Red Bar team, you are a bright mixologist who is always on the lookout for new beverage trends. 

JOB SUMMARY

To supervise the outlet, managing the day-to-day operation. You should support the departments associates, maintaining a highly motivated team, driving standards and maximising revenue. To assist management with additional leadership and administrative tasks where required, such as coaching, hiring and training.

• Welcome guests and promptly attend to tables
• Take guests’ food and beverage orders, making recommendations on menu items and taking opportunities to upsell where appropriate
• Ensure that all customers enjoy quick and efficient service and check with them that the meal is meeting their expectations
• Ensure that the restaurant is set up and ready for each service period
• Take responsibility for ensuring the overall cleanliness of the bar area

Experience:

• Previous experience working within a Food and Beverage environment essential

Skills and Knowledge:

• Strong Communication skills (verbal, listening, writing)
• A team player attitude
• Initiative and ability to work under pressure
• Pro-active and reliable
• Able to work alone and within a team

Education or Certification:    

• Good level of English essential

SPECIFIC TASKS

• To ensure that the outlet is prepared and ready for service.
• Serve as a department role model, working alongside employees to perform technical and functional job duties where required
• To greet all guests and co-workers in a hospitable manner, using appropriate and professional language and in the case of the guest, using the guests’ name as often as possible.
• To take orders, serve drinks and serve food as required, ensuring that guests expectations are exceeded.
• Engage guests in conversation regarding their stay, property services, and area attractions/offerings.
• Anticipate guests' service needs by asking questions to better understand their requirements and watching/listening to guest preferences. Always act on these whenever possible.
• To be empowered to deal with guests’ issues and problems, utilising the LEARN model, and seeking advice when unsure what to do.
• To ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, company standards and external regulations including department checklists, food and drink presentation and the brand standard audit. Hold team members accountable and employ coaching tactics if they do not.
• Assign and ensure work tasks are completed on time, take responsibility for tasks and assignments, and made sure deadlines are met. Make decisions and provide input on possible improvements.
• To ensure that the guest's bill is recorded accurately and presented properly and efficiently. Ensure that payment is received from all guests and payment is posted through Micros. Appropriate cash handling procedures must be used.
• To ensure we are aware of any guest’s allergies or dietary requirements and notify the culinary team accordingly. Ensure that cross contamination does not occur.
• Protect company tools, equipment, machines, or other assets in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Assist management to ensure that hourly employees have the necessary resources to effectively perform their jobs (e.g., supplies, equipment, and inventory) and that the department is staffed appropriately.
• To control Par level stock, inter-departmental transfers and take monthly inventory counts.
• Encourage and motivate employees to perform their best.
• Assist management in establishing and communicating goals and performance expectations.
• Listen to hourly employees' suggestions for improving how work is done and how guests are served, gaining management support as needed to act upon suggestions.
• Coach and develop employees. Create expectations for continual improvement, provide challenging tasks and assignments, hold development discussions, and construct and execute development plans. Be responsible for your own self development.
• Collaborate with management to formally recognize hourly employees' performance contributions.
• Serve as hourly employees' first point of contact as part of the Guarantee of Fair Treatment/Open Door Policy process.
• To facilitate good flow of communication within the department, leading the department shift briefing and handover.

REWARDS FOR WORK… BENEFITS FOR YOUR LIFESTYLE

As a world-class leader in the travel industry, there’s no better place than Marriott International to make your mark. Joining us, you’ll get to entertain and meet people from all over the world as you build your experience. You’ll find a place where your personality and ideas are appreciated just as much as the work you do. You’ll grow through opportunities to explore the business, opening yourself to various career options. If you have the natural ability to communicate and enjoy working with others, we welcome you to join our global family.

We’ll support you in and out of the workplace by offering:

• Team-spirited co-workers
• Encouraging management
• Wellbeing programs
• Comprehensive Training and Development program
• Marriott Discount Card enabling to benefits from hotel room, gift shops and F&B across 130 countries.
• Recognition programs
• Meals at work
• Uniform
• Enrolment of Perks at Work - Access to unlimited deals of retailers and more
• 20 days holiday increasing with service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension & Life Assurance
• Awards and recognition celebrations and many more….

Our highest priority is making you feel as welcome as our guests. We want you to know you’re important to us and that you’ll make an impact in your role, and for that, you’ll be appreciated and valued.

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.

Marriott Hotels strive to elevate the art of hospitality, innovating at every opportunity while keeping the comfort of the oh-so-familiar all around the globe. As a host with Marriott Hotels, you will help keep the promise of “Wonderful Hospitality. Always.” by delivering thoughtful, heartfelt, forward-thinking service that upholds and builds upon this living legacy. With the name that’s synonymous with hospitality the world over, we are proud to welcome you to explore a career with Marriott Hotels. In joining Marriott Hotels, you join a portfolio of brands with Marriott International. Be where you can do your best work, begin your purpose, belong to an amazing global team, and become the best version of you.

JW Marriott is part of Marriott International's luxury portfolio and consists of more than 100 beautiful properties in gateway cities and distinctive resort locations around the world. JW believes our associates come first. Because if you’re happy, our guests will be happy. JW Marriott associates are confident, innovative, genuine, intuitive, and carry on the legacy of the brand’s namesake and company founder, J.Willard Marriott. Our hotels offer a work experience unlike any other, where you’ll be part of a community and enjoy true camaraderie with a diverse group of co-workers. JW creates opportunities for training, development, recognition and most importantly, a place where you can pursue your passions in a luxury environment with a focus on holistic well-being. Treating guests exceptionally starts with the way we take care of our associates. That’s The JW Treatment™. In joining JW Marriott, you join a portfolio of brands with Marriott International. Be where you can do your best work,​ begin your purpose,  belong to an amazing global​ team, and  become the best version of you.